Talbott on mon 4 aug 97
I am looking for a good reliable carrier... I refuse to use USPS for
anything that is breakable... Has anyone had positive experience with RPS
(Roadway Parcel Service) or any other similar carrier? Perhaps I will just
have to wait it out... Thanks... Marshall
1ST ANNUAL CLAYARTERS' GALLERY - NAPLES, MAINE (Summer 1997)
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Celia & Marshall Talbott, Pottery By Celia, Route 114, P O Box 4116,
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Hertz Pottery on tue 5 aug 97
UPS cant be beat they insure anything properly packed to $100.00 and you can
buy additional insurance for about .40 cents per $100.00. They also have
settled claims with me over tha phone with out any hassle.
Good luck finding something better...
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I am looking for a good reliable carrier... I refuse to use USPS for
>anything that is breakable... Has anyone had positive experience with RPS
>(Roadway Parcel Service) or any other similar carrier? Perhaps I will just
>have to wait it out... Thanks... Marshall
>
> 1ST ANNUAL CLAYARTERS' GALLERY - NAPLES, MAINE (Summer 1997)
> http://fmc.utm.edu/~dmcbeth/cag/naples.htm
> 2nd Annual Clayarters' Gallery details will be forth coming!!!
>
> Celia & Marshall Talbott, Pottery By Celia, Route 114, P O Box 4116,
> Naples, Maine 04055-4116,(207)693-6100 voice and fax,(call first)
> WBS Live Chat Room, Sat Nites 10 PM EDT & Sun Afternoons at
> 1 PM EDT Private Room: Clayarters E-MAIL: clupus@ime.net
>
>
Talbott on tue 5 aug 97
USPS means the US Postal Service and... UPS means United Parcel Service..
and I agree with you- I prefer UPS over USPS.... Marshall
>I've been shipping pots with UPS for more that 20 years and have lost no
>more than one or two pots due to breakage, and that was before I learned to
>pack properly.
>Of course NObody is using UPS today, since they're on strike.
>Good forms; good firings!
1ST ANNUAL CLAYARTERS' GALLERY - NAPLES, MAINE (Summer 1997)
http://fmc.utm.edu/~dmcbeth/cag/naples.htm
2nd Annual Clayarters' Gallery details will be forth coming!!!
Celia & Marshall Talbott, Pottery By Celia, Route 114, P O Box 4116,
Naples, Maine 04055-4116,(207)693-6100 voice and fax,(call first)
WBS Live Chat Room, Sat Nites 10 PM EDT & Sun Afternoons at
1 PM EDT Private Room: Clayarters E-MAIL: clupus@ime.net
Jenni on tue 5 aug 97
On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Talbott wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I am looking for a good reliable carrier... I refuse to use USPS for
> anything that is breakable... Has anyone had positive experience with RPS
> (Roadway Parcel Service) or any other similar carrier? Perhaps I will just
> have to wait it out... Thanks... Marshall
>
In my experience, RPS is not the way to go. I work at a Hallmark store
that specializes in collectibles, and we rarely use RPS. Things shipped
with them are more frequently claimed because of breakage than they are
with UPS, which carries about 95% of our shipments. Of course, if you
are in a bind, and need something to get to someone quickly, with the
recent UPS strike, RPS would be much better than USPS for breakable items.
Jenni
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Talbott on tue 5 aug 97
USPS is U.S. Postal Service.. Correction... RPS is Roadway Package
System... when I called RPS yesterday I was informed that they were not
taking on any new customers in the U.S. and I suppose that leaves Fed Ex
for me to check out...
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I am looking for a good reliable carrier... I refuse to use USPS for
>anything that is breakable... Has anyone had positive experience with RPS
>(Roadway Parcel Service) or any other similar carrier? Perhaps I will just
>have to wait it out... Thanks... Marshall
>
> 1ST ANNUAL CLAYARTERS' GALLERY - NAPLES, MAINE (Summer 1997)
> http://fmc.utm.edu/~dmcbeth/cag/naples.htm
> 2nd Annual Clayarters' Gallery details will be forth coming!!!
>
> Celia & Marshall Talbott, Pottery By Celia, Route 114, P O Box 4116,
> Naples, Maine 04055-4116,(207)693-6100 voice and fax,(call first)
> WBS Live Chat Room, Sat Nites 10 PM EDT & Sun Afternoons at
> 1 PM EDT Private Room: Clayarters E-MAIL: clupus@ime.net
Ken Russell on tue 5 aug 97
>>I refuse to use USPS for anything that is breakable...
I was saying a few days ago that I'd rather put each pot in a bottle and
throw them in the ocean than use USPS but I have 15 boxes (16"X16"X29")
that needed to be shipped last Friday.
>>Has anyone had positive experience with RPS (Roadway Parcel Service) or
any >>other similar carrier?
They're not accepting any new customers at this time per the statement on
their web site:www.shiprps.com. FWIW, one of my biggest customers
absolutely does not want me to ever use RPS. They must have had a
USPS-like experience with them in the past.
>>Perhaps I will just have to wait it out...
Me too. It really bites.
Ken Russell
The Arlington Pottery
gone2pot@iw.net
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