Subj : piano, LPs, Clive Cussler
To   : Barry Martin
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Sep 28 2020 13:29:00

Barry,

 BM> Looks like you'll be using FedEx.  Didn't intend to turn this into a
 BM> debate, just a reminder there are multiple rates and options out there,
 BM> so can be helpful to ask.

  Well, I've never had a problem with FedEx...especially with ham radio
license exam results. Federal Law notes that I have 10 days after the
license exam session, to get the results to the Volunteer Examiner 
Coordinator (VEC). Now, if I see weather will be an issue, I'll pay extra 
for the overnight service, instead of the "3 Day Super Saver". Either way, 
anything I've sent via FedEx has always gotten there when promised.

  Unfortunately, if the addressee is at a Post Office Box, you have no 
choice but to send it via the Post Office...as FedEx, UPS, and DHL, will
NOT deliver to Post Office Boxes.

 BM> Loosing the decals seems like a good trick, but I could see how that
 BM> could possibly happen: truck caught on fire, dropped off at wrong
 BM> business with their multiple package shipment (and that business didn't
 BM> notice or care to correct.  Other maybe's.

  Well, we had it noted on the label where to ship it...and they dropped
the ball. So, it got to be where we referred to UPS as "OOPS!!". <G> There
was a joke that they were going to combine Federal Express, with United
Parcel Service, and it'd be known as "Fed Ups". Well, I've got a graphic
where one of each vehicle collided with the other one at an intersection.

 BM> Have had problem with the Post Office: the occasional piece of missing
 BM> mail.  Can't think of a package issue right now but probably (and a lot
 BM> of damages were more due to the shipper using flimsy containers than a
 BM> 'Postal Elephant' sitting on them).

  What's worse (if this wasn't enough) is that I'm still getting items
addressed to my late father, late wife, and late Mom. But, if you hand
it to them, noting "return to sender", more often than not, they just
throw it in the trash. You have to pay for an envelope to put the item
in, and then pay the postage, mailing it back to the supposed addressee.
Yet, I think some of these organizations are using false addresses.

 BM> FedEx, DHL, UPS: generally good luck, though do recall someone shipped
 BM> to me a dog crate for my newly adopted dog and it got lost by the
 BM> carrier.  Was replaced.

  You got lucky there.

Daryl

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