Maybe its in this thread but one other UPS (and probably FedEx) policy to be aware of is that insurance for items NOT packed by UPS only extends to covering the value of item if lost. If packed by UPS then the insurance covers loss and in transit damage. When I have sold things either on this list or eBay over a certain value, I drop them off at the UPS store and have them pack it and ship.
I had a recent “frustration” with UPS, in that I shipped something a few weeks back associated with a visa application. As the application process had gone silent I began to wonder if I had shipped the item to the correct address. The UPS tracking and customer receipt only show the city and state. It was an unnecessarily convoluted process to verify the address was correct. I agree that USPS offers many benefits especially if you can “squeeze” an item into their standard boxes. Plus their receipts include the full shipping address. Paul Gacek W6PNG/M0SNA > On Apr 11, 2022, at 3:31 PM, eda...@aya.yale.edu wrote: > > I just shipped some of my Elecraft gear to someone who had purchased it from > me. The agreement was that I would ship it and they would bear the shipping > expense. The buyer was OK with my using UPS. > > > > So I packed it up and took it to "The UPS Store." There are about 30 of > them in the Denver metro area and about a dozen in the city itself. Before > taking the package there I looked at UPS on-line to see what insurance would > cost. The UPS site said $1.05 per hundred dollars in excess of the $100 > included in the shipping rate. When I arrived at the UPS Store they charged > me $4.50 per $100. That difference times the value of what I was shipping > came to well over $100. When I questioned it (more accurately, when I > complained about it) they told me that UPS and The UPS Store are different > entities. The latter, they said, is a network of franchises independent of > the real UPS that "works with" UPS for retail shipping and receiving. So > what I had seen on the UPS website was what UPS charges, not the grossly > inflated premium The UPS Store charges. OK, I asked, how can I ship this > via UPS itself? The answer was a 90 minute round-trip drive to the nearest > real UPS terminal. > > > > The UPS Store does not charge real UPS rates. They have UPS in their name. > They use a logo indistinguishable from the UPS logo. Their counter clerks > wear UPS Brown. There was a standar UPS truck parked in front of the shop. > There was NOTHING visible to me in the store that indicated it wasn't a UPS > shop. Maybe everyone on this reflector already knows about this. Until > this morning I didn't. > > > > There's an old maxim that a happy customer tells one other person about > their experience. An unhappy customer tells ten other people. > > > > Ted, KN1CBR > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 paul.ga...@me.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
