Why USPS?

[LibertariaNate]

Just curious why every company I've personally dealt with or have looked into only ship USPS...

I'm not complaining. USPS has never done wrong by me.

Edit: I mean companies dealing with eCigs.

 

[CHUCKLEHEAD]

Price and convenience maybe?

 

[LibertariaNate]

Price and convenience maybe?

I guess we are talking about low weight items here.

It's been a while since I've needed to ship anything. Generally when I did it was always heavier items and the PO was anything but cheaper or convenient.

 

[permafrying]

cheaper with heavier items as far as flat rate. probably just easier because they can pick up a bunch of flat rate envelopes and pre determine shipping. i hate usps just because there tracking sucks really really bad and they seemed to have changed a little over the month or so. usually a shipment would go threw denver at like 1 or 2 in the morning then be in my mailbox technically that day. now it goes threw and its not here till the next day

 

[Glitched]

I have so many of those USPS flat rate boxes lying around now

 

[swedishfish]

It's cheaper.

 

[swedishfish]

I guess we are talking about low weight items here.

It's been a while since I've needed to ship anything. Generally when I did it was always heavier items and the PO was anything but cheaper or convenient.

First class for light items is fairly cheap with USPS.

 

[FantWriter]

Maybe because they want their products to actually get where they're supposed to go, a trick UPS has yet to master (of the last 12 times something was shipped to me via UPS, five were 'lost,' three were damaged beyond repair, one was returned marked as 'delivery refused' even though they never tried to deliver it, one had been opened, emptied, and resealed, and two were delivered to the porch of the house across the street from me despite the fact that it was quite obvious that house had closed up for the winter).

 

[dormouse]

I get some orders shipped for under $2 and many more for under $3. It makes small orders affordable.

 

[swedishfish]

Maybe because they want their products to actually get where they're supposed to go, a trick UPS has yet to master (of the last 12 times something was shipped to me via UPS, five were 'lost,' three were damaged beyond repair, one was returned marked as 'delivery refused' even though they never tried to deliver it, one had been opened, emptied, and resealed, and two were delivered to the porch of the house across the street from me despite the fact that it was quite obvious that house had closed up for the winter).

What'd you do to the UPS guy?

 

[LibertariaNate]

Maybe because they want their products to actually get where they're supposed to go, a trick UPS has yet to master (of the last 12 times something was shipped to me via UPS, five were 'lost,' three were damaged beyond repair, one was returned marked as 'delivery refused' even though they never tried to deliver it, one had been opened, emptied, and resealed, and two were delivered to the porch of the house across the street from me despite the fact that it was quite obvious that house had closed up for the winter).

Wow!

I've become spoiled with my Amazon Prime subscription ("free" two-day shipping). I've never had any issues with UPS, both personally or at work (knocks on wood). I'm sorry to hear about the problems you've had. I'd be pretty ticked.

 

[fray]

Ups and fedex have a tendency to just leave packages at the door. I have lost some expensive items from this. Atleast USPS puts them in a mailbox which is federally protected.

 

[bfj]

I've received via UPS and Fedex. I agree it probably is about the size and price. I tend to order larger kits and mods and juice all together. I haven't had problems with the service, and enjoy the ability to OCD track my shipments online.

 

[Religion]

Those little free boxes are just so easy and fast.

 

[StormFinch]

Lol I had one FedEx driver wander around the city for two days with my package in the back of his truck. It took me calling them and asking if he was ever going to bother to deliver it for it to finally show up on my doorstep.

 

[Religion]

This is taking some adjustment as I, too, have gotten quite used to my Amazon Prime shipping. (Hint to Vendors: jack up prices a dollar a bottle or so and offer free shipping). Something about free shipping always suckers a lot of us in.