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Date:         Sat, 6 Jan 2001 09:56:39 -0800
Reply-To:     Bill Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bill Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vendors and shipping
Comments: To: JKrevnov@AOL.COM
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On the topic of shipping damages.
I remember reading a consumer reports article a couple of years ago....


Consumer Reports shipped a equal number of packages with fragile contents
through the three largest shippers... U.P.S., Fed-X, and the U.S. Mail. The
packages were shipped from various places around the U.S.


As I remember, the results were that Fed-X was the fastest and the U.S. Mail
the slowest... no surprise there...


But.... the U.S. Mail caused the least amount of damage to the contents of
the packages... Fed-X caused the most damage....


I guess the old adage 'haste makes waste' applies.


Bill Davidson
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