buzz wrote: 
It'll get spam filtered.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
in the PO thread? it will never get here in time. you need to wish us a Merry Christmas in the e-mail thread.

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
Merry Christmas to you and buzz (too, I guess).

 katzendogs wrote: 
nothing

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
What happened here?

oh look. two ghosts of christmas past.

shudder

Kudos x 1000 to my local Oregon post office - three times they got a package across the country (okay one was Austin, but it's FAR) within 2 days' time. At Christmas.
 
I'm thinking it had everything to do with my side of things, too - because incoming packages have not been so successful. Now I have no gift to take to my hosts tomorrow—because it couldn't even get here in 4.5 days from Ohio.

 Umberdog wrote: 
That jibes with my experiences.

I've told merchants that they have to ship my order by UPS or it's no sale.  Most of them comply.

I grumble when an online merchant does not offer UPS as a shipping option. USPS usually leaves things in my leaky mailbox kids are always bashing for fun and if the item won't fit there I get a slip of paper telling me I'll have to pick it up at the post office, which is 12 miles away and I can't drive. FedEx is slightly better. They'll bring it to my door when they can find my address. I've had to chase them down a couple of times. They keep trying to leave my stuff with a neighbor. UPS has never failed me.

 BlueHeronDruid wrote: 

 OCDHG wrote: 



pretty sure we'd get shot if we tried to ship meat into the USA. Can see the incentive for into and out of Alaska shipping though.

 OCDHG wrote: 
Yeah, I can't speak for Alaska, having never been there and all.  But here in the Midwest, UPS kicks ass and FedEx sucks for home delivery.  I think FedEx is thinking big and is neglecting its original business in favor of Big Business services.

Since the FedEx shipping hub is in Memphis, TN that would be the one place where I'd expect above par service.  My proximity to the UPS trucking hub may have something to do with the great service I get from them.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 



cool, I think we should be ok then. I will claim fruit cake like slabby says as I had to boot the golden syrup and marmalade to get within the weight limit for small packets.

 Servo wrote: 



well it's the fastest way to get a package from Alaska to the lower 48, but I guess that's a special circumstance. Actually, it's the ONLY way to get something from here to the east coast in 24 hours. We shipped some fish via FedEx to family in TN, no complaints. Other than the price!

 OCDHG wrote: 
FedEx has a separate food shipping service.  It has the same problem of lazy drivers leaving the package wherever is convenient for them.  This can mean that your shipment can remain in the hands of a neighbor for a long time.  I wouldn't trust FedEx for anything special.

 buzz wrote: 



sure you can send me some! ;-) We don't really have moose in the panhandle. At least not until you get up to Haines/Skagway. There's probably moose on the other side of the ice field from Juneau, but there's a, you know, ICEFIELD between here and there.

 OCDHG wrote: 
could send a couple of moose steaks?

BlueHeronDruid wrote:
"Yeast sample." Works every time.

 oldslabsides wrote: 
I used to send Aunt Grace some good Scotch every Christmas. I said that it was either 1) boutique vinegar or 2) olive oil.

 OCDHG wrote: 
It's illegal to ship alcoholic beverages into or out of this state unless you have a liquor license. I tried to ship a couple of bottles of locally produced wine to family in Chicago and when the guy at the FEDEX store asked me what I was shipping I naively told him. He informed me of the law and that they would not ship it. I then took my package to the post office and they didn't ask any questions.