Most reliable for shipping camera gear - Fed Ex or UPS?

3 years 2 months ago #710274 by Walter Tidwell
I have some gear that I need to ship, I've not heard good about either company recently.  Which of the two is more reliable?  


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3 years 2 months ago #710276 by Nikon Shooter
Both competitors have their own hardship to go through…
I think both will be reliable.

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3 years 2 months ago #710334 by CharleyL
Anything FedEx delivers to me, gets dropped on the ground under my mailbox at the street 600' from my house, and usually in the rain. UPS brings my packages to my house and puts them on my covered porch. Now, which do you think I give all of my business to? 

Charley


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3 years 2 months ago #710336 by Nikon Shooter
Good point, Charley!

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3 years 1 month ago #710399 by Silver Fox
:agree:   That said, UPS has been late with nearly every delivery to me.  


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3 years 1 month ago #710443 by Gammill
They both suck.  Sorry, but not good experience from either, at least from last couple years.  Flip a coin and pray.  


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3 years 1 month ago #710613 by Moe
DHL    


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3 years 1 month ago #710824 by MYoung
+1 FedEx


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3 years 1 month ago #711120 by Sawyer
DHL doesn't have anywhere the presence here in the states as it does in European markets. 

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3 years 1 month ago #711222 by Stacy Craig
Interesting question.   The story is for me, I use to be all about FedEx, but now UPS.  FedEx is the more on time, but they damaged one of my packages and just because I didn't have enough insurance, the full value of it wasn't covered.  So, for those reasons, UPS for me.


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3 years 1 month ago #711224 by Screamin Scott
I just used UPS to send a camera off for IR modification. Both are close to the same, but as mentioned above, FedEx places the parcels in unusual locations. UPS is always by my door where it is protected from the elements...

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