Just to second Dale's opinion, I just had an '81 Miyata-Pro shipped from Washington state to Ogdensburg NY via Fedex. $30 US. I had to drive down from Ottawa to pick it up, but the box was in great shape (and the bike was very well packed so it survived well). The box remains in my shop in the event that I actually need to send something out soon. I had UPS dent and bend a frame and a MTB fork years ago. I'll never use them again, ever.
Not sure how many on the list are in Canada, but CanPar is the best shipper for anything within Canada.
David Bilenkey Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
OROBOYZ@aol.com wrote:
> You folks can imagine how much business CDO does with these various
> shippers...
> Based on my experience:
>
> USPS is not so great if & when it comes to insurance claims. And they do not
> offer the tracking service on par with UPS.
>
> Yes, UPS IS a rough neck outfit, so you need to anticipate that and over box
> and hyper protect your goods. IMO most of the damaged merchandise we see with
> UPS could have been avoided with better packaging. We get hundreds of UPS
> deliveries every week with very very few problems. They also hold your feet
> to the fire to prove fault in insurance claims. But that is more and more
> true with any insurance claim adjusters as things get tighter economically.
>
> FED EX ground (the old RPS) is really good right nowe because they are trying
> to grab some of UPS's business. They are spotty on who they serve, i.e., not
> all residential address deliveries are available. But probably the best bet
> at the moment
>
> Dale Brown