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Thread: FedEx vs. UPS vs. USPS

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    FedEx vs. UPS vs. USPS

    What is everyones experience . . .

    • Cost to Pack
    • Cost to Ship
    • Delivery problems
    • Insurance claims on the problems

    I went to a FedEx Kinkos and we greeted by an absolute moron.
    First off, I went there to get a price to PACK & SHIP 5 touchscreen computers to the same address and he wanted to send them in 5 boxes! Then, he told me he needed the City and State to give me a price . . . When I said why can't you just use the zip he said "well I could go online to find out what the city/state are but it's more trouble" After he was done "computing" the cost . .. he still gave it to me on a per/unit price (breaking it down to pack/per unit and ship/per unit. . .. I told him to add them up for me and tell me what the cheapest to send these 5 units to that zip and he sort of added it in his head and told me "around" how much it would cost! I left dumber than i already am. And I'm pretty dumb!
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    Quote Originally Posted by wildownes View Post
    What is everyones experience . . .

    • Cost to Pack
    • Cost to Ship
    • Delivery problems
    • Insurance claims on the problems

    I went to a FedEx Kinkos and we greeted by an absolute moron.
    First off, I went there to get a price to PACK & SHIP 5 touchscreen computers to the same address and he wanted to send them in 5 boxes! Then, he told me he needed the City and State to give me a price . . . When I said why can't you just use the zip he said "well I could go online to find out what the city/state are but it's more trouble" After he was done "computing" the cost . .. he still gave it to me on a per/unit price (breaking it down to pack/per unit and ship/per unit. . .. I told him to add them up for me and tell me what the cheapest to send these 5 units to that zip and he sort of added it in his head and told me "around" how much it would cost! I left dumber than i already am. And I'm pretty dumb!
    There are dumb people all over, in every job, in every company, EVERYWHERE. I would try again, or do it yourself. It is not that hard to measure a box that will fit your items, and weigh it on a scale, and go the respective websites, and get a total.

    I have found that the USPS is the best of all worlds. Cost is generally cheaper, though they will not pack for you. They are the biggest shipper around, and that has it's benefits.

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    I found USPS is usually a little more expensive then UPS and FedEx.
    Also USPS tracking SUCKS!!!

    I use FedEx and then UPS
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    I just pack at home/work and drop off and pay online.

    1) I like Fedex because they have a ton of locations in Chicago and their ground service is cheap.

    2) I hate having to stand in line at USPS but they are cheap too. I agree their tracking sucks.

    3) UPS has less locations and seems to be the most expensive from my experience.

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    USPS, FedEx and then UPS.
    I don't like ups but have to use it since FedEX is far away and never ship to CANADA with UPS they charge $40 extra even there is no duty fees applied.

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    UPS FTW!!!!


    i can usually get anything within 1 - 2 days (using 3 day shipping), its pretty nice... fedex lost my video card and 2 HDDs when i used it (making my desktop), and usps is just slow, 5 days for some random thing i dont remember...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Quattro View Post
    I found USPS is usually a little more expensive then UPS and FedEx.
    Also USPS tracking SUCKS!!!

    I use FedEx and then UPS

    Usually I found FedEx, USPS then Ups is the way to go but it all depends on the weight and destination.

    USPS tracking sucks because they do not have any kind of tracking all they have is "delivery confirmation" which most people assume it is a tracking service but is not.

    The most reliable I found is Ups, USPS then FedEx. Ups will deliver 8-9pm if running late.Fedex reschedules sometimes 2-3 days in a row.
    USPS is reliable but very slow on parcel post sometimes it can take up to 10-14 days.
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    Small stuff, no one can beat USPS Priority and Overnight (cost and speed).
    Bigger stuff, Fedex.
    Insurance. I heard that USPS pay to the amount you insured. Other only pay 100 even you insure for a mil.
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    We also use USPS, the price is really good and the locations they ship to are much broader. I am not sure how UPS and FedEx deliver internationally (if they handle it themselves or they hand it off to a local carrier). With USPS they usually hand the shipment off to a local carrier and they complete the shipment. It is extremely rare we will lose a shipment, domestically I do not think we have ever lost one. As everyone has already stated, the tracking blows for USPS, but it is a fairly quick delivery option as well. On a few occassions we have had issues with customs, but again I am not sure that is specific to USPS or that would be a problem with any carrier. Both domestically and internationally I would vote for USPS. If I could get DHL or UPS to deliver to the same locations for the same price in the same amount of time with their hot tracking systems, I might change my mind.

    Perhaps the size of your company might make a difference as well, depending on the discounts and special service you might get from various shippers.

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    On a side note a vendor of mine uses DHL from Turkey and it takes little to no time to receive the package, we had one small issue the other day where DHL misrouted a package going to our WI office to MN, and it took a little bit of calling around to fix it, but the price is pretty reasonable.

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