In Chicago at least, UPS is the third choice as they do not have evening, weekend delivery options and their inconveniently located facility is open only during weekday business hours.
FedEx Home Delivery offers both (at a cost, but still). USPS of course has a key to get into condo buildings even if there is no door person. For delivery with signature requirements, there is a post office facility for every zip code with Saturday hours. Sure, I can route UPS deliveries to work. But being a bike only commuter, there are limits to the size of package I can receive there. And frankly, I prefer not having to use company mail room personnel to receive my purchases. With on line shopping rapidly becoming the largest retail sector, I hope UPS catches up with working peoples' needs. On Feb 19, 12:20 pm, Peter Pesce <petepe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Grant > For us east-coasters, would it be possible to at least offer the > option of USPS? > It's not a matter of cost as much as speed, at least for me, though it > seems like anything I order costs $15 to ship, regardless, and paying > for express shipping us a deal-killer. > The real killer us that UPS is seven full days from CA to CT. That > means if I decide I want or need something on a weekend and order it > online, it ships that Monday but I don't even receive it in time for > the next weekend, as it arrives the Monday after the Monday it ships. > USPS is usually about 3 days coast to coast for reasonable size > things. > Just a thought. I'd like to buy more from Riv but I'm an instant > gratification kind of guy! > Pete > On Feb 18, 7:00 pm, grant <grant...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > UPS charges us $8.08 for under-a-pound boxes to major metropolitan > > areas in California. If you live in a van down by the river, it costs > > (us) more. A typical box weight here is 5 pounds. To the midwest, it > > costs (us) about $11. Alaska and Hawaii cost more, for sure. > > > I wish we could get around UPS, but the other companies (FedX, USPS) > > either charge more or don't have tracking. Plus, the shippers are now > > super close buddies with Barry, our UPS guy, and even if FEDX got > > cheaper, it would take quite the Venezuelan FedX account manageress to > > get Robert and Vaughn to voluntarily, willingly, switch from UPS. It's > > not impossible, but unlikely. > > > Our flat rate of $8 is below our cost, but in my head I'm still a 13- > > year old ordering from L.L. Bean and paying nothing. Still, we may > > have to raise rates. The thing of it is, we don't sell anything ending > > in a 9, and that's what a dollar increase would be. Another dollar, > > and it's into the double-digits, which seems a lot higher. Eight is > > magic here, for now. > > G -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
