Which shipping company do you use?

[dniice87]

When its time to ship a package, do you use USPS, UPS, or FEDEX ? Why?

 

[ivan51]

usps has been good for me.think its a little cheaper to go with them.

 

[bigjim]

USPS price and performance.

 

[smcfalls13]

Not the best person to answer this right now(having issues with USPS) but I'd have to say Fed Ex, and I've never used them.

UPS is incompetent and can't deliver to the right addresses.

USPS is also incompetent, doesn't keep track of where anything goes, and loses stuff for months.

 

[ronsec]

I've been using DHL/Airborne lately. I get them through a Pack&Mail store. The price is right, I can track my pkg just like UPS and when its delivered they show who signed for it & you can view the sig online. No problems so far.

 

[accumulator3]

USPS usually, UPS on valuable items- never lost a shipment.

 

[glockman99]

USPS Priority Mail...I haven't found anything better...(But I DO wish that they had true "tracking" like UPS, as the USPS "Delivery Confirmation" can be alittle "hit or miss" at times.).

 

[raoul]

Always use USPS and never had any kind of problems!!!

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Always use the Postal system and haven't been disappointed yet.

 

[Bob W]

I use Postal Service for shipping. When ordering something, I prefer it to arrive UPS or USPS. FedEx in this region is less reliable, but none are perfect.

 

[Razzierb]

USPS Priority in a box. Never had a problem.

Razz

 

[SharpByCoop]

Valuable: FedEx. (80%)

Not as valuable: Priority Mail (20%)

Everything I ship when I am billing a client goes FedEx. It's built into my price.

Coop

 

[Win Heger]

USPS, Priority for most. When it's over $1000 I go with USPS, Registered.

Win

 

[Triton]

It appears as those this thread won't do you much good since so far you've gotten a recommendation for every major carrier. My two cents:

Fedex.

1) Tracking is better then USPS.
2) Fedex Ground is cheaper then USPS for the items I ship.
3) UPS will not pay on insurance claims
4) UPS will leave heavily insured items on a door step Fedex will not.
5) DHL is not readly accessible from where I am.

 

[bob bowie]

USPS- priority mail for regular stuff, or registered mail for really important stuff.

UPS- Heavy (20+lb) stuff.

 

[silenthunterstudios]

USPS First Class and Priority Mail

 

[Don Hanson III]

USPS Express mail - Fast and Dependable.

Have had problems with UPS and FedEx in the past.

 

[Doberman_Dave]

TO Canada - USPS always.
UPS charges a seemingly random and obscenely high "brokerage" fee at the border.

 

[boobar]

USPS Priority Mail insured is the way I do it, and to this point I have had great luck.

 

[SuperD]

Another vote for USPS Priority Mail. 90% of the time it is there in 2-3 days. Cost is like $4 to ship a folder. Use their website to pay for/print a label and drop it off at any post office without waiting in any line. Never had one lost myself either buying or selling.