oK gang, i am not trying to " ruffle feathers" but i see more and more people complaining about bad service.I have been involved with shipping for 20 years and i would like to say that we have used every carrier out there at least once.For the most FED-EX is a quality service but even the best have a "bad day" on ocasion. First of all breeders need convience and service and fed -ex offers services that breeders need and want.I cannot , for the life of me, understand why people pay big bucks for animals and then try to skimp on the shipping.Breeders have got to understand that someone like me whom has a small collection,get "put off" from the hobby with just one "bad" experience. I always ask if A breeder ships "delta dash" because of several good reasons.
1. limited stops and transfers, i.e. less likley to "misplace" our package
2.they are easily tracked on the internet or a phone call
3.they have done it for a long time
4.less need for heat or cold packs because packages dont sit overnight in a warehouse or "hub" or in a truck
5.less time in transit equals less chance of somebody screwing up and dropping or crushing our herps
I am sure i might of missed some of the plus's but if you can , pay the extra money and shipp" delta dash"
Also a thought about fedx most people dont know..If you aRE A high volume shipper with fedx you can get a fed -ex "maxi-ship"
system which is directly tied into the fed-x system.What does that do for you? If you shipp enough you can actually "set" the prices and make good money from just the "shipping and Handleing" charges., that a breeder might charge.You ask how much? where i work we normally charge 20% over fed-exs List rates and beleve me in the course of a year that is a lot of "bank"!!!
NO i am not an employee of fed-ex or a agent nor do i work for u.p.s. or delta airlines.I aint in it for nothing other then getting my Animals to me SAFE, SOUND AND WARM and ALIVE!!! iF MORE OF US complained to breeders about why they dont use delta dash maybe they would come around and do it.Some breeders do use "delta dash" and yes it does cost twice as much as fed-ex but hey, while fed-ex does a great job they will, do , and will continue to lose our herps although it is uncommon.next year i think that after selecting a breeder and doing my reasearch on them the best i can , the difining factor between one breeder or the other will be "do you use delta dash" if one does and the other does not then i will always go with the guy whom says" i do"
Mr. Breeder--i understand you point of view, delta dash requires you to start an account, you have to check airline schedules and make arrangements with the customer so the customer can pick up his herps.Yes it is more labor intensive, check flight schedules,call customers, etc etc but it is what I NEED, and sorry if you are inconvienced but hey, you want my money or not ? lets all support each other in this and not let a bad shipping experiance cloud our hobby.Lord knows, with a lot of peoples perceptions skewed about herps in general,lets try to keep all the new and sometimes older hobbists in the fold if we can and make that atempt, Please mr. breeder man? sorry if i stepped on your foot but sometimes to get that women to "dance right" we gotta step on their foot a time or two.LOL thanks gang god bless and good herping............
