I regret to find out about your use-UPS-or-get-charged-$30-tax because I
know Weddle Engineering has an excellent reputation for transmission
rebuilds. It means when the time comes I will look elsewhere first before
doing business with you. Economics 101 - (all else equal) if a less
expensive substitute can be found, consumers will buy the substitute instead
of the higher priced good.

Thanks,
Chris Gronski
Toronto, Ontario,
'80 Westy "Pokey" - SLOPOKEY
'87 Chevrolet Sprint - Ice Racer
'91 Pontiac Firefly - Convertible
www.vanagon.org & .ca
www.gronski.com, .org, & .ca
www.nineeleven.org & .ca

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Weddle" <info@2weddle.com>
To: "Lawrence Johnson" <LARRY_AVERY.JOHNSON@sympatico.ca>; ""\ 1980 VW
Westfalia \"Pokey\"\ "" <pokey@vanagon.org>; "vanagon"
<vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>; <Syncro@egroups.com>; "urabus"
<subaruvanagon@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Syncro] Re: Why I hate UPS (was: Vendors and shipping)

> Why Vanagon parts vendors might not like to use the US Post Office for
> shipment of international packages:
>
> As a business that is attempting to make money, we normally won't ship
> anything by the US Post Office because we have to wait in line for 45
> minutes and if a package ever gets lost (which seems to happen all too
> frequently), they tells us "tough luck". Insurance on the package does not
> help this problem, because once the package leaves US soil, the post
office
> will not take any responsibility for delivery. Believe me, we have tried
to
> file damage and loss claims with the post office and it is totally
> pointless.
>
> In the rare event that UPS loses a package, they will cover the loss, even
> if the loss occurs outside US borders. Also, they pick up at our door,
which
> saves us at least an hour of hassle.
>
> I think you will find that very few "for profit" businesses are willing to
> use the US Post Office to ship international packages. If one of our
> international customers absolutely insists that we ship a package by the
US
> Post Office, we will usually do it, but we add a minimum handling fee of
> $30.
>
> > From: Lawrence Johnson <LARRY_AVERY.JOHNSON@SYMPATICO.CA>
> > Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 09:45:29 -0500
> > To: "\"1980 VW Westfalia \\\"Pokey\\\"\"" <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>, vanagon
> > <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>, "Syncro@egroups.com" <Syncro@egroups.com>,
urabus
> > <subaruvanagon@egroups.com>
> > Subject: [Syncro] Re: Why I hate UPS (was: Vendors and shipping)
> >
> > Chris,
> > I wish you had posted this last week. UPS is in the process of screwing
me out
> > of over $100 more than it would have cost with the postal service. And
if that
> > weren't enough to leave a bad taste in your mouth, they rerouted the
parcel to
> > return to the US (GKY). I tracked the damn thing and notified them of
their
> > mistake. Now it is rerouted off in the direction of Bracebridge (again
GKY).
> >
> > Listen to Chris.. DO NOT USE UPS FOR US-CANADA SHIPMENTS.
> > -Larry
> >
> > 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\" wrote:
> >
> >> Being Canadian, buying parts from the US, and being addicted to eBay
has
> >> taught me one thing:
> >>
> >> UPS WILL SCREW YOU WITH OBSCENELY HIGH "HANDLING FEES" IF THEY TAKE
YOUR
> >> PACKAGE ACROSS THE BORDER.
> >>
> >> This reason is at the top of a very long list of screw ups, missed
> >> deadlines, etc. as to why I NEVER will use UPS. I had to order a
replacement
> >> carafe for my Krups coffeemaker and went through the whole order, gave
them
> >> my address and credit card info, etc. and then I asked about shipping.
UPS
> >> was the only option... I cancelled the order and sourced it locally, I
had
> >> to go out for my coffee for a couple extra weeks but it was worth it
not to
> >> use those rip off artists.
> >>
> >> Thanks (for listening to my rant),
> >> Chris Gronski
> >> Toronto, Ontario,
> >> '80 Westy "Pokey" - SLOPOKEY
> >> '87 Chevrolet Sprint - Ice Racer
> >> '91 Pontiac Firefly - Convertible
> >> www.vanagon.org & .ca
> >> www.gronski.com, .org, & .ca
> >> www.nineeleven.org & .ca
> >
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