Yes, but try shipping fragile items with UPS and watch what happens if they aren't packaged for war. I am sure companies such as Amazon.com ships truck loads of non fragile items with UPS, such as books, with out damage problems. There are probably many companies who ship many things with UPS with out problems, unfortunately, none of them are high end audio dealers that we know of who do any kind of real volume. We have seen first hand how dozens of ship companies handle their packages once they arrive to their hubs, and UPS doesn't score high based on what we have seen and on our experiences with them. FED EX scores high, and so do Emmery and Air Borne, but know one has done a better job for us than DHL. Experience has brought us to DHL. Only when we have bent our policies to accomodate a customers request have we had a shipping problem this year (via UPS). Bottom line: I am sure we shipped more hifi last month than you will ship in your life time, and shipping hifi is the issue, and shipping it with UPS is the problem. PLEASE, do not try to tell us about the UPS (ground) tracking service. We know all about it. Really a great service when you call about a delayed or lost package and all the operator has been able tell us was: "yes, we show that, that package was picked up for delivery"! It's like a bad joke. BTW: No, FED EX is NOT "more expensive" than UPS, but if you are comparing 1, 2 or 3 day air to UPS ground, you are comparing an air service to a ground service. Compare oranges with oranges. If your going to compare costs, compare UPS 1, 2, & 3 day to FED EX 1, 2, & 3 day. They are about the same, and in many cases FED EX is actually LESS. You can't compare a ground service to an air service. Get it there on time and in the same condition it left it. www.dhl-usa.com . You get what you pay for.