Who Has a UPS or Fedex Account?

[markatisu]

I know Joshua has a UPS account and I think Marcus has a FEDEX account, so my question are basic.

Does it cost money to start one and how reliable have they been? So far I am leaning towards either because there are multiple locations open when my wife gets home AND they have a better tracking system that never seems to be skipped like USPS

I have been screwed in the last 7 weeks by the USPS more times than a $2 phillapino prostitute on a naval base and I am freaking tired of it, they rip my packages that I get from others, dont leave me notes when something arrives or drop it off in front of my apt door to get taken by anyone walking by and I cant get them to ship anything with speed or conistency if my life depended on it

[gatch72]

with fed ex..u can pick it up there too, when they leave you a note...plus they r open later than the post office.

[daMaddColombian]

quote:Originally posted by markatisu

$2 phillapino prostitute

Where can I find one of those?

[debwalsh]

I have a UPS account - I've only used it a couple of times, but it's not bad. I've used it for large parcels, not trading discs, so I don't know how it would stack up price wise.

[allaboutduncan]

Both are free. I had a UPS account at one time, but haven't used it and I didn't renew it when it came up.

Worked pretty easy. Just hit their website and punch all the info in. It will be much more expensive than Post Office though.

[markatisu]

Right about now I dont really care about price, I just want to make sure it gets from Point A to Point B and the USPS is not cutting it. I spent over $65 in shipping and only 1 of 6 has gotten anything which all were sent Priority so From Sat/Mon to today it should have made it and people like Brent are only 3hrs from me

I checked into sending LS box for example, it was 4lb in a flat rate box that was 12 x 3.5 x 14 in. and it cost me $8.15 through USPS with DC to go the Flat Rate Priority

UPS would have been $8.65 to go UPS Ground and FEDEX would have been similar in price.

I DO see a big difference in letters though, to send what normally would be a flat rate $3.85-4.30 was $12.82 since they dont offer UPS Ground for letters.

So probably with Flat Rate I will just have to stick with Priority Mail but I think all my "boxed" stuff from now on will go UPS

Any other information is greatly appreciated from those that might have accounts

[MagnificentMarcus]

Sorry Mark, I don't have a Fed-Ex account anymore and haven't since they merged with Kinko. I've been very happy with the USPS, sorry you are having problems.

[markatisu]

Yeah I am sorry too, one reason because it makes me look like a jackass for stuff not arriving in a timely manner and two because I paid for a service that was not provided as described

My wife has had to get on them for leaving the packages in our apt hallway, especially international ones that require a signature. I usually sleep from 7:30a-4 or 5pm on a good day so I never get the phone and the correct process is to leave us a pink slip to come pick it up, but lately I think they just dont care at times.

another example is Dan send me a ton of DVD's and the priority mail envelope arrived ripped in half, rubberbanded together. I mean I know I live in Podunk Iowa but this is not something that should be tolerated.

I mean I know this could be just bad luck or a bad time with USPS just like others have horrid times with UPS and Fedex but it just makes me mad when I say one thing and somebodys incompentance messes that up

[allaboutduncan]

Just dive right in. When I did my UPS account it was SIMPLE. Just filled out some info on the web site. A few days later UPS man brought me a big box of envelopes and such.

[benjam138]

The USPS is all f'ed up. I work in a mailroom for a university and we get all kinds of wrong crap. As far as my personal mail is concerned, the mailman just shoves as much as he/she can into my tiny mailbox. I have a note on my mailbox saying to leave big packages with my neighbor, but they usually just drop it in front of their door. Actually, I almost caught him dropping at my neighbors today, but he saw me and decided to bring it down. I really do hate the post office, but UPS or FedEx are just too expensive when shipping a few discs.

[DAJIZZARIZZA]

ups, usps, upc,upn ,umc's,usda .. what does it all mean !!!! ????? ... lol, lol