I hate Phed-Ecks.

I used to intentionally order something overnight, knowing that Phed-Ecks would never deliver it on time, then call the place I ordered it from and get a refund for the shipping. It was still faster than if I had ordered it regular delivery, but if it didn't show up by the time they guaranteed, that's not my problem. I'd pay for Next Day shipping by 5PM and I would never get it the next day. 3 days ... maybe. 12 days if I had stuff shipped regular.

I hate Phed-Ecks.

I think I already said that.

My USPS person is a contractor with a fourth hand automobile with left hand drive driving from the right.

I find important mail addressed to me in the road side swale with regularity.



I figure its different for everyone every where and there are no consistencies.

mike_mccue

My USPS person is a contractor with a fourth hand automobile with left hand drive driving from the right.

I find important mail addressed to me in the road side swale with regularity.

I figure its different for everyone every where and there are no consistencies.

My USPS person left a typed letter in my mailbox the other day (which is illegal BTW). It said something to the effect that my garbage cans were too close to the mail box and I had to move them to the other side of the road when I set them out on Fridays for garbage day.

So ... I promptly threw the letter in the fireplace and left my garbage cans there all week.

It wouldn't have bothered me so much if I wouldn't get my neighbors mail all the time. Plus I get mail all the time addressed to the people that lived here before we did. I contacted them and they said they had their mail forwarded months ago and didn't know why I kept getting it.

These USPS people are all but out of a job. You'd think they'd **** a little less and maybe try to make people like them a little more before it's really too late. And it's not like they have the greatest reputation in the world either. I mean, there's a reason the phrase, "Going Postal" is a household saying now.

Well I'm probably all wet but let me just share my thoughts...

I mailed two packages to go 1,000 miles for $250.00
The cubic ft. of both was less than 8 cu.ft.

I don't know the size of a trailor but I'll say it's 8'wide x 8' high x 40' or 2,560 cu.ft.

So 160 packages like mine could be sent....just give me that...
Which comes out to $40,000.00  that the haul is making.

For a trucker that's a 14-16 hour drive. 

I'm in the wrong business. If they can get us to pay that...and they can...then our
packages should at least arrive with a dozen roses, a thank you we love you card, a free
set of steak knives, a free subscription to a magazine of our choice, and no damage to
the item delivered......oh...and a free case of smoked salmon variety pack from Alaska.

INSTEAD...   I get a tracking number that indicates my package has been traveling around
on the deliver truck in the town for 4 days and each with the statement that it would be delivered by end of day!!

I can't wait to hear the end of this story....if there is one. LOL

(Fade up Lost style background whispering)

(Queue ghostly breathy whisper: "This Story has No End!")

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Shipping may sometimes represent "shipping and handling," but in many cases it just represents a misleading name for "markup." Many catalogs price "shipping" by a chart that is calculated from the quoted price. So a shipment totaling $50.00--$100.00 has a shipping charge of $8.95 for example regardless of what items are included in that order. Usually there is an additional special charge for "heavy or bulky items," which actually cost more to ship. Clearly such a system has no relation to the actual costs of either shipping or warehouse/packing costs for the particular items. That markup averaged across hundreds of orders may help offset those costs, but some of it may just go to profit. By quoting a low price and tacking on "shipping," the seller has a way to mislead the buyer into paying more to purchase from him,  than from a competitor who charges true shipping costs.

Makes me wonder how companies like Thomann in Germany manage to survive.

I ordered a guitar from them a while back - shipping was free and it was here within 3 days

And before anyone says "it's included in the price" - I paid the same price as was being quoted by several other UK based companies who DID add shipping to the cost.

Bristol_Jonesey


Makes me wonder how companies like Thomann in Germany manage to survive.

I ordered a guitar from them a while back - shipping was free and it was here within 3 days

And before anyone says "it's included in the price" - I paid the same price as was being quoted by several other UK based companies who DID add shipping to the cost.

I have bought a few things off Thomann because they have been cheaper than any UK retailer even when shipping is taken into account. The last order, a couple of microphones was considerably cheaper and arrived very quickly. German VAT is 19% and UK is 20%, hardly enough to account for the differences.