<VV> Increased delivery time warning

[Jim Becker]

Try calling UPS or FedEx and ask them to stop by to pick up an envelope 
which you want delivered half way across the country for 49 cents.  Better 
yet, ask them to stop by every day in case you happen to have one to send.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jay Pitchford
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 5:28 AM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re:  Increased delivery time warning

Grant,

My recent experience with UPS and FedEx is that they've handed off the
'last mile' of their delivery to residential addresses back to USPS. That
may explain some of the delays for the USPS, as they're probably obligated
by contract to prioritize UPS and FedEx deliveries.

It makes sense for these three to work together on residential deliveries,
if you think about it, as the USPS has a mandate and the widest delivery
capabilities for individual residential addresses. It also makes sense to
create different tiers and prices, based on delivery time guarantees.

Jay Pitchford
65 Corsa vert
Columbus, OH


On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 8:25 PM, Grant Young 
<gyoungwolf at earthlink.net>wrote:

> This is just a heads up for anyone planning to install a part on your
> Corvair that has to be delivered. I am still waiting on a pan gasket (and
> other parts) that was ordered Sunday and shipped to me using USPS Priority
> Mail 2-day (their estimate) on Monday. It has not arrived yet (on
> Thursday). I have found that small parts shipped via "First Class" mail 
> can
> now take 3-7 days or more (one recent catalog took 2 weeks to go 3 states
> away), regardless of how far they have to go. I still use the USPS because
> their flat rate boxes save my customers a lot of money as they usually 
> make
> it in 3-5 days, but will no longer take a chance with them when something
> has to be there on time. So if you are planning a day to install something
> that has to arrive, you should choose UPS or FedEx, IMHO. This poor 
> service
> has to be a piece of why USPS is losing big money. No intent to start a
> thread, just a heads up.
> Grant
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