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Re: [Killietalk] Disappointed

Express mail definitely can be slower than it once was and the USPS will base expected delivery time on which POs it leaves from and is delivered to. Here in the wilds of Oregon (Sweet Home PO, in a town of 8000 people) Express Mail is not guaranteed for less than 2 day delivery. However, if a parcel takes more than two days, the sender can claim a refund. That might not be satisfactory if fish don't make it, but sometimes they do and you can still claim the postage. It seems to me appropriate to do so because you paid for something you didn't receive.

I actually don't share your opinions of Priority Mail. I don't mail a lot of fish, but when I do I use Priority and it typically arrives in 2-3 days. I like to mail on a Saturday or a Monday. I DO tell the USPS clerks that the contents are perishable and they put a sticker to that effect on the parcel. They tell me that such parcels get priority amongst the Priority.

Barry

At 11:10 AM 6/5/2004 -0400, you wrote: 
Lee, I'm not sure if it is an address mailing location or address receiving
location or just luck of the draw or traffic thing with US Express mail.
Sometimes it works and sometimes it does not work. Usually it does work in
time to keep stuff alive at least.  Priority is a real iffy thing though. I
won't use it except for box return, live delivery guarantee or not.  Too
much work raising the fish to just kill them.
Bill Shenefelt
http://shene.killi.net
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Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Disappointed


> I sent mine Express mail and they were promised the next day and that is
when
> they arrived, Just lucky.
>
> Lee Harper
> Media, PA
>
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Barry J. Cooper, Prof. Emeritus, Dept. Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University
Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University
Home address: 27505 Riggs Hill Rd., Sweet Home, OR 97386 


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