shipping

roscoe · Jan 13, 2010

Which shipping company would you choose between Fed Ex and UPS? Fed Ex is about 30% higher than UPS. Is it worth the extra 30% to ship with Fed Ex?

gooch · Jan 13, 2010

Both have goods and bads. I just switched to UPS due to issues I had with fed ex last year. I ship 98% of my packages ground. I shipped two overnight orders on my account from a vendor to me. Fed Ex screwed up both. They will claim weather on almost every problem. Even if there is not a single cloud in the entire country. It is never their fault. I have not done enough with UPS to give you an honest opinion. But I have not had any recent issues with UPS to date.

EliteReefs · Jan 13, 2010

its all relative.

i use fedex for everything and have a rather good track record. never had a lost package and maybe about 1 out of every 50 is a bit late. i am happy with the service. i'm sure you will find just as many people that hate fedex as you can UPS. i think they are both very comparable

roscoe · Jan 13, 2010

Thanks for the tip! I forgot to mention this is a live shipment. Anyone else with experience?

JR's Reef · Jan 13, 2010

Ive used both but mostly use UPS because there alot closer to me. Never had a issue with either. Im shipping a overnight package (coral) today with UPS. Ive only had one package ever show up late when Ive odered live goods and it was 5hrs late and that was with Fedex. I only had 2 packages not show up on the day they were suppose to and one was with DHL and the other USPS

twinspots_goby · Jan 13, 2010

I have been using Fedex with no issue at all. I do receive live shipment from UPS and never had problem either. I vote for both. Just don't go with USPS. they suck.

fenderguy1 · Jan 13, 2010

Fedex priorty all day! Delivered by 10:30am anywhere:) I have shipped a few corals/skimmer's all kinds of stuff without any problems..

MarvinsReef · Jan 13, 2010

currently, I use Fed Ex.. if you have an account with them, you get around 15% - 20% for Priority Overnight... I just like FedEx coz the package gets there in the am... :)

I've used UPS also before and didn't have an issue... I'm sure they also offer some kind of discount for having an account with them... I'm 15-20 mins away from FedEx hub so I can wait til 9pm to ship my stuff.... :)

roscoe · Jan 13, 2010

Thanks for all the great input guys. I have a few packages to ship so I might try them both out to see which one will be best for future shipment. I work in the shipping department and I see packages come in from UPS all beat up about 50% of the time and when we get packages from Fed Ex 90% of the time the package looked to be well cared for. What to do.......