[Rhodes22-list] Brad!

[Michael D. Weisner]

Bill,

You probably are using the new FedEx Home Delivery service, not the FedEx
Ground service (RPS).  This is a specialized CHEAP service for residential
deliveries.

Specifying UPS may not help either, at times.  Large mail order (Internet)
retailers are using a service known as Mail Innovations which uses UPS to
pick up the product and then transfer to the USPS for delivery.  A 3 day
ground UPS delivery can take a week using this wonderful solution.  Beware
of "free shipping" at buy.com and amazon.com as they use this tactic.

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)


From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 1:03 PM


> I just ordered a 10 pound item, shipped ground from New Hampshire to
> Connecticut, picked up by FedEx on 11/7/06.
>
> Fed Ex estimates it will arrive 11/14/06.  UPS would get it here in a
> day or 2, and would be able to tell me immediately whether it would be
> one day or two.
>
> The shipper could kick it down the road to me in less than a week.
>
> This is bad for FedEx even if the package arrives in less than a week.
>
> Talk to somebody.
>
> Until it gets straightened out, I will specify UPS whenever I have an
> option.
>
> Bill Effros
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