Shipping frags

For those of you out there that ship frags to people....what carrier do you use? Specifically, if you use UPS and you ship in Iowa, does it ALWAYS arrive the next day?

I am shipping Fedex overnight and it costs quite a bit more than regular UPS ground. Wondering if I could trust UPS or not.....

Finally, I ALWAYS get my Bulk Reef Supply order next day, coming from Minnesota, via UPS. Is this the case with you guys?

 

depends on the time of day i order it. i got my aquahub order the next day with fedex. i dont like ups as where i live cause they dont get to my house till 6 at night. i can't help you on the overnight. but i did have a check overnight shipped via ups and it didn't get here till 6pm

 

I know a lot of online vendors are refusing UPS due to their poor delivery and rough handling on boxes. If you look around on ebay there's some sellers who don't use UPS either.

 

If your shipping within Iowa I think USPS normally has packages delivered by the next bus day

 

Posted By PotRoast on 03/04/2010 08:27 AM
For those of you out there that ship frags to people....what carrier do you use? Specifically, if you use UPS and you ship in Iowa, does it ALWAYS arrive the next day? I am shipping Fedex overnight and it costs quite a bit more than regular UPS ground. Wondering if I could trust UPS or not..... Finally, I ALWAYS get my Bulk Reef Supply order next day, coming from Minnesota, via UPS. Is this the case with you guys?
I use UPS out of convenience.  Both UPS and FedEx are about the same in cost and service.  If you are going to ship to someone else using UPS ground, make sure they are within the days in transit map from your zip code.
The only advantage to using overnight is that you can pay extra for express/priority and get it there by 10:30 or noon to most locations.  Ground service delivery can vary from morning until end of day.

 

i always get mine via fedex next by 10:30. I have ordered corals during the dead of winter without any problems

 

I have used UPS ground within the 1 day range as Slovan mentioned, no problems. Always has come the next day and I believe it's about $14....

 

Proablly depends too on what kind of frags your shipping, alot of Zoas and Palys are shipped two days with heat packs and will stay living. But high end stuff, and SPS, and LPS I would ship next day.

 

hey i have used ups next day a few times always next day by 1030

 

I think FEDEX as a delivary time of either 1030 or before noon.  But UPS will delivary whenever, they don't have a strong garnutee on time.