Actually, that's not quite correct.
Both UPS and FedEx have introduced the lower-cost option when the
"last-mile" delivery (more exactly, within your city/region) is done by
the USPS. It is called "UPS Mail Innovations" and "FedEx SmartPost",
respectively.
http://www.upsmailinnovations.com/
http://www.fedex.com/us/smart-post/outbound.html
But it is the vendor's choice if this option is used or not. It is not
decided by UPS/FedEx on themselves.
HTH,
Igor
PS. I might be wrong, but it seems to me that once, UPS (or FedEx)
delivered such a package themselves, despite the lower-cost option used by
the vendor.
P. J. Alling Wed, 18 Oct 2017 06:44:41 -0700 wrote:
Actually UPS uses the USPS for final delivery for small items so even if
UPS is your carrier, you don't know who's ultimately responsible for final
delivery...
This is especially problematic if you expect UPS since if you have a P. O.
Box and no mail receptacle at your physical address USPS rules won't allow
delivery.
On Wed, 18 Oct 2017, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Amazon uses only UPS and USPS, and it seems unpredictable which one they'd
use in each case.
So, you don't order from Amazon?
Igor
Mark Roberts Wed, 18 Oct 2017 05:50:46 -0700 wrote:
I'll always pay a little extra to get my stuff delivered by any
service other than UPS. They're the worst of a bad lot.
Here's another thing that pisses me off: Places that offer only a
choice between "standard", "two-day" and "overnight" shipping, without
specifying what carrier is being used for any of them.
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