[meteorite-list] Priority vs 1st class mail
From: Howard Wu <freewu2000_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:53 2004 Message-ID: <20030911003351.45778.qmail_at_web9305.mail.yahoo.com> --0-838934670-1063240431=:44800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi List, An experiment published in the Wall Street Journal last year compared delivery times for 1st class mail versed priority mail from NYC to Florida. What they found was very often 1st class got there faster. In fact this experiment was a repeat of one they did years ago and they found the number of packages that arrived later using priority was getting worse. Still the post office gives away those nice boxes... Howard Wu Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net> wrote: Anne and all, that is a waste, tiny items shipped priority? I have found over the last 7 years of doing this that first class almost always arrives just as timely. Of course, as long as you send that way and charge that then it is ok. I am talking more about the people who charge one rate and send at a lower weight. I have had several emails from clients of mine who discuss this about other dealers. Mike Farmer ----- Original Message ----- From: Impactika_at_aol.com To: meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net ; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 10:35 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Shipping theft IE HIGH CHARGES In a message dated 9/9/2003 11:09:16 PM Mountain Daylight Time, meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net writes: I just saw one dealer who is on this list, selling a 1 gram Taza stone and adding $3.85 shipping charge. It costs .45 cents to ship and maybe .20 cents for the envelope. NET gain for the dealer $3.00 profit on the shipping alone. unless it is shipped by Priority Mail then the dealer is making $0 on shipping. I don't know about you but I ship practically everything in the States by Priority Mail, safer and quicker. BTW: I did not take the time to go search Ebay to see who you are talking about, just a tad busy right now. Anne M. Black www. IMPACTIKA.com IMPACTIKA_at_aol.com IMCA #2356 --------------------------------- Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo!Messenger --0-838934670-1063240431=:44800 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <DIV>Hi List,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>An experiment published in the Wall Street Journal last year compared delivery times for 1st class mail versed priority mail from NYC to Florida. What they found was very often 1st class got there faster. In fact this experiment was a repeat of one they did years ago and they found the number of packages that arrived later using priority was getting worse. Still the post office gives away those nice boxes...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Howard Wu<BR><BR><B><I>Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anne and all, that is a waste, tiny items shipped priority? I have found over the last 7 years of doing this that first class almost always arrives just as timely. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Of course, as long as you send that way and charge that then it is ok. I am talking more about the people who charge one rate and send at a lower weight. I have had several emails from clients of mine who discuss this about other dealers. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike Farmer</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Impactika_at_aol.com href="mailto:Impactika@aol.com">Impactika@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net href="mailto:meteoritehunter@comcast.net">meteoritehunter@comcast.net</A> ; <A title=meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com href="mailto:meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com">meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 09, 2003 10:35 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] Shipping theft IE HIGH CHARGES</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a message dated 9/9/2003 11:09:16 PM Mountain Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net">meteoritehunter@comcast.net</A> writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">I just saw one dealer who is on this list, selling a 1 gram Taza stone and adding $3.85 shipping charge. It costs .45 cents to ship and maybe .20 cents for the envelope. NET gain for the dealer $3.00 profit on the shipping alone. </BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>unless it is shipped by Priority Mail then the dealer is making $0 on shipping. I don't know about you but I ship practically everything in the States by Priority Mail, safer and quicker. <BR>BTW: I did not take the time to go search Ebay to see who you are talking about, just a tad busy right now. <BR><BR>Anne M. Black <BR>www. IMPACTIKA.com <BR>IMPACTIKA_at_aol.com <BR>IMCA #2356</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><p><hr size=1><font face="Arial" size="2">Want to chat instantly with your online friends? <a href="http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/mail/tagline_messenger/*http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/"><b>Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger</b></a></font> --0-838934670-1063240431=:44800-- Received on Wed 10 Sep 2003 08:33:51 PM PDT |
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