Just a warning to make sure everyone is on their guard at these local pack and ship type places.
I have had an amplifier here since before my heart attack, and I wanted to get it back to the owner. Since I was feeling a little better, I managed to box it up, and had my mom (who is staying here for a week), carry it down to the car. My first instinct was to just take it to the Post Office, but I have a FedEx account, and I thought I would ship with them. The only snag is, I don't have a working printer right now, and couldn't print off the shipping bill.
So I went to my local pack and ship type place, armed with my FedEx account card. This is a place I have used time and time before, although strictly for drop-offs of packages with pre-paid labels. I explained to the guy behind the counter, I wanted to use my FedEx account to ship this package, he said they only had FedEx Express labels, not FedEx Ground. Maybe it's my fault for not grasping what FedEx Express actually was. I asked if they give me an approximation of the shipping amount, he said he couldn't.
This was yesterday, this morning I tried to track the package, but to no avail. I then called up FedEx, and managed to speak to someone who was able to track it, I had been using the number with some extra numbers on the end. I asked if they could tell me how much would be charged to my account, and they said $107.07. Wow! This was because it went FedEx Express, the lady on the phone said if I had used Ground (which was unavailable to me), it would have only been $29.77, this is from NJ to CA.
So, just a warning to anyone using these type of places, keep your wits about you. I have yet to see this amount be charged to my FedEx account, but I'm sure it will hit my account once the package if delivered.
Lee.
I have had an amplifier here since before my heart attack, and I wanted to get it back to the owner. Since I was feeling a little better, I managed to box it up, and had my mom (who is staying here for a week), carry it down to the car. My first instinct was to just take it to the Post Office, but I have a FedEx account, and I thought I would ship with them. The only snag is, I don't have a working printer right now, and couldn't print off the shipping bill.
So I went to my local pack and ship type place, armed with my FedEx account card. This is a place I have used time and time before, although strictly for drop-offs of packages with pre-paid labels. I explained to the guy behind the counter, I wanted to use my FedEx account to ship this package, he said they only had FedEx Express labels, not FedEx Ground. Maybe it's my fault for not grasping what FedEx Express actually was. I asked if they give me an approximation of the shipping amount, he said he couldn't.
This was yesterday, this morning I tried to track the package, but to no avail. I then called up FedEx, and managed to speak to someone who was able to track it, I had been using the number with some extra numbers on the end. I asked if they could tell me how much would be charged to my account, and they said $107.07. Wow! This was because it went FedEx Express, the lady on the phone said if I had used Ground (which was unavailable to me), it would have only been $29.77, this is from NJ to CA.
So, just a warning to anyone using these type of places, keep your wits about you. I have yet to see this amount be charged to my FedEx account, but I'm sure it will hit my account once the package if delivered.
Lee.