USPS all the way. On Feb 20, 3:29 am, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > 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
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