John Mustarde wrote:
>
> On Thu, 05 Apr 2001 19:08:57 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >I guess even with insurance, I'm still leery. Say I do 500 weddings in
> >my life, and I mail out the film for all of them. What would be the odds
> >that the carriers go 500 for 500? Maybe I distrust the carriers too
> >much, but I have a feeling the odds are too low.
> >
> I have a lot of historical information on carrier errors in my
> business - several hundred thousand shipments over the past five
> years. The best carriers, in their best years, average 98% on-time
> error-free shipments. Much of my data is for shipments of over 40 lbs,
> but we do a lot of one-package shipments also.
Thanks for the data, very interesting.
I wonder if the rate varies wrt package size? It would seem, on the face
of it, that it would be pretty damned hard to lose a big 40 pound
package, and much easier to lose a small 2 pounder.
Getting this back to photography...it's interesting to note that *many*
wedding photographers, and other types, I'm sure, use labs through the
mail. Supposedly the 'best' wedding/portrait lab is Miller's, somewhere
out in the midwest, and people mail them film from all over the country.
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