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<p>[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 1635757, member: 4626"]Yes it is, but they are also faster, more convenient, and in my opinion and experience, more reliable, so I was willing to pay more.</p><p><br /></p><p>For roughly $20 I got signature confirmation, insurance, and next day delivery (despite the fact I didn't even ask for or pay for next day rates), plus a free box and packing material. Post office probably would have been a bit cheaper but the speed and reliability were worth it to me; plus the nearest FedEx office to my home has a more convenient location and more convenient hours than the nearest post office, and their service was far better. So yes they're more expensive, but I think it's well worth the cost in this case.</p><p><br /></p><p>(P.S. just so you don't think this is a FedEx commercial lol, to be fair UPS has good service too in my experience, but FedEx just happened to have a more convenient location relative to my home in this case, plus they share a building with my bank where 3 of the coins I submitted were stored in safety deposit boxes. So this is less an endorsement of FedEx than it is an anti-endorsement of the USPS, which I honestly don't know how they haven't gone the way of the Pony Express yet.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 1635757, member: 4626"]Yes it is, but they are also faster, more convenient, and in my opinion and experience, more reliable, so I was willing to pay more. For roughly $20 I got signature confirmation, insurance, and next day delivery (despite the fact I didn't even ask for or pay for next day rates), plus a free box and packing material. Post office probably would have been a bit cheaper but the speed and reliability were worth it to me; plus the nearest FedEx office to my home has a more convenient location and more convenient hours than the nearest post office, and their service was far better. So yes they're more expensive, but I think it's well worth the cost in this case. (P.S. just so you don't think this is a FedEx commercial lol, to be fair UPS has good service too in my experience, but FedEx just happened to have a more convenient location relative to my home in this case, plus they share a building with my bank where 3 of the coins I submitted were stored in safety deposit boxes. So this is less an endorsement of FedEx than it is an anti-endorsement of the USPS, which I honestly don't know how they haven't gone the way of the Pony Express yet.)[/QUOTE]
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