UPS woes

UPS has been great with me and I ship/recieve things almost daily. A lot of what I hear being damaged is in certain destinations like large cities in California and Chciago, and others. It may be that the UPS drivers/handlers in those areas are excessively rough. CRT's are a bad thing to ship as it is. No amount of foam, bubble wrap, etc is going to support the neck of the tube in a crash to the ground with an instant stop, and if airlifted any fine crack becomes a leak. I hated RPS. We figured out that RPS didn't stand for Roadway Package System but Really Pathetic Shipping. They lost stuff, broke it, etc. I just found out myself that FedEx bought out RPS and canned a bunch of non-conformists and made the others reform if they wanted to stay. I was wondering why I'd see RPS tractors pulling FedEx trailers while driving to job sites - and I found out why. I've had no problem with FedEx but when I try to compare shipping rats UPS always wins out by more than just a little. If I have to get something there yesterday then I bite the bullet and go the extra for FedEx. Also since I don't do a regular enough amount of traffic to get a daily stop and therefore don't have to pay UPS a daily/weekly fee, I can check either but found out that in my rural area FedEx will drop off all you want but won't pickup without an account. -----Original Message----- From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Bruce Lane Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 9:47 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: UPS woes At 21:39 20-02-2001 -0500, Jeff H. wrote: <snip> Suggestion: FedEx bought out RPS, which became FedEx Ground. I've been shipping with them for months, and I've yet to have anything damaged. Their customer service has been good as well. Good luck on your insurance claim. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77 (Extra class as of June-2K) "I'll get a life when someone demonstrates to me that it would be superior to what I have now..." (Gym Z. Quirk, aka Taki Kogoma).