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Old 05-24-2016, 05:09 PM
toddster toddster is offline
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I ship a lot of packages for my small business, which is located way out in the boonies. I always use USPS priority mail. The base charge is almost always less than half the cost of UPS or FedEx, the service is two to four times faster, and it's comparatively hassle-free.

Maybe this is a case where being in (well... near) a tiny remote town is an advantage. The postmaster knows everyone and knows where everything belongs.

FedEx, is fast, I'll give them that. Sometimes I get three trucks a day (regular, priority, and ground). But it's a colossal hassle to send anything out through them, and expensive.

I'm not really sure how UPS stays in business. They're outrageously expensive, slow, and the service is terrible. Sometimes they even just dump packages out at the intersection of the county road, and provide no notice. I find them days later, after tracking the missing package.
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