USPS, FedEX, or UPS?

Ronde Champ

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

Tim South

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" <rondechamp@aol.com> 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

Chris

"Ronde Champ" <rondechamp@aol.com> wrote in message
news:152f6cbe.0407081135.138f6a65@posting.google.com...
> 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.

David Off

Chris wrote:

> 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.

Dan Connelly

> 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

Carl Sundquist

"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
> > 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
>

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.