On Aug 29, 2007, at 11:54 AM, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org
wrote:
> I generally ship smaller items, but my experience is similar. My
> main business is shortening cranks and about 1/2 are customers
> cranks, which they ship to me. FedEx mangles their boxes about 50%
> of the time. UPS does so too often but US Postal packages almost
> always arrive in good shape.
>
> I always ship US Postal Priority Mail and out of about 700 packages,
> I've had no reports of any arriving damaged.
As far as smaller items go, I have shipped over 300 paris of knickers by USPS Prioirty, not only domestically but all over the world, without a single problem. 3-day service in the US (inc. Alaska and Hawaii) for the price of USP ground. Nothing destroyed so far, including shipments that consisted of pants + a plastic bottle of WoolWash.
When I worked retail, both our UPS and FedEx shipments often arrived crushed--I mean looking as though they'd been danced on! This was delicate photo equipment, which was obvious from the logos on the boxes.
USPS has come a long way in the last five years. I'll be strolling down to the post office again in a few minutes, in fact.
Rick Risemberg
Los Angeles, CA
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