Im ready to rip USPS's head off...

Originally Posted by Silound

Very cynical! I like the way you think brother!

Unfortunately, I would bet my wooden nickel the reason they assume no liability and offer insurance is to keep the costs down so that we can afford to ship 30 cigars to someone across the country for 10 dollars.


If they assumed liability, the overall claim rate would probably force the price up to something absurd like $200 for a flat rate box. It would also mean a LOT more people playing funny business to defraud the system.

Fair statement, but the other shippers found a way to build the price into the rates.

For comparison sake lets say a 3 lb package (since all round up) mailed from the mid west to CA.

UPS Ground 4 days - $10.48
FedEx Ground 4 days - $9.43
USPS Priority 2-3 days - $11.95 ($11.41 if done online)

The only real savings with priority is 1 pound maybe 2 and under.
Once you hit 2-3 pounds, its almost always the same with UPS and FedEx.

Depending on the distance ground will get there in the same amount of time.

UPS and FedEx include up to $100 in liability included in the price.

UPS is the only service I have had to deal with a claim and they do make it very difficult to collect. I assume if I would have endured the process I would have gotten my money but I said screw it and gave up.

Chas