I would agree!! I sent a 40#, 11' long whitewater kayak from NE Iowa to Washington State for $150. other truck lines wanted $275 minimum and UPS laughed at me. And the nearest Forward Air terminal was Minneapolis DM&FS At 10:20 AM 4/1/2005, Al and Sue Brase wrote: >This is where the nice person at the Fedex counter can really make a >difference. The scale can't be fudged, but that cloth measuring tape >often gets stretched or read low on purpose, I think. Hell, it's >probably (Fedex) policy to cheat the company a little and make every >customer feel special. No better way to make them come back. A good company! >Al Brase > >Brian Wasson wrote: > >>With the box for the rack, an extra 2 inches on >>one side would have pushed it up to nearly the same price as UPS. >> >>Brian Wasson |
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