>>Terry



Rainer, it's obvious you're putting a lot of effort into optimizing the safety of the animals during the transport method you're choosing. I'm not going to become a haughty evangelist, i just think the air freight way is safer, and therefore the decision is safety vs cost. I realize i'm fortunate that i'm selling higher-end animals so the cost isn't prohibitive the way it would be for someone selling $8-$12 red rats, for example. Still, i'm not sure the solution is to go to the lengths you do, to optimize safety given the carrier won't know he's carrying a live animal (what if you put in a heat pack and the box ends up in a hot storage area, or vice versa?, for example). Obviously, we'll agree to disagree.



As for your comments about the requirements for shipping delta, yeah, you need a styrofoam liner, but that's in the best interest of the animals, right? And yeah, they visit your home/office once before approving you, but is there any harm in that? Yeah, it's more efficient a method if you and your customer live near an airport, but that's just adding "seller's convenience" to the cost factor, in weighing those things vs animal safety. It does cost more money, but it's not the same service: Delta has heated animal rooms when animals are waiting to depart/waiting for transfers/or have arrived, as just one example. And it has staffs which while never perfect are populated by people who are handling animals every day and accustomed to treating them differently than non-perishable packages.



peace bro

terry



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>>Or u could become a Delta "kown Shipper" where they come into your home 6 months later to see if you are a terrorist. After that you must package the boxes the way Delta dash stipulates it and unless you live close by an airport, and so does your customer. You will get a better feeling that you spent more money for the same service and you were able to do HALF the work getting it there by driving and packing under code and then when finally after arriving you have to show the agent its contents.

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>>No thanks, I need to watch baywatch again.

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