Re: Plant disaster/ups versus usps

I sent this message on 5/19.  Why has it showed up dated today?

In a message dated 05/27/2004 9:40:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Aplfgcnys@aol.com writes:

> David, I do understand what you're saying, but things are  not that way 
> here. 
> UPS does deliver on Saturdays - I frequently have jobs delivered on Saturday 
> 
> by UPS so that I can take advantage of two weekend days on a tight deadline. 
>  
> Also the postal service does not deliver packages to us at any time of the 
> week.  They leave a notice in our box that we can pick up the package the 
> following day.  They even do this with express mail which is supposed to be 
> a 
> next-day service.  My son in Washington state agrees with you about FedEX, 
> but it is 
> much the most reliable service in this area.  
> I had told these people what I needed the plants for and when, and they 
> never indicated that they would send them by parcel post.  On $125.00 worth 
> of 
> plants you would think they would have realized that would not work.  I 
> would 
> have gladly paid a higher shipping cost in order to receive good plants when 
> I 
> wanted them, and they would have saved a bundle, too.
> Add to that, it really hurts me to think of the nice plants - and I can tell 
> 
> they were nice when they started - that were treated that way.  
> Auralie
> 
> In a message dated 05/18/2004 12:29:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> dfranzma@pacbell.net writes:
> 
> >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

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