On 2/5/10 9:44 PM, Bruce wrote:
Harry wrote:
On 2/5/10 9:12 PM, BAR wrote:
In articlef889ddfb-72fc-4e37-9ca7-
, says...

On Feb 5, 7:49 pm, John wrote:


UPS continues to be high in my esteem.

UPS?

please, don't get me started....

My cousin flys the China Alaska route for UPS.


UPS is a pretty good company, even if your cousin works for them. I
find the US Postal Service significantly less expensive and no slower
for delivery of the "care packages" of food snacks I send to my
college-attending nephews in Illinois and Florida. Some of the extra
expense of UPS is due to the fact that around here, the parcels are
handled by small private companies that add about 20-25% to the cost
of UPS shipping rates.
Did your children skip college?

Nope. But right now, I only have college-age nephews.

On Feb 5, 9:22*pm, Harry wrote:
On 2/5/10 9:12 PM, BAR wrote:

In articlef889ddfb-72fc-4e37-9ca7-
, says...

On Feb 5, 7:49 pm, John *wrote:

UPS continues to be high in my esteem.

UPS?

please, don't get me started....

My cousin flys the China Alaska route for UPS.

UPS is a pretty good company, even if your cousin works for them. I find
the US Postal Service significantly less expensive and no slower for
delivery of the "care packages" of food snacks I send to my
college-attending nephews in Illinois and Florida. Some of the extra
expense of UPS is due to the fact that around here, the parcels are
handled by small private companies that add about 20-25% to the cost of
UPS shipping rates.

*Most* of the extra expense for UPS packages is because they are a
heavily unionized company. Equivalent service with FedX is cost
competitive, and your package stands a much higher chance of making
there in one piece with FedX.

On 2/6/10 4:56 PM, Jack wrote:
On Feb 5, 9:22 pm, wrote:
On 2/5/10 9:12 PM, BAR wrote:

In articlef889ddfb-72fc-4e37-9ca7-
, says...

On Feb 5, 7:49 pm, John wrote:

UPS continues to be high in my esteem.

UPS?

please, don't get me started....

My cousin flys the China Alaska route for UPS.

UPS is a pretty good company, even if your cousin works for them. I find
the US Postal Service significantly less expensive and no slower for
delivery of the "care packages" of food snacks I send to my
college-attending nephews in Illinois and Florida. Some of the extra
expense of UPS is due to the fact that around here, the parcels are
handled by small private companies that add about 20-25% to the cost of
UPS shipping rates.

*Most* of the extra expense for UPS packages is because they are a
heavily unionized company. Equivalent service with FedX is cost
competitive, and your package stands a much higher chance of making
there in one piece with FedX.


Sorry, jackoff, but if I drop my packages at the UPS terminal, instead
of one of the independent retail stores, the prices fall significantly.
Nice try.

Oh...I have found FEDEX much less reliable than either UPS or the USPS.

On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 18:05:22 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Feb 5, 7:49*pm, John H wrote:


UPS continues to be high in my esteem.

UPS?

please, don't get me started....

OK, OK, but they've done all right by me. So far.

On Feb 6, 7:54*am, John H wrote:
On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 18:05:22 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Feb 5, 7:49*pm, John H wrote:

UPS continues to be high in my esteem.

UPS?

please, don't get me started....

OK, OK, but they've done all right by me. So far.

Well, they usually do, John. And I've actually recieved good service
from them. But it seems like the old adage is true. "A good deed never
is noticed, but a bad deed is never forgotten"

Occasionally they'll put my stuff on the wrong truck, and instead of
the usual one day service ends up being two days. But that's rare,
that is unless I'm badly needing the parts I ordered!

Then it never fails to fail.

In article 5f6888de-ef78-4461-8ea5-61052fade1e7
@d30g2000vbl.googlegroups.com, says...

On Feb 6, 7:54*am, John H wrote:
On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 18:05:22 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Feb 5, 7:49*pm, John H wrote:

UPS continues to be high in my esteem.

UPS?

please, don't get me started....

OK, OK, but they've done all right by me. So far.

Well, they usually do, John. And I've actually recieved good service
from them. But it seems like the old adage is true. "A good deed never
is noticed, but a bad deed is never forgotten"

Occasionally they'll put my stuff on the wrong truck, and instead of
the usual one day service ends up being two days. But that's rare,
that is unless I'm badly needing the parts I ordered!

Then it never fails to fail.

Don't get me wrong, I still use them. They know what's going on, so just
insure your stuff for a bit extra

Scotty

On 2/6/10 3:35 PM, I am Tosk wrote:
In article5f6888de-ef78-4461-8ea5-61052fade1e7
@d30g2000vbl.googlegroups.com, says...

On Feb 6, 7:54 am, John wrote:
On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 18:05:22 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

On Feb 5, 7:49 pm, John wrote:

UPS continues to be high in my esteem.

UPS?

please, don't get me started....

OK, OK, but they've done all right by me. So far.

Well, they usually do, John. And I've actually recieved good service
from them. But it seems like the old adage is true. "A good deed never
is noticed, but a bad deed is never forgotten"

Occasionally they'll put my stuff on the wrong truck, and instead of
the usual one day service ends up being two days. But that's rare,
that is unless I'm badly needing the parts I ordered!

Then it never fails to fail.

Don't get me wrong, I still use them. They know what's going on, so just
insure your stuff for a bit extra

Scotty


Sheesh...advice from SnottyScotty, one of the two reigning newsgroup morons.

On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 11:01:20 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Feb 6, 7:54*am, John H wrote:
On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 18:05:22 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Feb 5, 7:49*pm, John H wrote:

UPS continues to be high in my esteem.

UPS?

please, don't get me started....

OK, OK, but they've done all right by me. So far.

Well, they usually do, John. And I've actually recieved good service
from them. But it seems like the old adage is true. "A good deed never
is noticed, but a bad deed is never forgotten"

Occasionally they'll put my stuff on the wrong truck, and instead of
the usual one day service ends up being two days. But that's rare,
that is unless I'm badly needing the parts I ordered!

Then it never fails to fail.

I was surprised that they covered the cost of a new boat cover. I'd
figured they'd blame my neighbors for stealing it or something.

John H wrote:
My wife ordered a new boat cover for me. About two weeks ago I asked
her if she'd heard anything about it. She'd recieved a couple emails,
but hadn't been following the progress too closely. It was supposed to
have been delivered on 6 Jan. She called the company who asked her to
call UPS, which she did. UPS said they'd investigate and get back to
her in a week to ten days. About a week went by, and yesterday I got a
call from the cover manufacturer. UPS had credited the manufacturer,
who was in the process of making me a new cover.

UPS continues to be high in my esteem.

Staffed by union thugs, lib.
Take your commie **** to a lefty group.

In article ,
says...

My wife ordered a new boat cover for me. About two weeks ago I asked
her if she'd heard anything about it. She'd recieved a couple emails,
but hadn't been following the progress too closely. It was supposed to
have been delivered on 6 Jan. She called the company who asked her to
call UPS, which she did. UPS said they'd investigate and get back to
her in a week to ten days. About a week went by, and yesterday I got a
call from the cover manufacturer. UPS had credited the manufacturer,
who was in the process of making me a new cover.

UPS continues to be high in my esteem.

Having worked in the business I can tell you UPS is known for having
things "disappear" I had a friend who worked in my company get some
Indy 500 tickets for me back in 84 and took them to the UPS office to
send them. They packaged them in the office and long story short, they
(UPS)never could prove they ever left that office. The office Manager
didn't even blink when I called, they knew... They ended up paying me
for the thickets, big deal, I had to drive out and scalp another pair.
Worked at a factory decades ago where the UPS guy used to sell hot ****
right out of the back of his big brown truck

Scotty

Scotty