 | | 
01-27-2008, 05:02 PM
|  | | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Michigan
Posts: 221
| | | "no Fedex Please"
When i first started buying things from Britain I'd receive brown paper parcels with a bunch stamps and cancellation marks from the mailman or packages tossed on the porch by the UPS guy. I loved that. And the dogs loved barking at the Big Brown Truck.
And no bonus handling fees.
Then i ordered thru the Kiltstore (great selection and prices) and got the Fedex bill and learned a lesson.
So the last time i ordered a kilt from the Kiltstore i choose the "free shipping" with a note to ship via Royal Mail. "I'm in no hurry", i said in the note.
When they sent the shipping confirmation i prepared for a wait of several weeks.
The kilt arrived two days later via Fedex. And the Fedex bill several weeks later.
When I asked the Kiltstore why, they said they couldn't insure packages sent thru the mail, or something like that.
So now my question is to those of you who have successful deliveries to the US via Royal Mail, what wording did you use in your notes?
__________________
G Koch
Bachelor Farmer
Last edited by g koch; 01-28-2008 at 06:45 AM.
|
01-27-2008, 06:27 PM
| | | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NYC AREA
Posts: 343
| | |
Iv learned a whole lot since I ordered my first tank from them. Now I know that they don't have anything, that cant be gotten wright here at home. I will never order from them again not because I have a problem with them, I don't I was very happy with the kilt and the service. Iv just learned that FedEx will hit you over the head.
|
01-27-2008, 08:31 PM
|  | | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground
Posts: 3,603
| | |
Fedex sucks
|
01-27-2008, 08:42 PM
|  | | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Conyers, Georgia
Posts: 3,893
| | |
Down with Fedex. Up with the liberation!
Stick with the mail or UPS and be sure to demand "No Fedex." I think I had to pay about $45 import duty 10 years ago--or someting like that. I am old and don't remember the details.
__________________
Jim Killman
Philosopher, Teacher of English and Math, Soldier of Fortune, Bon Vivant, Heart Transplant Recipient, Knight of St. Andrew (among other knighthoods)
Freedom is not free, but the US Marine Corps will pay most of your share.
|
01-28-2008, 06:31 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: 3389 Schuylkill Rd, Spring City, PA 19475
Posts: 4,018
| | |
write the following:
This order MUST be shipped vias Royal Mail. Thanks!
That should work.
|
01-28-2008, 06:42 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Amelia County, Virginia, USA
Posts: 2,575
| | |
I would specify, that if this item can not be shipped via Royal mail, please inform me of this so that I may order from another supplier, and if it arrives via FEDEX, I will not accept the package.
__________________
"A day spent in the fields and woods, or on the water should not count as a day off our allotted number upon this earth."
Jerry, Kilted Old Fart. jaf_deg6@yahoo.com |
01-28-2008, 06:57 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Mountains of Utah U.S.A.
Posts: 2,907
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by SFCRick  Fedex sucks |
Fed EXPENSIVE
I have also learned my lesson. Royal mail for me. I'll wait for the kind of charge they want.
MrBill
__________________
Very Sir Lord MrBill the Essential of Happy Bottomshire
Listen to kpcw.org
Every other Saturday 1-4 PM
|
01-28-2008, 10:01 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada
Posts: 121
| | |
FedEx, as a courier, is GREAT! I'd always send an important international document via FedEx over any other service. It's fast, reliable, and the tracking is far better than any other service in my experiences.
'FedEx Trade Networks' (rather than FedEx the courier) is the problem. They are the arm of FedEx that processes the duties on parcels. FTN always applies the statutory duties, even in marginal cases, and has a high fixed processing fee. If you are a business then FTN works well, and the fixed fee tends to be small versus the commercial volumes, but that fee is much too high for private users.
National postal services not only have low processing fees, but they universally seem very inefficient at collecting the duties they should be collecting -- which makes them quite advantageous to private buyers.
KP
Last edited by KiltedPilot; 01-28-2008 at 08:28 PM.
|
01-28-2008, 10:49 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: San Francisco, California or there abouts
Posts: 2,057
| | |
Hmm. I've read the same complaint so many times. You'd think they'd get the message. These issues factor in when deciding whom to purchase from.
Best regards,
Jake
__________________
(|):=' Less talk, more monkey! ,=:(|) |
01-28-2008, 11:54 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Rocky Mts.
Posts: 827
| | |
[QUOTEThis order MUST be shipped vias Royal Mail. Thanks][/QUOTE]
This what I use andd it may take saying it more than once
__________________
I'm an 18th century guy born into the 20th century and have been dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing"
| | |
| X Marks Advertisers |  |  For Quality Scottish Made Products at Affordable Prices |  |  | |
|
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | |
|
|
