Re: [Killietalk] USPS

["Karen Perdue" <windamyr at peoplepc_com>]

Another option is Airborne, I brought fish from California to Georgia for
25.00 overnight, they were very nice and had no problem with shipping fish.

As to the airline, I use them for shipping dogs more than fish, I used to
bring a lot of fish in via Delta, but have switched to UPS super saver
overnight, Delta is a shadow of what it used to be, the last straw for me
was getting there on time, to be told they didn't have my boxes, when asked
when they MIGHT have them they didn't know, so I suggested they call the
shipping airport, lo and behold my fish WERE in Atlanta, but no one knew
where that might be as they hadn't bothered to scan them in. 3 hours of
frustration later, I finally had my fish, to say I was unhappy with the
service would be an understatement of massive proportions.
I brought four zebra plecos in from a breeder in Ohio using FedEx, he has an
account, cost me 30.00 for overnight freight. So don't let anyone tell you
FedEx isn't accepting live freight<G> they don't take warmblooded animals,
but they certainly do take fish and reptiles!

Karen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lains" <david at zfin_org>
To: "'Nick Ternes'" <woodland_gardens at gmail.com>; "'killifish discussion
list'" <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 8:12 PM
Subject: RE: [Killietalk] USPS


> 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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