There's a UPS shipping facility near here in West Sacramento. I was there not too long ago to ship a large package.
Yes, they're trying to push business to the storefronts, but the actual UPS facilities are still your best bet. I'm going to be driving through West Sac today--I'll see if that facility is still open. --Eric N Sent from the iPad 2 On Jul 12, 2011, at 8:09 AM, George Schick <bhim...@gmail.com> wrote: > Eric sez "...I've always had better luck taking my bikes directly to > the UPS shipping facility (not the storefront locations) when I ship > them..." > > Is this still possible? I notice that when you look up UPS facilities > on their web site the main shipping locations aren't even listed. I > know where they are around these parts, but I've never tried to take > packages to one of them in recent years. Used to be back in the old > days that the shipping locations were the ONLY place where you could > directly take packages. Everything else was scheduled pickup & > delivery from/to your business site by one of their trucks. Nowadays > I'm not so sure. Seems like they're trying to push walk-in business > away from the shipping (dispatch) locations out to the storefronts. > > > On Jul 12, 12:33 am, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: >> I've always had better luck taking my bikes directly to the UPS shipping >> facility (not the storefront locations) when I ship them. The last time I >> shipped a bike it was a little over $40, but much less than $160. The >> storefront locations usually want to charge two to three times the amount I >> pay at the shipping facility. >> >> --Eric >> campyonly...@me.comwww.campyonly.comwww.wheelsnorth.org >> >> On Jul 11, 2011, at 1:22 PM, CCX wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Hey Rivsters- >> >>> How are you all shipping bikes (conus)? I just looked up prices on >>> UPS and FedEX and they were both in the range of 160 bucks. Geeze >>> where have I been over the years, the last time I shipped a bike it >>> cost 40.00 buck. >> >>> jc >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
