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- From: jeckenbe@gluttony.reed.edu (Judah Michael Eckenberg)
- Subject: Re: FedEx and UPS
- References: <1993Jan26.101907.10427@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Sender: news@reed.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:49:55 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.224955.11959@reed.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan26.101907.10427@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- kisaacso@nyx.cs.du.edu (Kevin "Zonker" Isaacson) writes:
- > In article <1993Jan26.045458.21942@fuug.fi>, an2509@anon.penet.fi would
- have us believe:
- > [] I know it's a really bad idea to send drugs through the US mail, but
- how
- > [] about Federal Express and United Postal Service? I was thinking that
- if you
- > [] send it overnight via FedEx, first it probably doesn't spend enough
- time in
- > [] their posession that it would be economical for them to check it and
- second,
- > [] being a private company, why would they have drug dogs at all (unless
- they
- > [] were required to by law). But I thought I'd ask here because it's
- better
- > [] to be safe than sorry. Any comments would be appreciated.
- > []
- > []
- >
- > I can't speak for FedEx, but as a UPS employee (sorter) I can tell you
- > that the amount of checking that occurs, at least for regular ground
- > shipments, is absolute zero. Your package goes from the UPS shipper,
- > to a UPS hub, onto a truck to another hub, onto the cute little brown
- > van from there, and to the addressee's house. We process
- > approximately 150,000 pieces of mail each night on my shift alone and
- > trust me, the only thing that anybody notices is the address. Unless
- your
- > package has OBVIOUS signs of something illegal (like reeking of skunk
- bud or
- > seeds falling out the cracks) it should encounter no problems.
- Important
- > safety tip, though: Make SURE that it is well packed with NO chance
- > of opening even a little bit during shipment. We are required to
- > ensure that every package reaches its destination sealed up nice and
- > tight and if a package comes through that is torn open even a little
- > bit it is sent to the damage clerk who then repackages it (with the
- > obvious implications). Note that this process is only for ground
- > shipments, I can't speak for the air operations.
-
- Does anyone out there know the procedures involved in
- international mailing via a private carrier?
-
-
- Judah Eckenberg any opinions expressed
- Reed College jeckenbe@reed.edu here are right.
-
-