I've heard exactly the same stories from repair shops, but they were all
about fedex. Really. Lost packages every week, packages in limbo (4th
dimension, "we don't know where it is") and THEN reluctance to pay
insurance. Those shops switched from fedex back to UPS.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] UPS vs. USPS (was Oly acc. at KEH)
> >We've stopped using UPS almost entirely, for a variety of reasons. Most
> >important is that it is driver's discretion whether to acquire a
> >signature or not upon deliver, unless the shipper pays extra -- they can
> >just leave the package on the customer's doorstep if there's no one
> >home. When they started that policy, our claims increased from one or
> >two a year to four within a month! That's _not_ good customer service,
> >either for UPS or for me if I were to continue using them.
> >
> >That and the USPS gives us free boxes, tape, and labels!
> >
>
> After a lost shipment of a pricey telescope, no customer support or
> sympathy from UPS, and ground shipment when it was eventually found,
> extending total shipping time to three weeks, I have changed a
> number of vendors that I used to order from who offer no shipping
> option to UPS. When it was eventually delivered I mentioned the
> problem to a new driver and he said, "Where did they find it? South
> Africa?" Confidence inspiring.
> --
> Winsor Crosby
> Long Beach, California
>
>
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