As I have done repairs over the years and thus shipped many items, I've
found any mode of expedited shipping is more likely to get the
merchandise to its destination with little to no damage and no items
were actually lost. Ground freight, UPS Ground or FED X Ground, seems
to get boxes moved and loaded and unloaded and moved and dropped and
such many times where as expedited shipping greatly reduces handling.
As a comment from my former company, we never insured merchandise. It is
overall less expensive in a years time to risk loosing 1 or 2 packages
than to insure every one of them. Besides, if the package is insured
for say $3K that raises suspicion to handlers as to what it contains.
With no insurance coverage, it could be a box of books, which would
appear to the uninformed, as of no interest.
Of note, the shipping charge for my new K3S from CA to TN was $35.35.
73
Bob, K4TAX
K3S s/n 10,163
On 8/31/2015 4:01 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
I have been shipping parcels with Elecraft gear in them for 11 years.
Sometimes as many as 6 or 7 a week recently. In all that time, I have
only know of 3 which had gone astray, but were eventually delivered.
I normally use USPS Priority Mail and it is fast, reliable and
economical. Two or 3 day delivery to any of the 50 states. The price
is a little more than UPS Ground, and less than UPS 3 day.
UPS and FedEx are good too, and if you can get commercial rates, they
are discounted, but I depend on USPS much more than UPS.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 8/31/2015 8:58 AM, Ray Sills wrote:
USPS Priority does a fine job. And, insurance is available. Only
once in my experience did USPS have a shipping hiccup:
The package coming to me had arrived in Philadelphia (closest major
city)… but somehow, it got sent to California, where I languished for
a day or two, before finally coming back to Philly and ultimately to
me. BTW, this hiccup was not an order from Elecraft. I still prefer
USPS Priority.
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