USPS, FedEX, or UPS?

FYI - Airborne Express is a fraction of the price of FedEx
or UPS. UPS wouldn't ship the bike bike box I had, too big.
FedEx would only ship air, not ground. The box was too big
for USPS too IIRC.

"Ronde Champ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hey,

I used to think FedEX for overnight, UPS(Brown) for large
parcels, and USPS for mail.

They have so much cross-over now. Boxes by FedEX,
overnight by Brown, etc...

How good is USPS Express Mail and Priority Mail? What's
the difference? Are they better? I had a bike shipped
UPS once, and United Package Smashers did a good job on
that one!

On-topic; whatever happened to the UPS cycling
sponsorship?

Thanks, Ronde Champ

"Ronde Champ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hey,

I used to think FedEX for overnight, UPS(Brown) for large
parcels, and USPS for mail.

They have so much cross-over now. Boxes by FedEX,
overnight by Brown, etc...

How good is USPS Express Mail and Priority Mail? What's
the difference? Are they better? I had a bike shipped
UPS once, and United Package Smashers did a good job on
that one!

On-topic; whatever happened to the UPS cycling
sponsorship?

Thanks, Ronde Champ

If you are seriously asking, USPS is the cheapest but least
reliable. Don't send valuables or anything that needs to be
tracked. Fedex is the best (most options on time) and not
always more expensive, but UPS *normally* can save you
money on packages and and documents, and does track
shipments as well.

Chris said:

If you are seriously asking, USPS

I like the way the French commentators refer to USPS team as
'the postmen' (les postières). I can imagine what they do
when they are not riding the TdF. But they should sack
Bruyneel and get Peter Post as their manager.

Quoted message said:

If you are seriously asking, USPS is the cheapest but
least reliable. Don't send valuables or anything that
needs to be tracked. Fedex is the best (most options on
time) and not always more expensive, but UPS *normally*
can save you money on packages and and documents, and does
track shipments as well.

I sent a USPS "Express Mail" to Ontario from San Francisco
-- Shipped 5pm Friday, arrived Wednesday. In the US, this is
2 business days due to the 4 July holiday, but FedEx would
have likely gotten it there Saturday (for around $8 more).

Dan

"Dan Connelly" <d_j_c_o_n_n_e_l@i_e_e_e.o_r_g> wrote in message
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If you are seriously asking, USPS is the cheapest but
least reliable.

Don't

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send valuables or anything that needs to be tracked.
Fedex is the best

(most

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

options on time) and not always more expensive, but UPS
*normally* can

save

Quoted message said:

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you money on packages and and documents, and does track
shipments as

well.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I sent a USPS "Express Mail" to Ontario from San Francisco
-- Shipped 5pm

Friday,

Quoted message said:

arrived Wednesday. In the US, this is 2 business days due
to the 4 July

holiday,

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but FedEx would have likely gotten it there Saturday (for
around $8 more).

Dan

AFAIK, you can get Saturday delivery with USPS express mail,
also. I've even received special delivery mail from them on
a Sunday (to my door), too.

Tim South said:

FYI - Airborne Express is a fraction of the price of FedEx
or UPS. UPS wouldn't ship the bike bike box I had, too
big. FedEx would only ship air, not ground. The box was
too big for USPS too IIRC.

I shipped a bike from KC to Baltimore FedEx ground for $25
and it got there in two freaking days. Call me impressed.

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Scott Johnson / scottjohnson at kc dot rr dot com