Herbert Graf wrote:

That's not their fault, that's UPS. UPS is notorious for absolutely
> outrageous brokerage fees. I was once charge more brokerage then the item
> was worth. UPS is the worst of scammers and I do something simple: if a
> company wants to ship me something UPS I go elsewhere, and I tell them that.
> TTYL


I'm very surprised to read his and other postings about United Parcel
Service (UPS) in Canada. I live in Maryland, USA, and I can't really
live without UPS. They deliver fairly fast (even with the ground
service, although packages from Digi-Key seem to take forever when I
want them a lot and elected to ship ground!), the UPS delivery guy knows
me on sight, has a friendly smile and often a quick friendly greeting,
and is careful with my packages.

My United States Post Office carrier is a young woman who, simply put,
is an unsmiling oaf. She once dumped a package of expensive technical
books from Amazon.com on my deck...right after a rain. The door to my
house airlock was right there in front of her and she could have put the
package there, where it was dry. I cannot trust her to take care with
expensive packages. And USPS takes a long time to deliver packages.

Until recently I tried to avoid Airborne Express as well, because they
somehow always had problems with my packages. Then I ordered a soldering
station from outpost.com at 11:00 p.m. and boom! Airborne delivered it
by 5:00 p.m. the next day to my utter amazement!

So in general I can't live without United Parcel Service. Maybe some day
the USPS carrier will be replaced by someone much smarter and USPS
itself will experience improved delivery times. And maybe just maybe the
next time I'm in a rush I'll give Airborne another try to see if my
recent experience was just lucky chance.

Bob Cochran




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