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

[Chris]

I never pay the UPS store for shipping. Instead, I create my shipment from
UPS website, then ask them for pick up or bring it to ‘The UPS Store.’

Insurance is not the only thing they charge extra. Their boxes are
outrageously expensive. If you need boxes for shipping, you’d better get
some from U-Haul.

Chris KM1B


On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 8:31 PM Wes <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> wrote:

> Good Grief.
>
> I look at these groups as like starting a conversation with my neighbor
> over the
> fence about crab grass. (Where I live we have neither fences or grass,
> crab or
> otherwise. so I'm speaking metaphorically). If the topic drifts to sports
> or ham
> radio, I don't take offense.  I can either stay engaged or beg off by
> telling my
> neighbor I have to go in for another beer.  I might even invite him over
> to
> share one.
>
> In the case at hand, I fail to understand the hardship of using the delete
> key.
>
> Wes  N7WS
>
>
>
>
>
> On 4/11/2022 4:45 PM, Andrew Moore wrote:
> > Other than trying to remember and ignore by subject line, is there a way
> to
> > mute specific threads on the Elecraft mailing list (via qth.net)? Maybe
> I'm
> > thinking of the feature on @groups.io mailing lists - but this would be
> > helpful as Elecraft related topics morph into posts containing no
> Elecraft
> > content. While this content has value, it also dilutes value, as it's not
> > Elecraft specific.
> >
> > Thanks & 73,
> > -Andrew NV1B
> > ..
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 7:26 PM Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On 4/11/2022 3:29 PM, edauer at aya.yale.edu wrote:
> >>> The UPS Store does not charge real UPS rates.
> >> Ditto for FedEx stores. BUT -- both are free drop-off locations for
> >> shipments that have been created online. I do all my shipping with
> >> FedEx, because UPS Stores use packing peanuts, and FedEx stores do not.
> >>
> >> Packing peanuts are an obscenity -- they blow around the property,
> >> making a huge mess. There are SO many good alternatives, everything from
> >> wadded up newspaper, butcher paper, the machined flexy paper tubes that
> >> Amazon uses (all most environmentally friendly), to bubble-wrap and
> >> air-filled plastic. I save bubble wrap and re-use it. The paper starts
> >> my fireplace.
> >>
> >> The only issue I've had with either company is that their drivers often
> >> leave packages in my driveway, rather than to my porch. That's a very
> >> big deal when they're heavy, because I'm old and there are a dozen
> steps.
> >>
> >> 73, Jim K9YC
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