Steven Smolian wrote:
Thanks for the helpful comments.
What does AFAIK mean?
Steve Smolian
Shorthand for "As far as I know"
In regards to shipping, we have used UPS for years at our studio, and I
have found their service generally is pretty good. Since we already
have a daily pickup, I don't really incur much additional cost. I
figure that the time that me or one of my employees would spend
standing in line at the post office to be well worth the slight
additional cost. The key here is making sure that the records are
packed to withstand the rigors of shipping. The ability to track a
shipment via UPS is also a great feature.We see much more mishandling
of items sent via USPS than we do UPS.
--Scott D. Smith
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Scott D. Smith
Chicago Audio Works, Inc.
676 N. LaSalle Drive
Second Floor
Chicago, IL 60610
Phone: (312) 337-8282
FAX: (312) 337-8292
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Z Snyder" <aaron@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Shipping 78s
Dear Steve,
I can answer one or two items you raised. I've been a stamps.com user for
a
long time, and I'm happy to report that you can get shipping and delivery
confirmation for Media Mail, as well as for First Class and Priority Mail.
Non-priority Mail costs 13 cents more for confirmation -- I feel that this
is money well-spent, especially in the case of Media Mail, which can, at
times, have really frustratingly-long deliveries. (I watched a package
which
I shipped to Tiburon, CA, sit in the office across the bay in Richmond,
CA,
for five days before it finally got delivered to its destination. There
was
nothing I could do to speed it along, but at least I knew that it wasn't
lost.) AFAIK you're still going to have to drop packages over 1 lb off at
the post office.
UPS is great for tracking purposes, and they have their own software to
generate the shipping labels (we use it in our business-of course you need
an account number). It costs money to have the items picked up, of course;
however, if you take the pre-labeled packages to the UPS office, you can
usually avoid standing in long lines if you have them pre-labeled.
Hope this helps at least a small amount.
Aaron Z Snyder
Optimark Fiber Optics
14 HEATHWOOD LN
CHESTNUT HILL MA 02467-2685 US
Tel: +1 617 232-6224 Fax +1 617 731-2272
www.optimark-fiber.com
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