[CR]UPS and FEDEX charges

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:53:15 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
From: <chasds@mindspring.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]UPS and FEDEX charges

So far, based on the info I have at the moment, I'm thinking that FEDEX is sometimes very picky about box-size.

Both Dale and I went to the FEDEX site and input the usual size and weight for a bike-box, and got the usual price: coast-to-coast, about 50 bucks, give or take 10 bucks, depending on exact weight, size, and value.

At my local shipping center, near down-town Los Angeles, they know me, and will cut me a little slack on the size (double-boxing can go over the limit pretty easily in my experience, although I try to avoid that).

I'm thinking that if a box is even slightly over a certain size limit, you can get hammered.

This is the only thing that explains a doubling of price! And UPS is far more picky about this than FEDEX is, and has been for years..one reason I quit using UPS...besides my experience with them as bike-destroyers.

Any other data points on this subject would be welcome, as I will be shipping a number of bikes in the coming months...

Charles Andrews
SoCal