The Ford Barn

updraught · 03-03-2018, 08:13 PM

By necessity we created Aeroguard in 1963 to keep the bugs off, and tested it on the Queen during a visit, before using it ourselves. Crafty move that.

As Australia has held the water speed record for 40 years (40 years!!) I don't see why packages should take that long by sea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nloF0eF-zFs

Dan1928 · 03-03-2018, 09:04 PM

Yeah, that's one of the new ways to make money at the Post Office. In some cases it takes 3 days to do "Priority Mail" from MA to CT!!! They also will not offer you info on which size box you need to use if you're going the package route. Two of the boxes are similar in size but have different rates when certain distances. They hope you buy the wrong one to get another 3 bucks or so. Complete BS.

Mike V. Florida · 03-04-2018, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Dan1928

Yeah, that's one of the new ways to make money at the Post Office. In some cases it takes 3 days to do "Priority Mail" from MA to CT!!! They also will not offer you info on which size box you need to use if you're going the package route. Two of the boxes are similar in size but have different rates when certain distances. They hope you buy the wrong one to get another 3 bucks or so. Complete BS.

As a postal employee, I agree with you. The whole system is worse then you can imagine. The new motto seems to be; "We don't care" and not a night goes by that they don't prove it.

ronn · 03-04-2018, 10:21 AM

By necessity we created Aeroguard in 1963 to keep the bugs off, and tested it on the Queen during a visit, before using it ourselves. Crafty move that.

The mad hatter?

eagle · 03-04-2018, 10:44 AM

And yet, I can have a part shipped from China for 50 cents! Return shipping for the same item back to China costs $15. Takes about 2 or 3 weeks.

Tom Wesenberg · 03-04-2018, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by eagle

And yet, I can have a part shipped from China for 50 cents! Return shipping for the same item back to China costs $15. Takes about 2 or 3 weeks.

That's what I never understood.
After all it goes through our postal system, and we pay plenty for having the postal system handle, loose, and damage our goods, so how can China ship to my door for little to nothing?

03-03-2018, 08:13 PM	#21
updraught Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Australia Posts: 1,970	Re: Whatever happened to the surface mail option? By necessity we created Aeroguard in 1963 to keep the bugs off, and tested it on the Queen during a visit, before using it ourselves. Crafty move that. As Australia has held the water speed record for 40 years (40 years!!) I don't see why packages should take that long by sea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nloF0eF-zFs

03-03-2018, 09:04 PM	#22
Dan1928 Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 40	Re: Whatever happened to the surface mail option? Yeah, that's one of the new ways to make money at the Post Office. In some cases it takes 3 days to do "Priority Mail" from MA to CT!!! They also will not offer you info on which size box you need to use if you're going the package route. Two of the boxes are similar in size but have different rates when certain distances. They hope you buy the wrong one to get another 3 bucks or so. Complete BS.

03-04-2018, 10:21 AM	#24
ronn Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NNNNNNNNJJJJJJJJJJ Posts: 6,787	Re: Whatever happened to the surface mail option? By necessity we created Aeroguard in 1963 to keep the bugs off, and tested it on the Queen during a visit, before using it ourselves. Crafty move that. The mad hatter?

03-04-2018, 10:44 AM	#25
eagle Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Eagle Bend, MN Posts: 2,025	Re: Whatever happened to the surface mail option? And yet, I can have a part shipped from China for 50 cents! Return shipping for the same item back to China costs $15. Takes about 2 or 3 weeks. __________________ "There are some that can destroy an anvil with a teaspoon and shouldn't be allowed to touch anything resembling a tool."