Re: Plant disaster/ups versus usps

David,
Other choices include UPS 3-day select and USPS Priority Mail - also 3 day.
They are more expensive than ground shipping but are a  bit less than some
of the faster services.

If you shipped a 20 pound 12x12x12 inch package from Santa Rosa CA  to St.
Augustine FL by UPS:
Next Day Air -  $94.61
2nd Day Air -  $59.36
3day select -  $46.75
Ground  -   $25.25

Same package via USPS:
Express Mail - Overnite (usually, they say)  $53.45
Priority Mail 3day  - $36.40
Parcel Post 7day  -   $26.12

For an extra $10 I might opt to get my plants in better condition.  I once
ordered from Greer and they sent via UPS ground and it took 10 days.  They
don't offer 3 day select for some reason, so it has to be ground or 2nd day
air.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Franzman" <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Plant disaster/ups versus usps


> Aurali
>
> I'm dealing with the same problem more or less with my business.  You see
> UPS doesn't deliver on Saturdays so the packages I send east of the
> Mississippi take seven days to arrive instead of five or six.  They have
to
> sit someplace over the weekend.  Sending by air is absolutely out of the
> question.  Recently I sent two packages by ground the total bill for
> shipping was $60.  If I had sent them by air it would have been well over
> $200.  How can I ask a customer to pay $200 for freight?  On the other
hand
> USPS does deliver on Saturdays but they are more expensive and then you
end
> up with the same problem that you are describing.  USPS simply isn't
really
> geared for shipping large boxes.  Fed Ex. ground?  You might as well put
it
> in a blender first before sending.  That company is the worst for ground
> service.
>
> So, I understand your disappointment but I have a new found empathy for
some
> of these companies who send out a nice product only to have it butchered
by
> the shipping companies.
>
> David Franzman
> A Touch of the Tropics
> www.atouchofthetropics.net
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 5:44 PM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Plant disaster
>
>
> > I can't blame you for venting.  Anyone who ships plants must know that
> > weather conditions and delays can wreak havoc on plants.  I sure hope
they
> > can find a quick remedy for you, Auralie.
> >
> > Blessings,
> > Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf
> > Of Aplfgcnys@aol.com
> > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 10:32 AM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: [CHAT] Plant disaster
> >
> > In early April I ordered many miniature roses from Nor'East for a
> > Horticulture School I will be running next week. We are having a speaker
> on
> > the topic and
> > wanted to have plants to demonstrate and judge.  I was disturbed to find
> > that
> > they are no longer in the north east but in California.  Then I was told
> > that
> > they couldn't ship until the middle of May, but they assured me that
they
> > would be here in time for the school.  Well, they arrived at the post
> office
> > on
> > Friday, but the post office doesn't deliver packages up my road so they
> left
> > a
> > notice that we could pick up the package the next day.  The next day,
> being
> > Saturday, we were both tied up with the Lasdon plant sale and unable to
> get
> > to
> > the post office, which by the way is not at all near us.  There are
three
> > nearer, but for packages we have to go in to Peekskill and struggle with
> > difficult
> > traffic and parking.  When I got the package this morning and opened it
I
> > was
> > just sick.  All the leaves have fallen off the plants.  It was  hot over
> the
> >
> > weekend and I guess they just cooked.  Only three of the 18 plants look
> any
> > way
> > like they might make it.  I'm sure I can nurse some of the others back
in
> > due
> > course, but not by next week.  And what will I do with all these roses -
I
> > had expected my club members to buy most of them, but I can't ask them
to
> > pay
> > for these bare sticks.
> > If they had used UPS or FedEx there would have been no problem - just
the
> > !@#) post office.  Since there is a three hour time difference, I will
> wait
> > until
> > 11:00 to call them, but I really intend to protest strongly.
> > Thanks for letting me vent.
> > Aurali
> >
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