On 6/3/2011 3:06 PM, Jim Lowman wrote:
> Recently I ordered a Tablet PC from Amazon, and was surprised
> that they shipped it via USPS. What I can't figure out is the
> reason that it's scheduled to take until next Wednesday to get
> here from the Seattle area. When Amazon has shipped books from
> Seattle previously, they took two business days to arrive,
> whether via USPS or UPS.
Some shippers are now using a hybrid method where UPS sends the
shipment to a regional USPS distribution center and you then
get it via USPS. (Forgot the nickname of the service.)
The absurd situation that I experienced was that using the UPS
Tracking site I tracked a shipment sent on a Union Pacific RR
Z-train (hotshot UPS container train) from Los Angeles right
through Portland (OR) on the way to the Regional Center in
Kent, WA - across the state near Seattle - and then the USPS
brought it back to Portland for delivery. Added three days to
the shipment versus off-loading the container at UPS Portland
and out for delivery the next morning along with all the other
UPS stuff destined for Portland on that train.
--- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402
From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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