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Subject:Re: Why I hate UPS (was: Vendors and shipping) - no vanagon content
From:Mark Dorm
Date:Sun, 7 Jan 2001 16:18:15 -0800
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<P>Well its a good thing that Cast Away features Fed Ex with a supporting role by Tom Hanks. </P>
<P>Some guy was telling me that the USPS lost some paperwork worth a few thousand dollars, so he doesn't use them anymore. As far Strike Monger UPS goes, what about having it delivered to your work? </P>
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;From: Todd Last <RUBATOGUY@MINDSPRING.COM>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Reply-To: Todd Last <RUBATOGUY@MINDSPRING.COM>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Subject: Re: Why I hate UPS (was: Vendors and shipping) - no vanagon content
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 14:07:38 -0800
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;On a different side of the coin, as a consumer I try to never use UPS.
<DIV></DIV>&gt;THis is because of the policy instituted by the local UPS office where I live.
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;They will not leave any package unless signed for by an adult (they no longer
<DIV></DIV>&gt;accept the yellow sticky notes that you can sign and leave on the door.) This
<DIV></DIV>&gt;means that if you are one of the folks that have to work for a living, you have
<DIV></DIV>&gt;to either go to their distribution center to pick up the package - a half hour
<DIV></DIV>&gt;away in my case, or reroute the package to somewhere that someone can sign for
<DIV></DIV>&gt;it - which will add 4 days to the delivery time, provided that they don't loose
<DIV></DIV>&gt;the instructions to reroute (which has happened to me twice.)
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;Plus, my experience is that a package is much more likely to be damaged by UPS
<DIV></DIV>&gt;than with either Fedex or USPS.
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;So the shipping options that a vendor has tends to be a factor when I select who
<DIV></DIV>&gt;to buy from. For me, UPS means extra hassle and more chance of damage - and
<DIV></DIV>&gt;generally a higher cost than the USPS.
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;Todd
<DIV></DIV>&gt;'88 Westy
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