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Date:         Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:08:37 -0700
Reply-To:     jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
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From:         jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: UPS is VERY  expensive...
In-Reply-To:  <a06002003be72931502d0@[203.167.171.107]>
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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.


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