Comparison: USPS v FedEx , price and illegality!

Also helps to have a Fedex account online. You get a rate discount and you print the labels out at home and drop the boxes off no question.

 

lol brokeass USPS.

 

yeah but large flat rate boxes from usps are about $16 and ship 2 day air. killer deal. perfect for smaller trades

 

The only time I ever shipped a box using usps I brought it in ready to go: I had written TO: with the address I was sending, along with From: which had my address on it. The lady filled out the shipping form, I told her send it has fast as possible, charged me 18 bucks. 2 days later I come home to find that same box sitting on my door step, here she had put my address down as the ship to address. I took the box back in and they wanted to charge me for shipping it again saying it was my fault. I got tired of fighting with them, left and created a fedex account and never looked back.

 

Fedex is always $13-$20 for me, pretty expensive. USPS is cheaper and I have never had a problem.

 

I've found Fed-ex to be cheaper than UPS, and they ask less questions....does anyone know how much you save if you open up a fed-ex account?

 

you do realize its still illegal to ship beer via ups or fedex right?

 

How do places like Letspour or any other online Liqour sales get away with it?

 

They have liquor licenses that allow them to ship.

 

And they don't ship to states that don't allow for beer to be shipped to their residents. Sadly PA is one of those. Damn decade old laws need to be brought current.

 

It's not illegal (on the federal level) to ship beer via FedEx or UPS -- it's just against their terms of service.

 

A liqour license allows you to sell beer. None of us are selling beer, we are trading. Therefore no money is exchanged.

So it might be illegal in certain States like you mention. But if both parties are in States that allow it then there shouldn't be any problems.

I agree! I think this is the real "problem" that us BA have when it comes to shipping beer. These delivery companies most likely don't allow for it because of liability issues.

 

8% discount on Ground & Home Delivery. That's before they tack on a residential charge & fuel surchage. It basically ends up covering the fuel surcharge. I just like the ability to print my own label & dropping off a box with no questions asked at the store.

 

It's illegal to ship alcohol across state lines without a license that allows you to do so. Doesn't matter what carrier you use.

 

Liquor licenses allow them to sell off premises. They can sell to people in other states, but the other state has to allow for it too.

Fedex and UPS only allow beer to be shipped from Licensee to Licensee (which is obtained through their own application). Wine is the only alcohol that they allow to be shipped from Licensee to Consumer.

 

This is incorrect. The Twenty-First Amendment in effect gives complete control at the state level; there is no federal prohibition (literally) against shipping alcohol.

 

This is THE most propagated untruth on Beer Advocate.

And that's saying something!

 

This is getting old. If you have something to back that up, please cite the federal statute to which you're referring.

 

lowbit is right, there is no federal law that prohibits the shipment or sale of beer across state lines. This is because it is a state issue, not a federal issue.

People seem to think ship = sell.