FedEX, UPS or USPS?

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

FEDEX FTMFW!

UPS is about 3-4 dollars more PER PACKAGE!! Thats not just a few cents. Fcking outrageous.

10 bucks to ship a hard drive with Fedex, UPS tried charging me 16. Fck them.

I have yet to have a problem with Fedex, i used to use DHL, but they lost a 65lb sub box so i stopped using them.

USPS blows.

And i package things myself, because i really pack the sht out of stuff. I took some stuff to have a shipping place pack it for me, and they just threw it in a box and sent it off. Im anxiously awaiting if it even made it to the destination.

 

[CrispedUp 10+ year member]

I ship with USPS. Never had a problem with them or their prices and will continue to use them for my shipping needs. Never used DHL, UPS, Or FedEx before.

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

I ship with USPS. Never had a problem with them or their prices and will continue to use them for my shipping needs. Never used DHL, UPS, Or FedEx before.

Not a problem up until the point you need to provide a tracking number for paypal.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[KickerSoItBump 10+ year member]

It really is hit or miss, i doubt the same experience twice. I work part time at fed ex also, and I know that UPS and Fed Ex have about the same amount of uninspired workers.

Just depends on who you get, I know when I took a service call from a customer he told me at the end that he will use fed ex from now on because I cared enough to call him and get the correct address to where the box needed to be delivered.

So just depends on who you use.

As far as packing, make sure you use enough stuff to insulate whatever you want to ship. I would take the HELL out of the box, put all your info to be contacted inside, all the info needed to contact the recipient. That helps a ton if a label gets ripped off on the long process of shipping. brace the innards of the box, because other boxes will sit on top of yours lol.

I would put a bit of extra cardboard about the corners of the box, on the outside. When I repack boxes that are heavy i always do that.

But goodluck with whoever you choose to ship with.

BTW DHL was very professional for me. UPS worked fine despite a bit of a tracking issue, and my stuff being shipped via fed ex was great twice, and the third time I had to call in to get a scan of my tracking number.

Hope that helped a bit.

 

[04_edge 10+ year member]

ive used dhl 3-4 times, never had any problems, and its been cheaper to send it through them for anyone else except one time...i shipped through fed ex the last time i shipped a sub, and it made it there just fine as well..........

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

used to use ups, but since we have been dealing with a claim issue for about 2 months now, we are switching to either dhl or fedex

 

[Colt9699 10+ year member]

I prefer UPS, fedex is cheaper but I have had good experiences with ups.

I have never sent anythign dhl, but have recieved soem stuff thru them and its been kinda blah.

I use usps for small things as they are the most inexspensive of the bunch, but offer the least amount of service for the money.

I usually grab a box and bubble wrap from work when I know I need to ship something.

If i dont get it from work I purchase everything I need from the shipping location.

 

[JL Audio 5,000+ posts]

http://www.shipgooder.com

at least you will know which is cheapest, then you can go from there.

 

[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

Fed-EX for heavy stuffs

USPS for light packages

UPS...never again

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

I switched to DHL and never looked back

Cheaper,Faster,and they dont bust my shit up

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

http://www.shipgooder.com
at least you will know which is cheapest, then you can go from there.

not very accurate. I just shipped something that cost 10.20 and that website said it would cost 6.54.

You cant even ship ANYTHING with fedex for less then 8.19, they have a base charge.

 

[yunvme666 10+ year member]

funny, like i said in my post yesterday, lost in hodkins, il ......again ....lol.......wtf's wrong with people there?? lol.... hopefully it shows up tomarrow atleast..... im sick of skipping brand new cd's...

 

[22mountaineer 10+ year member]

I used to use usps all the time when I was in Bama, they were 2 minutes down the road and I never had a problem, and I was going through the 95's quick so I shipped ALOT of them...

Now I am in TX IDK, I guess who is cheapest and whoever does me right, I know when I was in Bama, I got 10 connectors and FedEx charged 11****ing dollars and usps would have done it for 2.62. I was highly upset...