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FedEx vs. UPS vs. the Postal Service.(UP FRONT)(FedEx Corp., and United Parcel Service of America Inc.)
There are times when you might need "next day" to mean exactly that. To check on timing and rates, we recently sent 48 packages from facilities near our Yonkers, N.Y., headquarters to 16 CONSUMER REPORTS shoppers in 12 states. Each recipient got three packages, one from each shipper, containing a paperback book ("The Consumer Reports Buying Guide").
Our destinations were as near as New York City and as far as Lake Oswego, Ore. We packed the books in a bag, box, or envelope based on the shipper's recommendation; dropped off the packages midweek within hours of one another; and used regular next-day delivery. That's Standard Overnight for FedEx, Express Mail for the Postal Service, and Next Day Air Saver for UPS.
Every package reached its destination the next day. But prices to the same place differed by as much as 281 percent. The Postal Service was the least expensive by far for local and long-distance deliveries. For letter-size envelopes, such as the ones it gave us for sending the books, it charges a flat rate of $16.50. (Flat rates for slower delivery are lower.)
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The other shippers base prices on weight and distance traveled. UPS charged $62.87 to send our book next-day to Oregon and $29.55 to Manhattan. FedEx charged $54.57 and $27.48, respectively.
We also checked prices to send a 5-pound package from New York to California regular next-day, two-day, and slower ground. The Postal Service won again in the first two categories and more or less tied ...
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