[Elecraft] Shipping a K3

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > Of course, UPS and FedEx also deliver to the door too -

You are lucky ... I have had no end of trouble with UPS dumping packages
in the bushes at the end of my drive.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 12/31/2013 3:16 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Alan,
>
> Don't spread that news to my post office!  My carrier has to travel 3/4
> mile on a private road to get to the mailbox, and then if parcels will
> not fit in my large mailbox, he comes up my 1/4 mile driveway to deliver
> them to the front door.  I have always had great service from the postal
> carriers.
> At least my local postal carrier does seem to care!
>
> Of course, UPS and FedEx also deliver to the door too - we have a
> sufficiently large area for them to turn even a large truck around with
> ease.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 12/31/2013 2:55 PM, Alan Bloom wrote:
>> I've had a lot of trouble with the postal service.  They now refuse to
>> deliver packages to my house.  They apparently found a rule that says
>> if your house is more than 1/2 mile from the public roadway, they
>> don't have to deliver parcels.  So to save the driver 5 minutes
>> delivering to my house I have to make a 1-1/2 hour round trip to the
>> post office to pick up my package.
>>
>> FedEx, UPS, OnTrack and all other delivery companies do deliver to my
>> house.  But not the postal service.
>>
>> My experience is that USPS is a big, bureaucratic, semi-governmental
>> organization that doesn't care about its customers.
>
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