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Date:         Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:07:32 -0800
Reply-To:     VW Doka <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         VW Doka <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: since the thread on shipping is current..
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
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It's definitely a personal experience thing... for I have had just the opposite experience. I've shipped thousands of packages via FedEx and they have been great. Even the couple of items that have gone missing or have broken in transit were paid very quickly by the FedEx claims department.

Now UPS is a completely different story. My experience has been nothing but bad with that outfit. Expensive, unreliable, and if you ever have a claim... good luck!

Cheers,

Jeff www.vanagonparts.com

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of Don Hanson Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 4:26 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: since the thread on shipping is current..

I avoid Fed Ex whenever I can, after almost never getting a shipment through them without problems of some kind..usually major. Maybe it's just around here, but I don't think so after talking to others about Fed X. They lose things, they don't find my address, then send the shipment back, they damage things and generally don't deliver (pun) like they say. Whenever I buy something from afar, I check how it will be shipped, and if they use Fed Ex, I ask them to ship it some other way or I go elsewhere for the item if they won't "not ship" Fed X.. I know it is a personal experience thing, but everyone I know has a few Fed X horror stories, and the other companies don't get near the bad rap.. For what it's worth.. Don Hanson


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