[Elecraft] Shipping high value items by UPS

[Bob]

Well I'll confess to being in the USPS supporter camp.  I've had great service 
from them.   My KPA1500 even came Priority Mail.

I use the addressing scheme below too.

I have a POB and another great free PO service is Informed delivery.  Every 
morning I get an email with pictures of mail for the day.  From it I can make a 
decision if I want to or need to go to the PO that day.  Here:

https://informeddelivery.usps.com/box/pages/intro/start.action

Not a well known PO service.

73,
Bob
K2TK  ex KN2TKR (1956) & K2TKR


On 9/25/2018 8:48 PM, JOE wrote:
> On 9/25/2018 8:15 PM, elecraft-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
>> Message: 6
>> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 14:36:59 -0400
>> From: Grant Youngman<ghyoungman at gmail.com>
>> To: Elecraft Reflector Reflector<elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: [Elecraft] Shipping high value items by UPS
>>
>> The thread started by the gentleman who thought his KX2 might be dead and 
>> needed to go to Elecraft motivated me to make this comment about shipping.
> 
> I shipped my K3 back to Elecraft earlier this year via UPS and $2,500 
> insurance.  I use a local hardware store in my town that has UPS service at the 
> normal rates.  They said they use a company that contracts with UPS for 
> shipping.  The company that provides the UPS service to the hardware store 
> requires inspection of high value packages, reportedly due to some fraud cases 
> in the past.  Because they know me well they took my word that I double boxed it 
> and packed it well, I didn't have to unpack it.  I had shipped many things with 
> them in the past with no problems.
> 
> For the return address, I use my local post office where I have a PO box.  It's 
> a little known fact that the USPS will accept packages for PO box holders from 
> any private carrier, UPS, FedEx, etc.  They will also sign for some packages 
> requiring signature if you have a signature on file.  This solves my problem of 
> packages left on my doorstep for people to potentially steal.  This also solves 
> the problem of people/businesses that will not ship to a PO box.
> 
> This is how I address packages to be mailed to me.
> 
> My Name
> 34 Main Street  #(my PO box number)
> East Haddam, CT 06423
> 
> A really nice feature of the post office.  Look at:
> 
> <https://www.usps.com/manage/po-boxes.htm>
> 
> 73, Joe, K1ike