[Elecraft] DHL

[Bob Nielsen]

On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 12:49:01PM -0800, Fred Jensen wrote:
> I believe that most of the pick-up/delivery folks at DHL are in fact
> independent contractors, usually smaller local courier companies.  I
> know it was true a couple of years ago -- might be different now but I
> really doubt it.  This could account for the WM-2 in the snow bank and
> other foolish delivery problems.  I'm not sure what accounts for the
> screwups at the central distribution points.
> 
> I gave up on DHL long ago. I live in the Sierra Nevada foothills (~1,700
> ft) where it rarely snows, and they still couldn't get it right.  USPS,
> UPS, or FedX are the only ways to go.

I believe that DHL bought Airborne Express recently and things might 
have changed, at least domestically.  

Bob, N7XY