And if you are shipping overseas, unless you have more money than you
know what to do with the post office is the best way to go.
Where one of my clock boxes I can ship via UPS, DHL, Fed-EX, will cost
close to 300 bucks to do, shipping it via the USPS, on the average 50
to 60 bucks.
Joe WB9SBD
Sig
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 3/1/2017 2:37 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
I've shipped a lot of used gear (and other stuff) by USPS, UPS, and
FedEx. With all of them, I do my own packing. I save the good boxes
and good packing materials that I receive (there is a special place in
hell for shippers who use those f#%king packing peanuts). I have more
boxes and packing material than I can ever use. :)
With UPS and FedEx, I fill out shipping paperwork, pay online, print
my own documents, tape them to the package, and drop the package off
at one of their locations (or hand them to a FedEx or UPS driver).
Their websites are very easy to use. I take boxes I'm shipping via
USPS to the post office, let them compute the postage (and advise me
as to the best way to ship), and pay them. NONE of these locations
charge for handling that package. For most stuff, my preferred
shipper is USPS. I may be lucky, but I've never had a problem with
anything I've shipped with any of those shippers. If you're paying to
use those shipping locations, you're ignorant, or lazy, or you've got
a job and your time is worth more than mine. I'm retired. :)
73, Jim K9YC
On Tue,2/28/2017 6:20 PM, Tom Osborne wrote:
Some of these smaller stores just use UPS to bring in customers. The
UPS
store is in it to make a profit after paying their employees. Not the
best
way to ship.
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