[GreenKeys] FedEx Ground Surcharges notice

[Doug Alderdice]

FedEx has been a hot mess of late.  Amazon dumped them last fall and the 
interwebz are loaded with people disgruntled with the FedEx service.  I 
had some issues with them at Christmas this year getting things in a 
timely fashion and being outright lied to about the status of packages 
and reason(s) for non-delivery.  There was an item in our local news a 
week or so back about how packages coming to Buffalo are being re-routed 
to the Henrietta (Rochester) facility where they linger for quite some time.

FWIW.  YMMV.  Personally, I like the postal service.

73,

Doug, KA2WFT


On 6/5/2020 4:00 PM, E. wrote:
> 
> …and that’s why I always go with the postal service - no frills charging and you always know what you're getting ;) ~
> 
> 
>> On Jun 5, 2020, at 2:49 pm, John <John at tubetestingpros.com> wrote:
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>> Greetings Greekeyers!
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>> Since quite a few of us ship Stuff, and (speaking for me) a lot of big stuff via Ground shipping - I thought to perhaps bring this to attention:
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>> Starting June 8th, FedEx will apply a $30.00 surcharge to any ground package that meets or exceeds the following measurements:
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>> (start FedEx quote):
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>> 2Oversize is any package that exceeds 96 inches in length or 130 inches in length and girth. The length and girth of a package is length plus (2 times the height) plus (2 times the width). If the dimension includes a fraction, a fraction of 1/2 or greater will be rounded up to the next whole number; less than 1/2 will be rounded down to the next whole number.
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>> (end quote).
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>> So there you have it - I dunno know about UPS at this time, but it's likely they will follow suit.
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>> An FYI de KB6SCO
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>> Carson City