The thing to keep in mind about international shipments is that UPS and FEDEX take the package all the way to its destination, including customs clearance, while USPS transfers it to the postal service of the destination country. In my case, this means at least a month of extra time plus a degree of insecurity. UPS is much more costly, but if I were ordering something expensive or important, that is what I would request.
Vic 4X6GP > On 26 Apr 2017, at 20:56, Ken G Kopp <kengk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I suspect for each of us our view of shippers will vary widel. > > While certainly not a "large" shipper, Rose (Elecraft Covers) > ships a number of packages a week, with many going to > foreign destinations. > > She -always- ships via the USPS and mostly via Priority Mail. > In almost ten years she's had one package go astray, and > that was due to me typing a wrong ZIP code. A Priority Mail > package will reach any US destination in no more then three > days. > > FedEx is absolutely terrible! One fat envelope of legal papers > from our bank was left on the driveway, laying in two inches > of water. Another was tossed over a fence into the yard. Yet > another was dropped near the BACK door of the house. Didn't > find it until a trace was instituted for the "missing" delivery. > > When we order fabric, webbing, Velcro supplies, the vendor > is told in no uncertain terms if the order is sent vis FedEx it > will be the last one they get. A gawd awful company! (:-) > > FedEx problems may stem from their use of non-company > contract drivers in their trucks ... at least in this area. > > UPS is OK in our view ... all of Rose's orders are shipped via > UPS or the USPS. > > Trivia: A case shipped to Istanbul via USPS Airmail was > delivered in Turkey in -five- days!! > > FWIW ... > > 73! > > Ken - K0PP > elecraftcov...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
