Re: Serious Shipping Problems

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> Yesterday I sent out a bunch of perfume samples via the USPS. Today they

> are refusing them because of the red alert. This could seriously effect our

> businesses. I've never used FedEx or UPS, but I guess I'll have to start,

> and they're much more expensive.

>

> Oil or alcohol, they're refusing liquids.

>

> What do y'all say about this?

Don't panic. It's inconvenient but I'm willing to bet the rules will relax just

like certain airline rules did. This is one case where the big companies can be

a help. It was documented after 9/11 that certain rules were relaxed because big

companies complained about the inconvenience. I suspect the same thing will

happen here. Until then, it is a major pain.

I wonder if they're refusing lotion too. I kept hearing that they were rejecting

liquid and gels, but never heard anything about where lotion fell in the

guidelines.

This is very inconvenient timing for me. I had just gotten my shopping cart set

up for my color therapy products and room sprays. I hate shipping UPS -- it's

very expensive for slower delivery time. I'll have to hunt down an actual FedEx

operated shipping location. Places close to me that ship FedEx are

subcontractors so they add on fees that nearly double the price but my volume is

still too small to arrange for pick ups.

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From: Anya

Yesterday I sent out a bunch of perfume samples via the USPS. Today they

are refusing them because of the red alert. This could seriously effect

our

businesses. I've never used FedEx or UPS, but I guess I'll have to

start,

and they're much more expensive.

Oil or alcohol, they're refusing liquids.

What do y'all say about this?

Anya

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Hi Anya, All,

I just got off the phone with Fed Ex (with a Cust. Svc agent that was

actually quite thorough in his information search) and they are not

having any restrictions in regards to shipping liquids OR shipping

perfumes.

Fed Ex, having their own air fleet, isn't subject to same restrictions

that the Post Office may be since the USPS cargo is shipped in the

bellies of commercial flights.

Now on to calling the Post Office and UPS to get their latest info ...

*Smile*

Chris

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At 12:27 PM 8/11/2006, you wrote:

>Hi Anya, All,

>

>I just got off the phone with Fed Ex (with a Cust. Svc agent that was

>actually quite thorough in his information search) and they are not

>having any restrictions in regards to shipping liquids OR shipping

>perfumes.

>

>Fed Ex, having their own air fleet, isn't subject to same restrictions

>that the Post Office may be since the USPS cargo is shipped in the

>bellies of commercial flights.

>

>Now on to calling the Post Office and UPS to get their latest info ...

That's great news. Looks like I'll get a FedEx account! Seems it will be a

lot more expensive, though, especially for the little samples, which are

quite affordable via USPS.

Anya

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just posted this in the Guild group:

Hi Anya, All,

I just got off the phone with Fed Ex (with a Cust. Svc agent that was

actually quite thorough in his information search) and they are not

having any restrictions in regards to shipping liquids OR shipping

perfumes.

Fed Ex, having their own air fleet, isn't subject to same restrictions

that the Post Office may be since the USPS cargo is shipped in the

bellies of commercial flights.

Now on to calling the Post Office and UPS to get their latest info ...

*Smile*

Chris

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

Anya

http://anyasgarden.com/perfumes.htm Parfums Natural

http://artisannaturalperfumers.com The Artisan Natural Perfumers Guild

http://.com The Premier Natural Perfume Site Gateway

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>

> Yesterday I sent out a bunch of perfume samples via the USPS. Today they

> are refusing them because of the red alert. This could seriously effect our

> businesses. I've never used FedEx or UPS, but I guess I'll have to start,

> and they're much more expensive.

>

> Oil or alcohol, they're refusing liquids.

>

> What do y'all say about this?

>

I think this is called paranoia. Or whatever the stage beyond paranoia is

called. Insanity?

Terror? The anticipated problem on flights is that individually innocuous

liquids could be

mixed, in flight, by two or more individuals, and then ignited with an

appropritate

electronic device. But how this scenario could possibly play out inside a USPS

package is

something I cannot even imagine. Nano-terrorists perhaps?

Tisserand

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From: Anya

Yesterday I sent out a bunch of perfume samples via the USPS. Today they

are refusing them because of the red alert. This could seriously effect

our

businesses. I've never used FedEx or UPS, but I guess I'll have to

start,

and they're much more expensive.

Oil or alcohol, they're refusing liquids.

What do y'all say about this?

Anya

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From: chrisziggy

Hi Anya, All,

I just got off the phone with Fed Ex (with a Cust. Svc agent that was

actually quite thorough in his information search) and they are not

having any restrictions in regards to shipping liquids OR shipping

perfumes.

Fed Ex, having their own air fleet, isn't subject to same restrictions

that the Post Office may be since the USPS cargo is shipped in the

bellies of commercial flights.

Now on to calling the Post Office and UPS to get their latest info ...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ok, I just got off the phone with the folks at the general Post Office

contact number and then my local Post Office folks.

According to the folks at the national number and Sugar Land Post

Master, who contacted several other colleagues and folks above his head

to make sure his information is accurate .. there are no new shipping

restrictions in place with the USPS.

They did however say, that you might have had a problem cause it was

perfume and they do have restriction on sending alcohol based perfumes,

but that is nothing new.

I'm not calling UPS cause I never ship with their overpriced selves

anyway

*Smile*

Chris

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At 01:04 PM 8/11/2006, you wrote:

>Ok, I just got off the phone with the folks at the general Post Office

>contact number and then my local Post Office folks.

>

>According to the folks at the national number and Sugar Land Post

>Master, who contacted several other colleagues and folks above his head

>to make sure his information is accurate .. there are no new shipping

>restrictions in place with the USPS.

>

>They did however say, that you might have had a problem cause it was

>perfume and they do have restriction on sending alcohol based perfumes,

>but that is nothing new.

It may be on a PO-by-PO basis, as we have heard report of in the past. They

all have a different way of interpreting the rules. Miami is a pretty major

shipping point, and I'm just wondering if they got the shut-down news and

it hasn't filtered to Sugarland yet. They were very adamant here, and they

are my buddies, been in that PO 14 years.

Did you ask about EOs? For instance, Will of Eden Botanicals and several

others ship via USPS.

>

Anya

http://anyasgarden.com/perfumes.htm Parfums Natural

http://artisannaturalperfumers.com The Artisan Natural Perfumers Guild

http://.com The Premier Natural Perfume Site Gateway

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One of my wholesale accounts business got shut down today because of the

terrorist threat because he is in the airport. Till Sunday he said. He

said he is mad as hell! Hurts everyone.

and Derrick Tappin (AB, Canada)

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