[TheForge] Postal woes..a lesson learned

Thu Jan 8 07:49:00 2004

USPS didn't used to have tracking (as recently as a year ago). 
Apparently they now do for some levels of service, but I don't think all 
the bugs are out of the system yet.

Steve Smith

H and P Foster wrote:

> No, our Express Post lets you track it from the time it leaves the station
> where posted, but you raise a good point in using FedEx or UPS.  I have used
> them in the past as well.  Sometimes just a bit more expensive, but
> sometimes a lot more.  In future, I will check their rates first.
> 
> Harry
> Rusty Dog Forge 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Darrell
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 9:54 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Postal woes..a lesson learned
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> Express Post may give you a tracking number but if they work the same as our
> postal service the tracking number won't show up on the internet until after
> delivery. United Parcel or FedEx on the other hand can be tracked from the
> time it is picked up till delivered.
> Darrell
> 
> http://www.machinemaster.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "H and P Foster" <[email protected]>
> To: "the forge" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 6:31 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] Postal woes..a lesson learned
> 
> 
> 
>>I am writing this feeling very relieved as a client in Colorado has
> 
> finally
> 
>>received a package that I had sent from central Canada on Dec 9.  They had
>>paid for the order by PayPal on the 9th and chose that I send it regular
> 
> Air
> 
>>Mail as opposed to Express Post as it saved about $8.00
>>
>>Well we had just about given up hope of it arriving and I was planning to
>>start redoing the order of 11 items. I had started an investigation at
> 
> this
> 
>>end at Canada Post who promissed a refund up to a max of $130.00 even
> 
> though
> 
>>the parcel was not insured.  I was told wrongly that I could not insure
> 
> this
> 
>>type of mail.
>>
>>In the future for my own piece of mind and sanity retention, I will only
>>ship Express Post where I can insure for the amount I choose, and I get a
>>tracking number that I can use to follow the parcel on the internet until
> 
> it
> 
>>gets received.
>>
>>I'm sure some of you have had similar situations in the States
>>
>>Harry Foster
>>Rusty Dog Forge
>>
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