OT: Rant about UPS...

From: Mike <ipscone_at_msdsite.com>
Date: Mon Jun 16 11:00:01 2003

UPS Overpacks. Why? Overpacking costs more money.

I have shipped via UPS and they always want to put items in a much larger
box size than is necessary. I now ship FedEx which not only is more
reliable and flexible, is cheaper too.



> --- "J.C. Wren" <jcwren_at_jcwren.com> wrote:
>> It's all very dependent on the store.
>
> But they used a canned program to tell them how much
> bubble wrap/peanuts and what size box to use, don't
> they?
>
> When I went there to have a item packaged the clerk
> typed in the size of the item and it printed out how
> much bubble wrap to use, what size box, which in turn
> was used to compute the price and keep track of their
> inventory.
>
> I don't think they have the option to add more bubble
> wrap or change the box dimensions, unless they fudge
> the size of the item.
Received on Mon Jun 16 2003 - 11:00:01 BST