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F*O*A*D

On 4/3/14, 12:41 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 03 Apr 2014 08:38:36 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

The USPS usually is *substantially* less expensive than UPS, especially
if you have to ship UPS via one of the small-business owned UPS package
stores, which add a big premium to the already high UPS rates. The
nearest owned and operated UPS facility here is about 30 miles away, so
these days, if I have to ship something, I use the U.S. Postal Service,
which is nearby.

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If you use priority mail you don't have to go anywhere. You print your
own label, use the free box, schedule a pickup and they take it away
on your next mail day.
You can either use flat rate or pay by the pound, whichever is best
for what you happen to be shipping. For me, by the pound always seems
to be the best choice.

If you use Ebay, (selling) they even make it easier. It is part of
your deal process.

Amazon has stepped up its use of a combo UPS-USPS shipping scheme for a
lot of its "two day delivery" Prime customers. I was surprised to see
this but it seems to work out properly in terms of deliveries within the
promised time period. The UPS shipments go to the UPS Waldorf facility,
and apparently USPS trucks pick the stuff up there and take them to the
local P.O. for carrier delivery. Our local USPS deliverers are a brother
and sister...one drives their vehicle and the other runs the parcels up
to the door. Nice people.