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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Shipping stuff ? UPS - Just say NO
Keywords: LOUSY service
Message-ID: <21940@usc.edu>
Date: 24 Dec 89 01:06:54 GMT
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In article <2283@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> sharp@ksi.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Maurice Sharp) writes:
>     I just thought that I would relate this experience to you.  I recently
>ordered some memory and some disks from the States.  I used a major machintosh
>mail order house.  When they asked how I wanted it shipped I picked UPS
>(United Parcel Service) since I thought they were big, reputable, and safe.

They ARE.

>     Obviously, they were not. [...]
>
>     It is now over a month later.  I have discovered that the order was
>shipped on the 29th of November, and was REFUSED by my university on the
>14th of December.  I inquired as to why it was refused.  Apparently, UPS has
>such *BAD* *UNRELIABLE* service and *DAMAGES* so many packages, that our
>university refuses to deal with them and automatically refuses parcels from
>them.

Your University is NUTS!  UPS is a VERY reliable company. We've used them for 
5 years now and NOT ONE package got lost or damaged.  And the shipping time
is far better that the US Postal Service (or the Canadian Postal Service for
that matter: they won't even allow floppies to be shipped without major
hassle).

An institution that refuses packages without even checking for damages is
what I would call a "bunch of bozos". Period.

-- Marco




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