Your basing your oppinion off an incident that happened several years ago? Jeez. Grudge? ;-) It was probably an accidental computer glitch. Were they courteous and respectful when you when in to have the issue resolved??? Shawn Wilton Junior in CpE MicroBiologist Phone: (503) 881-2707 Email: shawn@black9.net http://black9.net Charles Craft wrote: > FedEx ain't what it used to be and the FedEx Green (former Roadway) is just the pits. > http://www.fedex.com/us/about/today/history/#3 > > Shipped a PC to my sister a few years ago and they chose to rework my label and send it to another town. > Assumed that I didn't know where I wanted it shipped to or where my sister lives. #%$%$^#$#@#$% > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn Wilton > Sent: Apr 16, 2004 8:04 PM > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: [EE:] Digi-key > > Insane. I hate UPS with a passion. I ordered a monitor and it was > shipped UPS three times, and each time it came, the box was completely > trashed. Delivery is never the same time on any given day, or even > remotely the same. And the prices are horrific. Not to mention ground > takes forever. > > I love USPS, never had a single package arrive damaged, and they always > arrive quickly. > > I also like Fedex quite a bit, but they're still a tad up there in terms > of cost for shipping. > > Viva USPS in Oregon. Boo to UPS. Boo. > > > Shawn Wilton > Junior in CpE > MicroBiologist > > Phone: (503) 881-2707 > Email: shawn@black9.net > > http://black9.net > > > Robert L Cochran wrote: > >>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 >> >> >> >> >> >>>---------------------------------- >>>Herbert's PIC Stuff: >>>http://repatch.dyndns.org:8383/pic_stuff/ >>> >>>-- >>>http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: >>>[PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads >>> >>> >> >>-- >>Bob Cochran >>Greenbelt, Maryland, USA >>http://greenbeltcomputer.biz/ >> >>-- >>http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: >>[PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads