Hello,

another horror story about UPS. We ordered some precious measurement
devices from Germany (to Hungary). They told to deliver with UPS. After a
month or so we queried what is going on. They told us they has delivered
in time and told us a waybill number. After querying the local UPS they
informed us to pay a horrible amount of stockage fee as we did not declare
us being ready to accept the parcel. Further investigation showed they
sent us a telegram which was reported lost by the post office. All our
data (address, fax no, tel no, email etc.) was o.k.! They themselves did
not make a try to reach us! So I avoid UPS like a plague since there...

Regards,
Imre

On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Shawn Wilton wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
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