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October 17th 05, 08:49 PM

(-=H=-) wrote in news:GQ73f.1$z21.0@dfw-
service2.ext.ray.com:

Hi all,

I shipped two boxes of amateur radio equipment yesterday from
Lewisville, Texas to Cooper City, Florida. As always, I used
FedEx Ground. Here's why:

Two packages:
(1) weight 33.60 lbs, size 24 x 21 x 16 inches, insured $900
(2) weight 13.95 lbs, size 22 x 22 x 14 inches, insured $100

FedEx Ground, delivery in 3 business days, cost $38.77
UPS Ground, delivery in 4-5 business days, cost $56.07

UPS would have charged $17.30 more than FedEx (that's almost
45 percent) and would have taken 1-2 days longer to arrive.
To me, $17.30 is not a trivial amount of money.

Something to think about next time you're shipping packages!

73,
Dean K5DH

It's not only cheaper to use FedEx they do a better job. We ship computer
equipment all over the USA, i.e. will build the Conquest Systems :-) The
guys at UPS kick the boxs all over, the guys at FedEx carry them. When
we used UPS about 8% where damaged on delivery with FedEx less the .01%
of .01% get damaged.

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kla1899