On 4/27/06, Picdude wrote: > Probably due to the hassle? For me (in the US), when I have to ship anywhere outside the U.S., UPS is expensive, and I don't do Fedex since they're very unreliable, so customers choose USPS Global Express with Insurance. (If I don't offer USPS, then they won't buy due to the high shipping cost). But USPS is still a pain. Sometimes their website lets me create the order completely...that's rare. Sometimes it does not let me put insurance on. Sometimes I'll fill out and print the customs forms online, but the post office says that they don't recognize that, so I need to re-fill out their in-store version of the form. And sometimes they want to see what's in the package before it's sealed up. In all but the first situation, I have to physically go over to the post office and wait in line. Major hassle and burns lots of time. I usually print out a tech doc or take a magazine so I can catch up on some reading when I have to go to the post office. > I think the USPS service are not bad from my limited past experience. The queue was in general longer and the process was a bit longer but the price was right. In Singapore the postal service is also good. I shiped my failed Dell 600M back to US using the postal service since it was much cheaper. There was a problem with insurance though. My friend sent back the notebook to me using Fedex though since the price was oaky from US. Still I will prefer to use Fedex/UPS/DHL for internation shipping. The tracking system of the postal service is not as good as Fedex/UPS/DHL. I do not think Fedex is "very unriable". In fact I used Fedex most often since to me it is better associated to fast shipping than the other two. Regards, Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist