| Re: Best way to ship a bike across the USA?
On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 05:31:13 GMT, "Bruce Lange"
<brucelange@comcast.net> wrote:
>In particular FedEx Home Delivery,
FWIW, These routes are franchises. Each driver, or a small local
company, owns the route and the truck.
>Whatever you do, never go to Mail Boxes Etc. for ANY product or service. You
>will be overcharged by a LOT. And just because UPS owns them does not mean
>you can get the regular UPS rate there. It's more. Anyway, FedEx is much
>better.
I'll agree that MBE way overcharges to ship stuff, but are you _SURE_
they're owned by UPS? They are a UPS "agent" AFAIK. I've seen MBE
locations less than a block from "real" UPS counters, of which we have
very few locally.
Has anyone suggested checking with the LBS? We ship bikes all the
time, as we're a block from a major university. We usually add only
$3-4 to the UPS fee. In our area, all shippers charge for pickup, and
$4 will usually not get you to a shipper's counter. Not to mention
your time.
Barry
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