ups totaly sux and is very good at screwing everyone!!!
They must be going out of their way this month, here is what others from another forum I belong too have to say about ups.
So what do most folks use FedX or UPS?
When I just bought my bike, UPS lost it for 4 days!
Is Fed-X any better/cheaper/faster?
Doug
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posted August 05, 2005 09:41 AMAugust 05, 2005 09:41 AM
FedEx Ground is a little faster & cheeper, but they both have their good & bad points. Your best bet is to pack it real good and put a declared value on what ever it is that your shipping. If you are going to mark your package "FRAGILE", only put it once or twice because I think that they like to kick the S**T out of yoiu box if you over do it.
I own the Pack 'N' Mail in Grapevine, Texas and ship everyday all over the world.
I hope this helps, Steve
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DOUG
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posted August 05, 2005 11:08 AMAugust 05, 2005 11:08 AM
no one at UPS wanted to fess up to it.
they missorted the bike 2x and because they are such a big ompany , it appears they dont care a whole lot..
Owell
thanks for the info
doug
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posted August 05, 2005 12:06 PMAugust 05, 2005 12:06 PM
UPS is the originator of the "blank stare"-
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posted August 05, 2005 02:44 PMAugust 05, 2005 02:44 PM
Fed-Ex is much better/cheaper&faster than brown. Brown ****ed up a very $$$, rare Porsche part, then tried to lie about it and screwed me. Even though I had before and after pictures, pictures of how it was packed, fully insured and documented, provided 3 est for the cost of repair (all less than the insured amount) they refused to pay the claim. I had to pay for the repair for the damage those A-holes did
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posted August 05, 2005 05:11 PMAugust 05, 2005 05:11 PM
My former next door neighbor works for UPS as a driver, been there almost 20 years.
Words from his own mouth: "Ship your stuff via FedEx. Trust me.".
He would not elaborate, but I have pretty much taken his word for it.
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DOUG
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posted August 05, 2005 05:24 PMAugust 05, 2005 05:24 PM
The last time I went to UPS, about 6 months ago, I brought them a Skyway TA frame to ship from CT to, I think, Illinois.
$38 4-6 days with insurance(I didn't ask for ins.)
No thanks....
Took it to the post office and shipped it for $11 priority mail.
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posted August 05, 2005 07:31 PMAugust 05, 2005 07:31 PM
I have used both UPS & FedEx to ship bikes. FedEx ground is cheaper by at least $10 & usually gets there a day sooner. Usually takes 2-3 days in the lower 48.
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posted August 05, 2005 08:03 PMAugust 05, 2005 08:03 PM
Did you all hear the news??
FED-EX and UPS are merging..the new name is :::::
FED-UPs.....
Most of the dammaged has been done by u.s.p.s. for me...i like fed ex..
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posted August 05, 2005 09:17 PMAugust 05, 2005 09:17 PM
FedEx all the way..hands down.. at least for items bigger then a shoe box..anything small, hard to beat USPS priority mail.. 2 thumbs up to both of them for always getting my stuff to its new home, and in the same condition I sent em out!!
just my 2 cents..
Rick
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posted August 06, 2005 12:12 AMAugust 06, 2005 12:12 AM
I always ship my bikes through Fedex ground. They are faster than UPS and cheaper too. They also don't beat the hell out of the box like UPS does.
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posted August 06, 2005 01:50 AMAugust 06, 2005 01:50 AM
FedEx ground all the way!
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posted August 06, 2005 01:56 AMAugust 06, 2005 01:56 AM
Fed Ex, cheaper and faster, their tracking system is a lot better too.
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posted August 06, 2005 12:56 PMAugust 06, 2005 12:56 PM
Less people handle the box with Fedex Express because it is not in the system as long, remember to insure it .
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posted August 06, 2005 02:08 PMAugust 06, 2005 02:08 PM
I've switched from UPS to FedEx like most.
Does anyone know if FedEX has the same policy as UPS for used boxes???
If you ship a bike or any part for that matter through UPS in a used box.....an insurance claim for damage will be denied.
My personal experience with how UPS likes to break things...I used to work at a Classic Mustang Parts manufacturer(across the street from Redline in Camarillo.)
And we had a problem shipping the aluminum door sill plates. They would always get folded in half..even though we were using trianglular tube boxes. Claims would be denied.....finally I started taping the sill plates to 2x4's....first few made it through ok....but we did get one set that was STILL SMASHED!!! Boy did their rep like explaining how that happened.
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kilo
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posted August 06, 2005 02:33 PMAugust 06, 2005 02:33 PM
i have never heard of that with fedex mj. i've only had to file a claim with fedex once, but i didnt have any problem with it, and it was a used box!
--mike.
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posted August 06, 2005 05:20 PMAugust 06, 2005 05:20 PM
FedEx is WAY cheaper and WAY faster. Who ever said that shipping anything larger than a shoebox with FedEx is dead right.
UPS is outrageous compared to FedEx. I sent a 40 lbs. box to Las Vegas - $52 UPS a week later, I sent a 42 lbs. box to northern CA - using FedEx - $27.50!
I have heard that it's Tuff (excuse the pun) to get claims honored with either company however. Luckily, I haven't had to - until now of course.
Mike
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posted August 06, 2005 09:32 PMAugust 06, 2005 09:32 PM
Around here, UPS is slow and damages anything big. Fed Ex was cheap and fast when I had a bike shipped to me this way. The USPS keeps losing things for me, both to and from. Checks, Parts, magazines, you name it, the post office collects it for themselves.
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posted August 07, 2005 12:50 PMAugust 07, 2005 12:50 PM
I got through college by working nights at a UPS hub. We'd unload about a dozen trailers all onto a large conveyer belt, then every so many yards, there was a big hydraulic steel bar that would shove the boxes off the belt and onto a tray for people to sort. During peak hours when there was too much stuff on the belt, those bars would slide across and crush dozens of boxes at a time. Nobody cared. It was all about production. It happened every night.
As a UPS customer, the delivery man couldn't find my address, so he misdelivered my package three times despite my best attempts to contact anyone who cared. I finally just drove by the house that kept getting my package and took it off the doorstep myself.
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posted August 07, 2005 01:20 PMAugust 07, 2005 01:20 PM
I've used 'em all, and say same... UPS is costly and risks damage, FedEx is a much better option... and the US Post Office is full of crooks, I've lost two big money orders through them, even though I sent Registered Mail... they just "disappear"... and I even used a different office after the first one.
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So what do most folks use FedX or UPS?