[Elecraft] OT: Package shippers

[Ken G Kopp]

I suspect for each of us our view of shippers will vary widel.

While certainly not a "large" shipper, Rose (Elecraft Covers)
ships a number of packages a week, with many going to
foreign destinations.

She -always- ships via the USPS and mostly via Priority Mail.
In almost ten years she's had one package go astray, and
that was due to me typing a wrong ZIP code.  A Priority Mail
package will reach any US destination in no more then three
days.

FedEx is absolutely terrible!  One fat envelope of legal papers
from our bank was left on the driveway, laying in two inches
of water.  Another was tossed over a fence into the yard.  Yet
another was dropped near the BACK door of the house.  Didn't
find it until a trace was instituted for the "missing" delivery.

When we order fabric, webbing, Velcro supplies, the vendor
is told in no uncertain terms if the order is sent vis FedEx it
will be the last one they get.  A gawd awful company! (:-)

FedEx problems may stem from their use of non-company
contract drivers in their trucks ... at least in this area.

UPS is OK in our view ... all of Rose's orders are shipped via
UPS or the USPS.

Trivia:  A case shipped to Istanbul via USPS Airmail was
delivered in Turkey in -five- days!!

FWIW ...

73!

Ken - K0PP
ElecraftCovers at gmail.com