| Which shipping carrier do you prefer?
Allow me to dig around your fertile, loamy brains and ask: Which shipping carrier do you prefer: UPS, USPS, Fed Ex, or whomever? And why? I'm speaking about receiving packages.
No doubt this hinges on a variety of factors like speed of delivery, condition of boxes upon arrival, if the carrier delivers to the right address, etc. In my case the driver him/herself makes the difference: I’ve received so many packages the last four years, I know most of them.
Here’s my list ...
First: UPS: So long as a guy named Stew shows up, I’m good to go. He knocks on my door—and waits, believe it or not—until I or my wife answers. He doesn’t linger for hours, obviously, but at least he gives us a moment to reach the door. Jerry and Theodore are reasonably good, too; but they leave the package on the stoop without knocking. Boxes arrive mostly unscathed no matter how poorly the vendor/seller packages the model.
Second: USPS: Packages arrive on time, mostly; sometimes later than I like. Much depends on how they’re sent: Priority Mail, First Class, Parcel Post or slow boat from China. Boxes show up OK, but occasionally they look kinda chewed up.
Third: FedEx: Half the time, FedEx drivers deliver my packages to a house across town, causing all kinds of panic. Why, I haven’t a clue, but they ditch my boxes at a rental home inhabited by ninnies who filch my packages. Once I tacked a map to their door to ward off offending FedEx drivers, but that didn’t go down too well with the renters (as you’d guess). Not to mention the boxes themselves arrive frequently mangled, crushed and/or severely bruised. These days a lady FedEx driver runs the route, which is encouraging; but I’m too soured on the carrier to give them another try.
Here’s the upshot: Given a choice, I use UPS or USPS. I avoid FedEx when I can.
But that’s just my experience. Yours could be totally different. Tell us about it! |