[TheForge] Postal woes..a lesson learned Yak

Thu Jan 8 09:19:00 2004

I find that the Priority Mail with tracking  "log in" can usually 
register  back on my computer from the USPS web site with in a few hours 
after I mail the package.     From my small town in Iowa, I almost 
always  get 2 day service to,  and from,  anywhere in the US  with the $4 + 
cost of a priority / &  tracking.  This is better ('more  better'  not 
just   'as  good' ) for me, than the "overnight"  Which because of the 
hassle factor of  pickup from my small town,,, better  than I can get when 
I spend the $11 plus for "overnight" ( $ more ) with  even  the express 
services like Fed Ex, etc. I haven't used Fed Ex for a while, but, for 
example: my experience with   Fed Ex was,  that it almost always takes me 3 
days to send /( and or )  receive,  mostly because I have to sit like a bug 
in a rug waiting for them.  Because my town is so small,  that can be 
anywhere from 9 AM to 3 PM.  No matter what, It seems if I step out for one 
single minute ... that is when they came and missed me.   For me,  USPS is 
number ONE.

Receiving:  with Priority Mail, The package is waiting for me at  my P.O. 
Box.

Sending: With Priority Mail, I know the USPS hours and can drop off the 
package without worrying if I  will miss their delivery person, and not 
have to drive 50 miles to find a FED EX drop box.

We are so rural, that the Post Master (herself) is on a first name basis 
with most everyone of the community.

Even in our very rural area: Brown / UPS ranks nearly as high for me. From 
my experience UPS has pretty great people.  If there were a local UPS 
"store" it would  be a coin flip.

Dann Johnson
Thompson, Iowa

At 06:51 AM 1/8/2004, you wrote:
>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
>>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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