An alternative to UPS

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Thu Jul 27 22:50:23 2000

On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Lawrence LeMay wrote:

> >
> > On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Eros, Anthony wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'll definitely be looking at alternatives in the future. The other shoe in
> > > > this is that it appears the shipper didn't bother to insure the package,
> > > > despite my instructions to the contrary. Of course, those instructions were
> > > > over the phone, not via e-mail, so I'm getting the "you didn't tell me you
> > > > wanted me to insure it". Gee, now why wouldn't I want it insured? :-(
> > >
> > > It has already been mentioned but Fedex now has a Ground service which is
> > > great for competition. For the most part, shipping anything bigger than a
> > > book was always cheapest by UPS. Now that Fedex has a comparable ground
> > > service (I believe they call it Green) there is an alternative. Even
> > > better, the rates are apparently cheaper with Fedex.
> > >
> > > As far as books and magazines go, it is always cheaper to ship using the
> > > US Postal Service book rate. You must request it at the counter. In some
> > > cases you can save up to half the shipping costs.
> >
> > It is also worthy of note that disks and tapes also qualify for the book
> > rate.
> > - don
>
> Are you positive? Did you read this someplace?

That is what my local PO told me and what they allow. Why not? After
all, disks and tapes carry what can reasonably be described as textual
 or informational material - at least in part.

                                                 - don
 
> I'm almost ready to ship a bunch of floppy disks, but I dont see how
> they qualify under book rate, and I don't know that I will be able
> to convince MY local post office...
>
> -Lawrence LeMay
>
Received on Thu Jul 27 2000 - 22:50:23 BST

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