Daryl, Actually... FedEx is better than UPS when it comes to the heavy stuff. UPS ground service maxes out at 100lbs, FedEx Ground maxes out at 150lbs And FedEx is much, much less expensive. Cheers, Jeff www.vanagonparts.com
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of Daryl Christensen Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 9:36 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: UPS is VERY expensive...
My personal shipping wisdom & experience Shipping oversize stuff is too spendy with UPS... I ship most all my trannys with UPS because Fedex doesn't like the heavy stuff and they are not convenient for me..A 100 lb tranny runs about $90 give or take destination and they all get there in one piece due to my bubble wrap packing. Fed Ex is cheaper to Canada due to their lower fees DHL (was Airborne) is trying to get into the market and is cheaper for now... Beware small towns that may only get fedex or dhl deliverys once a week or not at all...UPS will go to them ALL daily. I had a G50 porshe tranny shipped from Alabama via truck...cost me $285 The key to shipping heavy stuff is to pack it so it won't move in the box...A shrp edge of something will hammer at the box and poke thru, where as a secured item will just sit there happy & content. Greyhound takes packages fairly cheap Amtrack used to... nuf said....Daryl of AA Trans Subject: Re: UPS is VERY expensive...
> I've been preaching this for years.... SHOP AROUND. I sent a > transmission to california for $65. It came back by truck because the > shipper "didn't do Fedex." (I live in Alabama for god's sake and we > have it everywhere. Go figure.) The bill was about $175. > > Jim > > On Mar 31, 2005, at 9:06 PM, JordanVw@AOL.COM 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 >> > |
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