It's always UPS
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mryan04290
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I usually make the drive to Orlando every so often even if it’s a 4 hour drive both ways only when I can get a good deal on a live sale from vendors up there though!
That’s the double edged sword with LFS; if no one bought online, LFS would be stocked with what locals wanted. Believe me I get it, have experienced the same delays and still buy online but if you want guaranteed delivery- you gotta be the deliverer.
The problem I see is that shipping is a seasonally predictable thing. Summer it’s often too hot and dependent upon where the vendor is located and what route the box must navigate to your door coral shipments that didn’t melt in transit are either a miracle or something to be expected. Winter, spring and fall can also be tricky depending on the route.
I look at vendor sales, shipping costs and shipping routes and avoid seasons and routes with risks that often make the discount prices a bust based upon the likelihood of shipping delays and stress upon livestock that I don’t want to accept.
I look at vendor sales, shipping costs and shipping routes and avoid seasons and routes with risks that often make the discount prices a bust based upon the likelihood of shipping delays and stress upon livestock that I don’t want to accept.
Same for me, except I tried to change to local pick up and they want to charge me $6! Their delay (even though weather was clear in KY) but I have to pay to pick up. Ridiculous!
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Pvtgloss
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Mine came in. My daughter put them in the sump. I got off work early and rushed back into town and dipped and qt'ed them. They all made it. I'm not sure if they were going to look out for me if any didn't make it. But the corals were great. Nice big corals on brand new looking plugs. They even threw in a freebee. The packaging was really good too.
Lavey29
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If you paid by credit card tell your bank you did not receive what you ordered and they will remove the charge unless the vendor takes care of you somehow. The vendor has insurance on his package no doubt. UPS is the worse. What can Brown do for you? Deliver dead corals.This is the third time in a few months where UPS screwed up. Next day air shipment of corals. It's a 2hr drive and they sent it to Philadelphia stating,"we've incorrectly sorted this package which may cause delays". The problem is that I'm going out of town tomorrow and won't be home to acclimate,dip and mount the corals in qt tank. All my daughter died will I'm out is feed, apex does the rest. The delivery date already changed to tomorrow. I've reached out to the vendor and haven't heard back yet, but on their website it states they are not responsible for shipping delays. I checked ups website and their guarantee to refund shipping fee. But I pay shipping cost to vendor. They way I see it, potentially the vender can refund the shipping for themself and I'll have a box of cold dead coral when I get home Sunday. I'm a concernd by the fact that the vendor hasn't reached out to me yet. Has anyone been through this? Any advice?
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