<VV> Good News on Postage

Dave Ziegler dziegler3@comcast.net
Mon, 6 Dec 2004 12:22:47 -0800


Not only that, but you can print  address labels with or without 
postage and arrange for carrier pickup at your front door! No need to 
leave your house to ship anymore. USPS gets all of my business now.
Dave.. .
On Dec 5, 2004, at 10:42 PM, Ken Campbell wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <GYoungwolf@aol.com>
> . The USPS has just come out
>> with two new one-rate priority mail containers, and the larger of the 
>> two
> is
>> just right for a pair of carburetors! The rate for the box 
>> (regardless of
>> weight) is only $7.70. > The Carbmeister
> **********
> Yep, we ship quite a lot of gun related stuff, and have just about 
> given up
> on  formerly useful but now nightmarish United Parcel Service.  They 
> seem to
> have lost their center of the earth, as the old Indian put it ....  
> and UPS
> itself tells you that if it looks like a valuable package, it has a 
> high
> risk of being stolen by their own employees .......
> ******
> $7.70  ... owch ... last week it was Lon's ( Underground ) turn in my
> purchasing rotation, and I ordered a new fuel pump from him ( 2 
> Freaking
> lbs ) and was in a bit of a hurry so asked for 3 day select UPS, so I 
> could
> install it over the weekend .... the pump was ~$30, holey tome-oly the 
> UPS
> charge was ~$20 .....    Lons service was excellent, UPS charge was
> exhorbitant !!  .... did I mention it took the full 3 days ??  Air 
> Priority
> would have been 2 days .... and the Post Office furnishes at no charge 
> extra
> ....  what is about a $1.00+ shipping box .... !!!!!!!!  For those of 
> you
> who havent bought any commercial new boxes lately ....
> **************
> .... anyway, it is my opinion that it is the * UPS Brown Guys * that 
> have
> gone postal lately .....  and meanwhile, just maybe the reformation of 
> the
> postal department some 15 years ago is paying off .....
>
> The Plan :::   Stop By next trip past your post office and hug all the
> personel there ...
> ken campbell, iowa
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