I've been preaching this for years.... SHOP AROUND. I sent a
transmission to california for $65. It came back by truck because the
shipper "didn't do Fedex." (I live in Alabama for god's sake and we
have it everywhere. Go figure.) The bill was about $175.

Jim

On Mar 31, 2005, at 9:06 PM, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

> this eve after work i drove over to UPS to ship a vanagon sliding
> doorpanel
> from here to Nevada.   they wanted $70 to ship it.   yep.   70 freakin
> dollars..
>
> i took it over to FedEx and they wanted $35.
>
> i know who i'll be doing more business with...
>
> chris
>