On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Rod Kronenberg wrote:
> I shipped a bike via UPS today and was told as of a couple of days ago they
> will only accept bikes packaged in hard cases. Luckily they went ahead and
> accepted my bike this time only (I kinda know the UPS girl from shipping lotsa
> bikes)!
I've shipped five bikes and received one this past couple of weeks via Fed-Ex Ground and have been extremely happy with the service, care and price. Especially the price. I shipped an extremely heavy Schwinn out in two full size bike boxes for under $40. The bike I received was not well packed (removed parts loose in the box with just a minimum fill of newspaper) and was in a full size bike box at 50 lbs. It arrived with the box looking like new and the bike in excellent shape (whew!).
Forget UPS -- go with Fed-Ex Ground.
Bob Hufford
Springfield, MO
bhufford@mail.orion.org