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October 13th 05, 01:25 AM

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:03:34 GMT, (-=H=-) wrote:

Hi all,

I shipped two boxes of amateur radio equipment yesterday from
Lewisville, Texas to Cooper City, Florida. As always, I used
FedEx Ground. Here's why:

Two packages:
(1) weight 33.60 lbs, size 24 x 21 x 16 inches, insured $900
(2) weight 13.95 lbs, size 22 x 22 x 14 inches, insured $100

FedEx Ground, delivery in 3 business days, cost $38.77
UPS Ground, delivery in 4-5 business days, cost $56.07

UPS would have charged $17.30 more than FedEx (that's almost
45 percent) and would have taken 1-2 days longer to arrive.
To me, $17.30 is not a trivial amount of money.

Something to think about next time you're shipping packages!

73,
Dean K5DH

I ordered a DVD from Amazon.com. They gave me free shipping via UPS
that was supposed to take up to 2 weeks -- I got the package after
only 3 or 4 days.

I then ordered a TV from Amazon.com. Free shipping again, this time
via Fed Ex Ground. Supposed to take up to 2 weeks, but was delivered
in only 5 or 6 days. The back of the box had a hole kicked into it,
and the foam inside was broken, but the TV was okay.

Amazon.com, with no state sales tax and free shipping, is a pretty
good place to order electronics.

Bob
k5qwg