Re: Shipping heavy 30lbs+ with UPS

In article <3kq32uFuvkd5U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Bob V says...
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>"Gini" <ginih@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:dc8il30a17@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>: In article <eoOdnVGeAMMhWHrfRVn-1A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, dot says...
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>: >make sure YOU TAKE TO A UPS DEPOT, not a secondary shipper!
>: >Should something go wrong, you deal DIRECTLY WITH UPS and not the
>secondary
>: >entity.
>: >
>: >h
>: ====
>: Actually UPS will pick up at the sender's residence. When I shipped via
>UPS,
>: pickup was a lot cheaper than the secondary shipper but I had no local
>direct
>: ship depot.
>
>Open an online account with UPS, print your own stick-on labels, and have
>the charges billed to your credit card. They will send you all the supplies
>you need free of charge. Then you can simply drop off the package at any
>UPS retail store. They are obligated to accept them with no charge to you
>(they collect a small fee from UPS).
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Thanks for the tip. I'll keep that in mind but recently virtually everything I
ship has been cheaper via USPS (and I've still got tons of Priority tape).
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