UPS STORE -

[bassboogieman]

Man, yesterday I found the biggest ripoff ever.  I had to ship my boat windshields down to Arkansas, to have new ones made.  So, there is a new UPS Store in the Commons Shopping Ctr. at routes 10 & 30 and I went up to see about getting the shields packaged and shipped.  NOTE:  the "UPS Store" is a seperate franchise from U.P.S. and my rant is directed only at the "UPS Store".

Well, the clerk was most helpful, told me shipping would be $125.00 to get it where I wanted it to go in 4 days.  Packaging - well that's another $40.00 for a box and some peanuts.  Total would be $165.00.  "WTH - are you freaking nuts?  That can't possibly be correct."  was my astonished response.  Well the clerk said it was.  So out the door I went, another potential customer also followed me out.

Went home and scrounged up a box, some peanuts and bubble wrap in the basement.  Took the box to my good old U. S. Post Office and shipped it PRIORITY MAIL - delivery in TWO days, for how much?  I should make this a contest. . . .  No, nevermind the contest.  How much did the Post Office charge me - $23.75.  WTF was the additional $100.00 the "UPS Store" wanted, for?  This, in my mind, is the biggest, worse rip off of a consumer I have ever encountered. 

My fervent hope is that no one I know ever sets foot in a "UPS  Store" and the competition forces this  "business" to go belly up.  I feel bad for those poor unknowing individuals that fall victim to this "business".

[Basscat7]

UPS stores are terrible...private owned , can charge whatever they want on top of the normal UPS fees.

Postal Service is generally the cheapest way to go.

[docirv]

Those stores are franchises which is the foulest word in the English language! But, I sure would have liked to see your facial expression when they hit you with that cost.  :47:

[Eli]

UPS stores were formerly "Mailboxes Etc."  UPS bought the franchise and relabeled.