[Yaesu] Why does anyone ship UPS?

[rertman@ix.netcom.com]

I've used UPS and FedEx a lot.  Only an occasional minor delay in
getting the shipment to its destination.  Although FedEx did blow it
once getting a shipment to me.  They delivered it to the wrong
address.  I called them to check and they said they left it at the
proper address and put it inside the screen door.  I found that
interesting because I don't have a screen door.  I went to the house 
where they left the pkg and the people were cool about it and gave 
it to me (small place in the hills where we all know each other).

Dick

Mike Urich wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Geiger" <johngeig@yahoo.com>
> 
> So why do most hams use UPS?  Is it habit?  Is it that
> they don't know about Fedex?  Are my experiences
> unique and everyone else gets great service from UPS?
> I have a couple of other stories about UPS that I
> won't get into at this time.
> 
> Mike wrote
> 
> Gee John tell us how you feel :-) don't hold back.  Over the years I've used
> UPS, Fed-Ex & AirBorne.  I've found all three to be very similar.  I've
> never had a problem on my end receiving any package from any of them.  I did
> send a radio I sold to a ham in Washington state via UPS that I thought took
> a day too long but he wasn't complaining.
> 
> I office out of the house (LaPorte TX) and my "office" is actually in
> Schaumburg Ill.  The company has a contract with AirBorne and when we're
> shuffling "stuff" back and forth they send me a pre-paid return label.
> When I'm ready to send it back I just call a toll free number ... hit a few
> tones on the phone ... go set it on the porch and they (AirBorne) come and
> get it.
> 
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