On 4/1/05 6:08, "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> wrote: >> this eve after work i drove over to UPS to ship a vanagon sliding doorpanel >> from here to Nevada. they wanted $70 to ship it. yep. 70 freakin >> dollars.. >> >> i took it over to FedEx and they wanted $35. >> >> i know who i'll be doing more business with... >> >> chris > > Yeah, and with FedEx you have abetter chance of the door still being > straight when it arrives! > -- > Andrew Grebneff > Dunedin > New Zealand > Fossil preparator > <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> > Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut > > HUMANITY: THE ULTIMATE VON NEUMANN MACHINE > > DEMOCRACY: RULE BY THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR > > You got hit with the oversize charges. Fedex has slightly different rules on what is oversize. As you noted that can make a HUGE price difference. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• jimt Planned insanity is best. Remember that sanity is optional. http://www.tactical-bus.info (tech info) http://www.westydriver.com |
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