John Gardner wrote:
> It's interesting that no one's mentioned USPS Priority Mail,
> which is often the best deal going - And fast.
>
> I regularly get deliveries from the East Coast (to San Diego)
> in 2-3 days. That's days, not "business days".
>
> About a decade ago I was real fed up with UPS, mostly over
> tardy/non-deliveries, and decided to give PM a try...
>
> So far so good. I recently shipped a book to the antipodes -
> My 1st international experiment - Took about a week, cost $8.
> Arrived in pristine condition, according to the recipient.
>
> And, no, I don't work for the USPS, or carry water for the Feds
> generally  :)

Perhaps if you're an organization whose billion-dollar losses are covered b=
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taxpayers, you can afford to drive half-empty trucks? :)

We offer USPS to our customers, and in fact it is the only shipping option=
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available to Canadians. We disabled FedEx and UPS for Canada, because of th=
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strange customs regulations which allow the customer to receive the package=
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refuse to pay the import tax, and stick it to the shipper. For some reason,=
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this never happens with USPS.

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