RE: [Killietalk] USPS

["David Lains" <david at zfin_org>]

FedEx is a pain to deal with unless you have an existing "Fish shipping"
account.  FedEx's packaging department needs to inspect your packaging to
make sure it won't leak and then they will make you sign a contract waiving
any liability for dead fish.  Search FedEx. COM for live fish or live
animals and speak to the live animals desk.  It's a pain.

I'm looking into switching over to DHL especially for incoming international
shipments.  It seems virtually impossible for someone to use FedEx from
Germany for example but DHL would love to carry the package.

Best fishes
David
 

-----Original Message-----
From: killietalk-bounces at aka_org [mailto:killietalk-bounces at aka_org] On
Behalf Of Nick Ternes
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 4:37 PM
To: killifish discussion list
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] USPS

>The news was they just received a memo that even though they will still 
>accept live tropical fish DMM CO22.3.2 they will not accept
them >for express or priority mail because their transshipper (the airlines
>and FedEx) will not accept any live creatures from them.


I find it hard to believe that fedex won't accept live fish, as 5 or 6 of
the LFS I frequent get weekly shipments of fish delivered FedEx.

Nick Ternes
Port Washington, WI
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