<VV> Shipping costs

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/14/2009 10:42:43 AM Pacific Standard Time,  
bryan at skiblack.com writes:

My  suspicion on this particular shipper is they are  
charging a premium  to use Fedex.

--Bryan



As Silicone Wire Systems, I ship a bunch of packages. If you have a FedEx  
ground account, your actual shipping costs are less then sending via UPS ground. 
 The other benefit (for a low volume shipper) is being able to drop them at 
any  "FedEx Kinkos" -(Changing to "FedEx Office") location. For me, that is 
very  convenient (and they are open 24 hrs/day). For smaller packages, I use US 
Postal  Priority Mail. I use their supplied boxes, pay and print my own labels, 
and I  can drop them off day or night at any Post office. I can even leave 
them  for my postman to pick up! My shipments to my vendors, some of which are 
in  diverse places such as Massachusetts and Oregon (grin), always go FedEx 
ground,  because of size and weight. The last time I shipped anything UPS was 
when  someone pre-paid it as a return. Since I am always building some racecar, I 
 still receive a lot of UPS packages. I suspect that the really large 
shippers,  like Summit Racing, get a real "sweetheart" deal because of their volume. 
Us  little guys will still be "paying the freight". 
 
Seth  Emerson

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