[Elecraft] OT: What's The Best Way To Shp

[Mike Rhodes]

I've had the best luck and quickest shipping with FedEx. It seems to me 
that if the UPS site says 5 days for delivery, they will find a way to 
be sure it takes 5 days, no matter how long it has to sit in a corner.

Mike / W8DN

On 4/25/2017 10:15 PM, w7aqk wrote:
> Every so often someone asks what the best way is to ship equipment.  I 
> question whether UPS is the right answer!
>
> Some day maybe I'll better understand UPS's delivery system!  I 
> recently received a package that came from Virginia via UPS.  Its 3rd 
> stop was in Louisville, KY, where it then sat for 49 hours! Its 5th 
> stop was in Phoenix, AZ (120 miles north of me), where it sat for 29 
> hours!  Somewhere in between it apparently sat in the rain, as much of 
> the "popcorn" packing was compressed and hard as a rock, and the 
> documentation inside was stained, when I opened the package.  
> Fortunately, the contents were well wrapped with waterproof material, 
> so no apparent damage.  It's as if UPS wanted to make absolutely sure 
> I didn't get my package quickly, or heaven forbid, early! Being 
> somewhat cynical, I wonder if the extra delay in Phoenix was so they 
> could let the box sit in the Arizona sun and dry out!!!
>
> I may be overlooking something, but my best experiences, by far, have 
> been with USPS, and particularly Priority Mail.  Unless a Sunday 
> intervenes, I've never had anything take more than 3 days when shipped 
> Priority Mail!  If you can fit it into one of their flat rate boxes, 
> you probably are way better off.  Also, I've never had a Priority Mail 
> package arrive with crushed corners as this one did!
>
> Anyway, shipping these days is expensive and risky!  It still galls me 
> that we have to pay premium charges for insurance against THEIR 
> incompetence!
>
> Dave W7AQK
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