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DontShoot wrote:
Here's my rule of thumb:
small items AND cheap = USPS first class, no insurance
small items and expensive = Fedex (with stated value, kinda like insurance)
big items and cheap = USPS parcel post
big items and medium to expensive = Fedex
I never use UPS! expensive with crappy service
Where I live, the order of preference is different. I have not personally had to recover the charge for a damaged package, so cannot speak to that. However, we receive a higher percentage of damaged boxes from FedEx as compared to UPS. I try to avoid the USPS altogether for shipping packages, if I can. This year, two packages sent to us never arrived. Another was sent back and forth across the country a few times before it finally arrived. Their tracking is a joke too. It is also not uncommon to receive shredded items in the mail that come in a plastic sleeve with a USPS note saying "sorry".
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