I personally use USPS all the time (5-10 pieces per day) but Bridgette
has her reasons. I've had several items get lost using their
international service. 2 were returned to me. Not bad, but they were
larger packages and I had to pay additional shipping to get the boxes
back. 10 shirts cost me 40 to ship plus 40 to get back along with a 25
customs fee. Bad for business. At least when I ship UPS they make
sure my packages make it to their destination....no extra fees.
:)
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On Feb 11, 2010, at 7:09 AM, JT Stewart <[email protected]> wrote:
No, it's not. I run a mail-order record business, we still use USPS.
We send around a thousand int'l packages a year, to some slightly
exotic places. A package goes missing maybe once every two years, and
usually it's not entirely clear whether it's even the USPS' fault.
International shipments over 4 pounds use a customs form that includes
a code that can be tracked through the USPS website. It's been that
way for a decade or so. Until last month, shipments under 4 pounds
used a much simpler customs form that could not be tracked (at least,
not through the website), but they've just gone to more complicated
one that I believe can be. Tracking means accountability for any
facility or post office where the package disappears.
If you have the address right and the customs form right I'd say the
chances of USPS losing something are way under 1%. If you have the
address or customs form wrong, the package might take a long time to
come back to you, but it will..the odds of loss are the same.
My biggest beef with USPS right now is with domestic Media Mail
shipments, which they have gotten a little over-zealous about opening
and checking. Even when the box has fragile written all over it and is
insured for hundreds of dollars. Apparently I'm supposed to trust that
they will properly repackage everything...not good.
JT
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:40 AM, Martin Dust
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 11 Feb 2010, at 01:13, Detroit Techno Militia wrote:
Too many issues shipping with USPS. If you want to take your
chances,
I'd be more than happy to pick one up for you and send it 1st class.
:)
Is the US postal service that bad? Everything we send seems to get
through!
m
