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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4296126, member: 51347"]I agree. I always had a little more hesitancy using USPS. I have been in the manufacturing industry for 40 years, and always used FedEx for important small shipments worldwide and domestic North America with virtually no problems (samples, pre-production prototypes, tooling, dies, small shipments, test items, raw materials, production proofs, etc.) The only real issues I truly encountered was when volcanoes would erupt or spew, grounding aircraft in affected areas (Alaska, and I believe in Iceland once). Sometimes other natural disasters, like Typhoons, or man-made disasters like government coups or terrorist activities. Nothing was lost in those cases, they were just delayed because of the issues. Yes, ANYone are going to make mistakes, and I have had a very few lost-in-space shipments - but that is over 40 years. However, FedEx always had the best track record for me. Customs was rarely a problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have / had FedEx accounts (different companies I was with). Use it. Track with it. Call them or email/text them. They see the volume you produce, and they will work with you to ensure you are a satisfied customer. I had a couple major personal coin shipments pending customs. They called me, handled my customs duties, took my CC info to ensure rapid shipment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes it is amazing to consider FedEx logistics: It takes me a minimum of 16 hours to fly to Asia from North America (actual flight time - not considering waiting in airports or personal transportation to and from airports). That is half-way around the globe. I can get FedEx shipments door-to-door, and through customs in less than 48 hours total time... yeah, 2 days, and that is going through a couple government bureaucracies' customs departments, paying some duties, fees, etc...</p><p><br /></p><p>Excellent service to me. USPS sometimes can hide behind the size and anonymity of their system to not get me answers...</p><p><br /></p><p>Hmm... coins: Many folks shipped me "tokens" as silver, gold, or bronze/brass.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe Herr [USER=77704]@panzerman[/USER] is a big adherent to Postal Services and no description / minimal description quite successfully with most of his gold collection...</p><p><br /></p><p>Those are my thoughts and experiences.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like coins. I always think it is good to post them in any thread. That is why we are here...</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a RR Heavy Denarius / Didrachm that looks like the silver content is being lessened due to it being struck after Hannibal destroyed several Roman Legions... in battle after battle, and Rome was hitting their lowpoint in History. Their Denarius was reformed to a smaller standard in 211 BCE.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093578[/ATTACH]</p><p>RR Anon AR Heavy Denarius Quadrigatus Didrachm 215-213 Janus Roma Relief tablet S 32 Cr 28-3[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4296126, member: 51347"]I agree. I always had a little more hesitancy using USPS. I have been in the manufacturing industry for 40 years, and always used FedEx for important small shipments worldwide and domestic North America with virtually no problems (samples, pre-production prototypes, tooling, dies, small shipments, test items, raw materials, production proofs, etc.) The only real issues I truly encountered was when volcanoes would erupt or spew, grounding aircraft in affected areas (Alaska, and I believe in Iceland once). Sometimes other natural disasters, like Typhoons, or man-made disasters like government coups or terrorist activities. Nothing was lost in those cases, they were just delayed because of the issues. Yes, ANYone are going to make mistakes, and I have had a very few lost-in-space shipments - but that is over 40 years. However, FedEx always had the best track record for me. Customs was rarely a problem. I have / had FedEx accounts (different companies I was with). Use it. Track with it. Call them or email/text them. They see the volume you produce, and they will work with you to ensure you are a satisfied customer. I had a couple major personal coin shipments pending customs. They called me, handled my customs duties, took my CC info to ensure rapid shipment. Sometimes it is amazing to consider FedEx logistics: It takes me a minimum of 16 hours to fly to Asia from North America (actual flight time - not considering waiting in airports or personal transportation to and from airports). That is half-way around the globe. I can get FedEx shipments door-to-door, and through customs in less than 48 hours total time... yeah, 2 days, and that is going through a couple government bureaucracies' customs departments, paying some duties, fees, etc... Excellent service to me. USPS sometimes can hide behind the size and anonymity of their system to not get me answers... Hmm... coins: Many folks shipped me "tokens" as silver, gold, or bronze/brass. I believe Herr [USER=77704]@panzerman[/USER] is a big adherent to Postal Services and no description / minimal description quite successfully with most of his gold collection... Those are my thoughts and experiences. I like coins. I always think it is good to post them in any thread. That is why we are here... Here is a RR Heavy Denarius / Didrachm that looks like the silver content is being lessened due to it being struck after Hannibal destroyed several Roman Legions... in battle after battle, and Rome was hitting their lowpoint in History. Their Denarius was reformed to a smaller standard in 211 BCE. [ATTACH=full]1093578[/ATTACH] RR Anon AR Heavy Denarius Quadrigatus Didrachm 215-213 Janus Roma Relief tablet S 32 Cr 28-3[/QUOTE]
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