My mother in law is in a legal profession and they are constantly mailing stuff. For the past couple years she said they’ve switched to UPS even for overnight stuff. FedEx was way too expensive. She said even USPS could be faster and cheaper than FedEx. Shipped a few things overnight this year and UPS was cheaper.
legal profession and they are constantly mailing stuff.
Yeah, including to far-flung hotels for use in depositions.
Way back in the day, we used to take advantage of this and ship huge boxes of stuff for vacations instead of checking bags. It was far cheaper and much more convenient! Pack up anything you want and add a pair of scissors and a roll of packing tape. FedEx would pick it up from your house and send it to the hotel, which would keep it for you until you arrived. Because you filled out the shipping label like the lawyers did, every big hotel in the world already knew how to deal with it. When you left, use the scissors and packing tape to put everything back in the boxes, and tell the front desk you have some boxes that need to go to the loading dock for FedEx.
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My mother in law is in a legal profession and they are constantly mailing stuff. For the past couple years she said they’ve switched to UPS even for overnight stuff. FedEx was way too expensive. She said even USPS could be faster and cheaper than FedEx. Shipped a few things overnight this year and UPS was cheaper.
Yeah, including to far-flung hotels for use in depositions.
Way back in the day, we used to take advantage of this and ship huge boxes of stuff for vacations instead of checking bags. It was far cheaper and much more convenient! Pack up anything you want and add a pair of scissors and a roll of packing tape. FedEx would pick it up from your house and send it to the hotel, which would keep it for you until you arrived. Because you filled out the shipping label like the lawyers did, every big hotel in the world already knew how to deal with it. When you left, use the scissors and packing tape to put everything back in the boxes, and tell the front desk you have some boxes that need to go to the loading dock for FedEx.
Law firm discount codes were insanely good :)
Sad to hear that this is no longer a good deal :(