[meteorite-list] Lets rename the thread! (postoffice problems!)

From: Mark Miconi <mam602_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:25 2004
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We ship 300 or more items a months and since the USPS rate hike in July =
our FedEx Ground shipments have gone way up.=20
We do alot of fragile stuff and pack only with bubblewrap and peanut =
foam. FedEx Ground is easily always cheaper than UPS and in an =
increasing amount of shipments FedEx Ground is as cheap as USPS Parcel =
Post and has a tracking number and will arrive in five days. In some =
cases our customers are even choosing FedEx Ground over Priority mail as =
it way cheaper than priority to the east coast on 3 pounds or more.
We have not lost an item in the mail in 2 years and that was finally =
recovered and returned to us. We use Stamps.com Internet Postage and =
print everybit of our domestic postage on our printer. All we do at the =
post office is hand them the boxes, they postmark the insurance slips =
and we are out of there. We wait longer in line than it takes to drop =
our items. Uninsured items our mail carrier takes everyday from our =
front door.=20
I have a FedEx Account, print my shipping labels with tracking number on =
our printer and schedule a pickup. If it is only a couple of boxes I =
drop them at a FedEx office close by and again only hand the boxes over =
the counter...no waiting in line.

We charge a small handling fee and that offsets the bubblewrap and foam. =
We get all our USPS supplies mailed to us free by the Post Office with =
Stamps.Com. Our customers rave about our shipping and packing.

If done with some help from online sources you can cut the TIME you =
spend doing your shipping, by offering more than one choice you give =
your customers a chance to save on their shipping costs and allow you to =
cover your materials and a portion of your time. We do not see any =
profit loss to our shipping and our customers open their items and find =
them intact safely packed.

By doing the things above we have eliminated any of the shipping =
concerns in our pricing of our items for sale, allowing us to draw more =
bidders to our auctions.

Mark M.
Phoenix AZ


----- Original Message -----=20
  From: FERNLEA4_at_aol.com=20
  To: capricorn89_at_earthlink.net ; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com=20
  Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 2:50 AM
  Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lets rename the thread! (postoffice =
problems!)


  In a message dated 30/08/02 09:55:08 GMT Daylight Time, =
capricorn89_at_earthlink.net writes:



    For full-time businesses with only that single source of income, and =
unless they want negative cash-flow, their only alternative is to =
increase profit-margins with higher prices to cover such expenses or go =
out of business.


  Not necessarily Ron.
  It depends on the size of the business - buying power, turnover, =
profit margins, quantities involved, etc.
  We play DHL off against Fed-Ex, and the carrier which gives us the =
best rate wins our business.
  They wouldn't be interested in discussing discounts for small =
quantities of 10 per month, but if you tempt them with a carrot of 80+ =
per month, they'll do their best to beat their rivals' shipping =
quotations. We ship a lot of packages overseas and have been for =
something like 14 years. The carriers are more than willing to discuss =
hefty discounts for quantity, so that's how we are able to absorb these =
kind of overheads ourselves without passing them onto the customer.

  Cheers,
  Rob.
  www.meteorites.uk.com
  Fernlea Meteorites,
  The Wynd,
  Off Dickson Lane,
  Milton of Balgonie,
  Fife. KY7 6PY
  United Kingdom
  Tel: +44-(0)1592-751563
  Fax: +44-(0)1592-751991
  Mobile: 07909-773929
  Email: fernlea4_at_aol.com=20

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We ship 300 or more items a months and =
since the=20
USPS rate hike in July our FedEx Ground shipments have gone way up.=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We do alot of fragile stuff and pack =
only with=20
bubblewrap and peanut foam. FedEx Ground is easily always cheaper than =
UPS and=20
in an increasing amount of shipments FedEx Ground is as cheap as USPS =
Parcel=20
Post and has a tracking number and will arrive in five days. In some =
cases our=20
customers are even choosing FedEx Ground over Priority mail as it way =
cheaper=20
than priority to the east coast on 3 pounds or more.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We have not lost an item in the mail in =
2 years and=20
that was finally recovered and returned to us. We use Stamps.com =
Internet=20
Postage and print everybit of our domestic postage on our printer. All =
we do at=20
the post office is hand them the boxes, they postmark the insurance =
slips and we=20
are out of there. We wait longer in line than it takes to drop our =
items.=20
Uninsured items our mail carrier takes everyday from our front door.=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have a FedEx Account, print my =
shipping labels=20
with tracking number on our printer and schedule a pickup. If it is only =
a=20
couple of boxes I drop them at a FedEx office close by and again only =
hand the=20
boxes over the counter...no waiting in line.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We charge a small handling fee and that =
offsets the=20
bubblewrap and foam. We get all our USPS supplies mailed to us free by =
the Post=20
Office with Stamps.Com. Our customers rave about our shipping and=20
packing.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If done with some help from online =
sources you can=20
cut the TIME you spend doing your shipping, by offering more than one =
choice you=20
give your customers a chance to save on their shipping costs and allow =
you to=20
cover your materials and a portion of your time. We do not see any =
profit loss=20
to our shipping and our customers open their items and find them intact =
safely=20
packed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>By doing the things above we have =
eliminated any of=20
the shipping concerns in our pricing of our items for sale, allowing us =
to draw=20
more bidders to our auctions.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mark M.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Phoenix AZ</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
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  style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
  <A href=3D"mailto:FERNLEA4_at_aol.com" =
title=3DFERNLEA4_at_aol.com>FERNLEA4@aol.com</A>=20
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
  href=3D"mailto:capricorn89_at_earthlink.net"=20
  title=3Dcapricorn89_at_earthlink.net>capricorn89@earthlink.net</A> ; <A=20
  href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com"=20
  =
title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>meteorite-list@meteoritecentr=
al.com</A>=20
  </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 30, 2002 =
2:50=20
  AM</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] =
Lets rename=20
  the thread! (postoffice problems!)</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT face=3DArial =
lang=3D0 size=3D2=20
  FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF">In a message dated 30/08/02 09:55:08 GMT Daylight =
Time, <A=20
  =
href=3D"mailto:capricorn89_at_earthlink.net">capricorn89@earthlink.net</A>=20
  writes:<BR><BR><BR>
  <BLOCKQUOTE=20
  style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"=20
  TYPE=3D"CITE">For full-time businesses with only that single source of =
income,=20
    and unless they want negative cash-flow, their only alternative is =
to=20
    increase profit-margins with higher prices to cover such expenses or =
go out=20
    of business.</FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial lang=3D0 =
size=3D3=20
    style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"=20
  FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 =
face=3DArial=20
  lang=3D0 size=3D2 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" =
FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><BR>Not=20
  necessarily Ron.<BR>It depends on the size of the business - buying =
power,=20
  turnover, profit margins, quantities involved, etc.<BR>We play DHL off =
against=20
  Fed-Ex, and the carrier which gives us the best rate wins our=20
  business.<BR>They wouldn't be interested in discussing discounts for =
small=20
  quantities of 10 per month, but if you tempt them with a carrot of 80+ =
per=20
  month, they'll do their best to beat their rivals' shipping =
quotations. We=20
  ship a lot of packages overseas and have been for something like 14 =
years. The=20
  carriers are more than willing to discuss hefty discounts for =
quantity, so=20
  that's how we are able to absorb these kind of overheads ourselves =
without=20
  passing them onto the=20
  customer.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR>Rob.<BR>www.meteorites.uk.com<BR>Fernlea=20
  Meteorites,<BR>The Wynd,<BR>Off Dickson Lane,<BR>Milton of =
Balgonie,<BR>Fife.=20
  KY7 6PY<BR>United Kingdom<BR>Tel: +44-(0)1592-751563<BR>Fax:=20
  +44-(0)1592-751991<BR>Mobile: 07909-773929<BR>Email: =
fernlea4_at_aol.com</FONT>=20
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