--- Jeff Spirer <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 02:56 PM 7/24/2004, Richard Martin wrote: > >Better to put it in > >carry-on or Fedex it ahead if you have no room in carry-on > > You have to be extremely careful about using FedEx if you are > going to an > out-of-the-way location. A few years ago, I shipped a package > to southern > Mexico. I paid for overnight and asked if it would be there > overnight and > they told me yes. Since there were direct flights from Mexico > City to the > town it was going to, I didn't worry. After four days it > hadn't arrived, I > started worrying and called FedEx in the US. They could tell > me nothing, > they "didn't know" why it wasn't delivered. Interestingly > enough, FedEx in > Mexico City told me that shipments south of Mexico City were > put on a > third-party truck in Mexico City. The package arrived after > eight days and > FedEx refused to refund my money. If I had been shipping > film, I would > have arrived seven days before the film. > > The second incident was recent and was even in the US. I had > to ship a > FedEx letter to someone in Alaska. They told me they had > overnight service > to the address and I didn't question it since it was inside > the US. The > next day it showed as delivered. After two days and no > delivery, I asked > for the signature. It turned out it had been signed for by > the USPS in > Anchorage. FedEx didn't deliver to the address, they > delivered to the > USPS. I called USPS in Anchorage and they told me FedEx > always delivered > to them for the locations outside Anchorage and that they > delivered it from > there. On the fourth day it arrived. Again, there was no > refund. It > would probably have arrived earlier if I had used USPS Express > Mail. > > So the message is that if you're traveling between major > cities, or you > call the destination location and find out where the closest > FedEx delivery > location is, you can expect find out when it will get there. > But don't > depend on what the FedEx agent tells you at the sending end. > > > Jeff Spirer > Photos: http://www.spirer.com > One People: http://www.onepeople.com/ > Surfaces and Marks: http://www.withoutgrass.com Good point. I never had any problem with Fedex but I guess it pays to contact them on the delivery end. Thanks for the info. Another alternative to the film issue at airports is to purchase your film at your destination and have it processed before you return. That was rarely an option for me because I always used pro emulsions exclusively and they were usually not available where I was going. Plus I never cared to entrust my film to a lab I had no experience with. But this IS one of the things that pushed me into digital. Richard ===== Richard Martin specializes in Cityscape and Waterscape stock photography. E-mail: marphoto@xxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.marphoto.com Web: http://www.poetographycreations.com
