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FedEx –

Put a failed delivery sticker on the gate an eighth of a mile from our porch.  Claimed they did so the next 2 days, but they did not.   When I called they told me to pick up the item 30 miles away in another town.  Asked them to deliver to our town which they agreed to do and claimed it would be at FedEx Office before Noon.  I went there and the clerk laughed and told me it might be Noon in Hawaii when they got it.

UPS
Does not ring the intercom bell at the roadside gate, leaves the parcel in a large plastic bag which flaps in the wind to alert the poachers.  If I leave the gate open, they bring the parcel onto the porch, do not ring the doorbell, and do not put the parcel in a protective bag.

USPS
Sent a cashiers check for $1500 by Priority Mail to get a soil characteristics report done for inspection by the county engineer before erecting a tower.  The soils engineer drilled a 25 foot deep test hole, created a report, and billed me for the $1500.  When asked, they said they’d never seen the check, they called USPS who said it was delivered to their office on Saturday to which they replied that the multi-tenant building was locked,  They asked USPS to find out what happened and the USPS response was that the delivery carrier was no longer in their employ.  

DHL
Shipped some electronics from San Jose to San Diego overnight.  DHL claimed that the forest fire forbid them making the delivery.  When I asked them how far away the fire was from the downtown recipient, they went more stupid.

Good luck

Bob R = n7wy

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[Edward R Cole]

This topic probably worn out.  I ran a small ham radio business and
used USPS to domestic and international destinations with good
results (most of the time).  There was one shipment to the UK that
was sent to Canada, and another to Germany was fowarded by funkpost
to Saudia Arabia (fortunately was returned after a week to Germany
for deliver in-country).

Main reason to chose USPS Priority Mail was cost.  UPS/FedEX
typically charge 150% what it costs with USPS.  But funny thing is
seeing the UPS or FedEx trucks show up to deliver the US Mail to/from
our local PO.

BTW overnight to AK takes 2-days; 2-day delivery is always 3-days,
etc.  Deliveries only make it on-time to the Anchorage Airport depot;
takes another day for delivery by truck (even to Anchorage addresses).

I'm no longer in-business.  WA2ODO-Pete Manfre quit making preamps
last July.  I stopped making DEMI kits and W6PQL amp kits a couple years ago.

Hope everyone is having a pleasant and joyous holiday.  Maybe the K4
will arrive by Valentines??  I'm happy with my upgraded K3/10, KX3,
and KXPA100.  Bucket truck is scheduled to work on my 6m-eme array
after the holidays (getting new rotator, digital encoder, and thrust bearing).

73, Ed - KL7UW
   http://www.kl7uw.com
Dubus-NA Business mail:
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[Phil Kane-2]

On 12/25/2019 3:18 PM, Edward R Cole wrote:

> Main reason to chose USPS Priority Mail was cost.  UPS/FedEX typically
> charge 150% what it costs with USPS.  But funny thing is seeing the UPS
> or FedEx trucks show up to deliver the US Mail to/from our local PO.

FedEx will deliver to the PO loading dock directly if the recipient's
address is a PO Box.  UPS will not, but will deliver to the PO dock if
the PO's street address is used.  Many other carriers have a
"partnership" with the USPS, delivering to a USPS regional mail center
and then using  the USPS to finish the job.

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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