Fed Ex and the USPS Win!

As I mentioned earlier, my sister-in-law, Jan, had decided to buy in my 20 inch 1.8 GHz iMac I was selling to upgrade to a 17 inch 2.0 GHz iMac. So, I reloaded its operating system and applications and packaged it up in its original box for shipping. Jan decided she wanted us to ship it to her via the U.S. Postal Service. We have had good luck doing that from a damage standpoint but not very good luck with them delivering on time. We sent a nephew’s iBook to the same address using Priority Mail, but it didn’t arrive until almost two weeks later. Despite that, my wife decided to send Jan’s iMac via Priority Mail. Lo and behold, the iMac arrived there yesterday after being mailed out last Thursday. I’m still waiting to hear that the unit is okay; they haven’t unpacked it, yet; but the box appeared to be undamaged. I’m hoping it survived my 13 year old nephew lugging it home on foot. A 20 inch iMac is not a small or light thing. How he managed it, I don’t know. But it appears that the USPS has scored a victory!

I ordered a new iPod Nano for my wife Sunday night. If you’ve been reading this blog, you know she just got one a few weeks ago. What you don’t know is it got stolen when we stopped to look at new vehicles at a car dealership Sunday afternoon where someone broke into our car and stole her purse containing it. I ordered it Sunday night, FedEx picked it up in Shenzen China on Monday; and today, Wednesday, it’s here! The original delivery date was November 11; but it got here early and FedEx brought it on home. Contrast that to UPS. On more than one occasion, I’ve seen them let my package rot on a truck until the delivery date matched up.

Who do you want to ship your computer stuff with?