[Elecraft] Elecraft UPS deliveries

[Larry Phipps]

I do a lot of shipping, and here is what I have found...

For most domestic orders we ship using Priority Mail. They deliver 6 
days a week to almost everywhere, including PO boxes. They provide 
tracking and some level of insurance, and you can increase the insurance 
for low cost.

For higher value domestic packages we tend to use Fedex Ground. Usually 
a day or two slower, but better tracking and I feel better about the 
insurance process. When I need faster, I find 2-day service to be a 
reasonable cost.

For international we almost always use USPS Priority or Priority Express 
Mail. Exceptions include large packages. Fedex has a special program 
that gives ~70% discounts for international packages over 10 lbs.

One note about reliability. I find both to be extremely reliable. We 
have never lost a package in the US, and only a couple out of thousands 
internationally. There are several countries where theft is an issue, 
but for the most part they are all quite good.

I don't use UPS for outgoing shipments, but I use them for incoming 
because they get here earlier in the day.

73,
Larry N8LP



On 4/23/2014 11:07 AM, elecraft-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 09:47:55 -0400
> From: "Joe Subich, W4TV"<lists at subich.com>
> To:elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft UPS deliveries
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> USPS Priority Mail delivers to any address in the US six days a week
> and retail prices are generally 15 to 20% less expensive than UPS Brown
> (Ground).
>
> 73,
>
>      ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
> On 4/23/2014 9:35 AM, Bill wrote:
>> >I have seen the USPS Priority $999 price when I didn't specify my location
>> >prior to searching for delivery options.  Are you sure that USPS priority
>> >delivers to Staten Island?
>> >
>> >Bill  k4yjj
>> >
>> >
>> >On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 8:03 AM, Slava Baytalskiy<slavka at nullserv.com>wrote:
>> >
>>> >>I chose UPS Ground.
>>> >>Funny thing is i actually tried every choice in that drop-down.
>>> >>USPS Priority came out to $999 or some ridiculous number.
>>> >>
>>> >>On Apr 23, 2014, at 8:00 AM,tnnyswy at yahoo.com  wrote:
>>> >>
>>>> >>>Did you choose next day, or 2nd day " Delivery" ????
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>                          OR!
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>Did  you choose the "Cheapest"  option that was available?
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>((((73)))) Milverton.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 6:41 AM, Slava Baytalskiy <
>>> >>slavka at nullserv.com> wrote:
>>>> >>>Hi everyone!
>>>> >>>Sorry if i'm venting, but how come even the tiniest packages from
>>> >>Elecraft take full 7 days to arrive via UPS Ground?
>>>> >>>1 pound package via UPS Ground, for almost $17 shouldn't take this long,
>>> >>should it?
>>>> >>>I understand this isn't Amazon Prime, but come on, 7 days?
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>Slava B
>>>> >>>W2RMS
>>>> >>>
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