Subj : piano, LPs, Clive Cussler To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Sep 29 2020 07:55:00 Hi Daryl! 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. DS> Well, I've never had a problem with FedEx...especially with ham DS> radio license exam results. Federal Law notes that I have 10 days DS> after the license exam session, to get the results to the DS> Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (VEC). Now, if I see weather will DS> be an issue, I'll pay extra for the overnight service, instead of DS> the "3 Day Super Saver". Either way, anything I've sent via FedEx DS> has always gotten there when promised. I'll still say it's just luck as have seen pictures of FedEx planes which have crashed, their trucks havign caught fire, etc. OTOH so have other delivery companies. Must also note some people just never have any luck with a specific business while others have great luck. DS> Unfortunately, if the addressee is at a Post Office Box, you DS> have no choice but to send it via the Post Office...as FedEx, DS> UPS, and DHL, will NOT deliver to Post Office Boxes. Though you and few other people have gotten around it by delivery to the Post Office building's address, Unit # whatever the PO Box is. :) 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. DS> Well, we had it noted on the label where to ship it...and they DS> dropped the ball. So, it got to be where we referred to UPS as DS> "OOPS!!". There was a joke that they were going to combine DS> Federal Express, with United Parcel Service, and it'd be known as DS> "Fed Ups". Well, I've got a graphic where one of each vehicle DS> collided with the other one at an intersection. Yes, I've seen that picture too; don't know if it's real but it is kinda funny! 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). DS> What's worse (if this wasn't enough) is that I'm still getting DS> items addressed to my late father, late wife, and late Mom. But, DS> if you hand it to them, noting "return to sender", more often DS> than not, they just throw it in the trash. You have to pay for an DS> envelope to put the item in, and then pay the postage, mailing it DS> back to the supposed addressee. Yet, I think some of these DS> organizations are using false addresses. Probably more old address lists. My Mother still gets the occasionally mail addressed to my Father and he's been dead for ten years. A friend of mine still gets mail addressed to his parents and an aunt and they've been gone for a long time also. 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. DS> You got lucky there. Got a brand new one. ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... If don't have a sense of humor, probably don't have any sense at all. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .