[Elecraft] Shipping via UPS - A Lesson Learned the Hard Way

[Ed W0YK]

Anyone can register for a UPS account on their website.   Then, use their shipping page to generate the package label, paid by credit card.  Affix the label using clear packing tape and take to any UPS drop-off point, including any UPS Store.  We've been doing this for 20 years and the rates are discounted from the UPS regular retail pricing. 73,Ed W0YK
-------- Original message --------From: Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com> Date: 4/11/22  15:42  (GMT-08:00) To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Shipping via UPS - A Lesson Learned the Hard Way They are franchise type stores and the rates are ridiculous.  My son worked at one for about a year.   At least they gave you the honest answer and were able to handle at an actual UPS shipping location.  The shipping rates are higher too.W0MUOn 4/11/2022 4:29 PM, edauer at aya.yale.edu wrote:> I just shipped some of my Elecraft gear to someone who had purchased it from> me.  The agreement was that I would ship it and they would bear the shipping> expense.  The buyer was OK with my using UPS.>>   >> So I packed it up and took it to "The UPS Store."  There are about 30 of> them in the Denver metro area and about a dozen in the city itself.  Before> taking the package there I looked at UPS on-line to see what insurance would> cost.  The UPS site said $1.05 per hundred dollars in excess of the $100> included in the shipping rate.  When I arrived at the UPS Store they charged> me $4.50 per $100.  That difference times the value of what I was shipping> came to well over $100.  When I questioned it (more accurately, when I> complained about it) they told me that UPS and The UPS Store are different> entities.  The latter, they said, is a network of franchises independent of> the real UPS that "works with" UPS for retail shipping and receiving.  So> what I had seen on the UPS website was what UPS charges, not the grossly> inflated premium The UPS Store charges.  OK, I asked, how can I ship this> via UPS itself?  The answer was a 90 minute round-trip drive to the nearest> real UPS terminal.>>   >> The UPS Store does not charge real UPS rates.  They have UPS in their name.> They use a logo indistinguishable from the UPS logo.  Their counter clerks> wear UPS Brown.  There was a standar UPS truck parked in front of the shop.> There was NOTHING visible to me in the store that indicated it wasn't a UPS> shop.  Maybe everyone on this reflector already knows about this.  Until> this morning I didn't.>>   >> There's an old maxim that a happy customer tells one other person about> their experience.  An unhappy customer tells ten other people.>>   >> Ted, KN1CBR>>   >> ______________________________________________________________> Elecraft mailing list> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> Post: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html> Message delivered to w0mu at w0mu.com-- Mike W0MU______________________________________________________________Elecraft mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraftHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlMessage delivered to ed at w0yk.com