OT: Rant about UPS...

My wife, who sells a lot more on ebay than I do, has a daily pickup account with UPS. Actually since I tend to overpack, I have had almost no trouble with UPS. The only damaged stuff I have shipped UPS was packed by MBE and arrived totally crushed. The only thing I have recieved the past two years that was damaged in shipment was a Daystar Genesis that was shipped via FedEx Ground. It looked like it had been dropped at least 10-12 feet. Every piece of plastic was totally crushed, the motherboard was actually cracked from the torsional forces and the frame of the case which is 14 guage steel was warped almost beyond recovery. I had paid for insurance for a stated value of $450 but FedEx Ground gave me the run around for three months. I finally told them to shove it up their a** and I paid the $225 to replace all of the bezels and motherboard myself. Ronda was using Priority Mail but the good ole USPS however has lost 2-3 packages a week that she has shipped in this calender year. She sends around 20-40 week so that is a large percentage of loss. She would rather refund someone who didn't get the deliver rather than fight through the headache of tracing and insurance recovery. Since the USPS tracking system sucks so bad, we switched to UPS. It's not only cheaper, it's been a lot more reliable. As UPS makes a daily run by our house anyway, I just include my few boxes in with her's. She sells kids party kits. Since it's all paper we don't have to worry about breakage. James http://webpages.charter.net/jrice54/classiccomp2.html