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The Russian Postal Service and the Meteorite
USPS is the only carrier
that does not charge extra for Saturday delivery or that can service post office boxes. Saturday delivery is going away. UPS does deliver to PO boxes in mail centres. Contrast that with NO delivery by the PO and weekly delivery by Fedup Hex to my home! UPS delivers daily! FedEx was the leader in prices, and the most green, with 329 hybrid vehicles, 19 electric vehicles, and 406 alternative fuel vehicles. Stats can be twisted ... IF you run your 'regular' big van, nearly empty, over a long route and -=also=- run another truck over the same route [contract 'carrier'], then you aren't 'green' but a fuel waster! So, which is best? The bottom line is that it depends on what you ship, where you ship it and what packing-materials needs you have, if any. It Any time I've compared Fedup Hex with UPS, they wer 12-15% higher -and- UPS will pick up at my door! This saves me 2 gallons of gas to take my package to the Fedup Hex 'drop box' in a pharmacy two towns away. Again limited stats are alwaysmisleading. depends on your customer service needs, and your sensitivity to environmental issues. The best solution for your ecommerce business may not be the best for mine. It depends." NO, getting the package here, in a reasonable time, in good condition is the concern. BTW with all the laugh about elecric cars and such, they have all forgotten that electricity, for the most part is a polluting generation process! Just because the actual vehicle doesn't emit pollutants, one needs to realize those were emmitted when the electricity was -=generated=-. Further there's the bigger problem of the lead and other high contaminents when the cars are repaired or junked! None of the Greenies bother to address this MAJOR problem! |
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The Russian Postal Service and the Meteorite
See my inline comments:
Sir F.A. Rien wrote in : USPS is the only carrier that does not charge extra for Saturday delivery or that can service post office boxes. Saturday delivery is going away. Aren't you paying attention, Rien? USPS will continue delivering packages on Saturdays. FedEx was the leader in prices, and the most green, with 329 hybrid So, which is best? The bottom line is that it depends on what you ship, where you ship it and what packing-materials needs you have, if any. It Any time I've compared Fedup Hex with UPS, they wer 12-15% higher -and- UPS will pick up at my door! This saves me 2 gallons of gas to take my package to the Fedup Hex 'drop box' in a pharmacy two towns away. Again limited stats are alwaysmisleading. depends on your customer service needs, and your sensitivity to environmental issues. The best solution for your ecommerce business may not be the best for mine. It depends." Victor is right. Best solution for each individual may differ. I live in the city. UPS store is right next to my Post Office branch. I have no problems with FedEx or UPS deliveries. I am suffering a fourth month of late mail deliveries -- after dark most days. And I have had only the one undeliverable mail item, the one CD sent to Russia. Overseas mail is much, much cheaper than UPS or FedEx service. NO, getting the package here, in a reasonable time, in good condition is the concern. BTW with all the laugh about elecric cars and such, they have all forgotten that electricity, for the most part is a polluting generation process! Just because the actual vehicle doesn't emit pollutants, one needs to realize those were emmitted when the electricity was -=generated=-. Further there's the bigger problem of the lead and other high contaminents when the cars are repaired or junked! None of the Greenies bother to address this MAJOR problem! I'll agree with this comment. Electric vehicles are also very expensive and have limited driving range. Bill |
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The Russian Postal Service and the Meteorite
Aren't you paying attention, Rien? USPS will continue delivering
packages on Saturdays. Not according to the message my local Postmistress received. But then perhaps city vs rural is handled differenty with them too? "WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service announced plans today to transition to a new delivery schedule during the week of Aug. 5, 2013 that includes package delivery Monday through Saturday, and mail delivery Monday through Friday. The Postal Service expects to generate cost savings of approximately $2 billion annually, once the plan is fully implemented." Now ... since these recent 'decisions' also include chopping the hours or rural PO's, the PM will NOT be at the PO on Saturday, as First Class mail will not be delivered! So .... NO DELIVERY ON SATURDAY for the rural US. Also on the 'block' is 'compressing' the rural PO's hours to 10 AM to 3 PM, Monday to Friday. Victor is right. Best solution for each individual may differ. I live in the city. UPS store is right next to my Post Office branch. I have no problems with FedEx or UPS deliveries. Nor did I living in a smoggy city. However as I keep posting - Fedup Hex does NOT deliver 'ground services' in the rural areas! They toss it to a sub-contractor, no liability, claim in the tracking it's 'delivered' and wash their hands. It -=may=- arrive a week and more later! OH yes, we're also now into the 'extended delivery zone' with a SURCHARGE! Simply a case of a company not wanting to really serve, just skim the cream. Last package I was forced to get that way was left in the rain up at the barn's equipment door. So I tell -=all=- merchants, if they want my order, they use UPS or USPS. |
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