Well I just went in there to ship a 0.5 back to Papa Steve for an upgrade. Ship estimate was about $35.00 per UPS computer. I asked them to overbox cause the box was a little beat from other trips back to Papa. Add 6 lbs for the extra box and the rate more than doubled to $75.00. I can use Fedex 3 day air for less than that! I've touted their insurance cause they do guarantee their packing meets UPS spec, but no way am I paying that mark-up.
FYI - Who Should Pack Your UPS Shipment.
This is prompted by the often asked questions: "Who can I have pack by heavy breakable item?" and "UPS will not pay my claim because they say it was improperly packed. What can I do?"
I leaned recently that UPS now ownes the chain MAIL BOXES ETC. So if you drop off an item at Mail Boxes Etc and have them pack and ship it, UPS should no longer have a defense for bad packing, because they now will be resonsible for the quality of the packing as well as the shipping.
If they every tried to weasel out under that excuse, I can image a judge or jury handing them their heads in any lawsuit. Also the bad publicity would kill Mail Boxes and the millions they spent to buy it.
I leaned recently that UPS now ownes the chain MAIL BOXES ETC. So if you drop off an item at Mail Boxes Etc and have them pack and ship it, UPS should no longer have a defense for bad packing, because they now will be resonsible for the quality of the packing as well as the shipping.
If they every tried to weasel out under that excuse, I can image a judge or jury handing them their heads in any lawsuit. Also the bad publicity would kill Mail Boxes and the millions they spent to buy it.