[vendtalk] Holiday Savings - i.d. mate Summit

Fri Nov 18 17:46:17 UTC 2011

With the foregoing in mind, I suggest that any adaptive tech company, 
recognizing the dire threat posed by privatized for-profit entities such 
as UPS or FedEx that offer blind entrepreneurs little, leverage its 
shipping expenditures by defaulting to UPS shipping when overnighting is 
not a necessity.  How many blind vendors are operating businesses on UPS 
facilities?  UPS's "service at our convenience" approach doesn't deserve 
half the public support it gets.  Try making a claim against them if 
they lose or damage a package.  I wonder how much less money the Feds 
would spend propping up the Post Office if they simply moved their 
package shipping needs to the Post Office.  If products or components on 
which federal funds are spent could also be shipped through USPS, its 
implosion might be staved even further.  If UPS weren't free to cherry 
pick the package shipping component of mailing and had to observe the 
"free matter" and non-profit shipping rates, the Darwinist idea that the 
USPS demise is deserved would have some merit.

Cordially,
Bill

On 11/18/2011 10:46 AM, Vandervoort's wrote:
> As a follow-up on buying a Summit from Envision, noting that my experience
> may be unique -
>
> Envision shipped my unit by UPS Ground as promised.  The first attempt to
> deliver was yesterday and required a signature.  No one home.  Good that
> they asked for a signature rather than just leaving it.  The notice said
> they could deliver anytime on Friday.  Not good as no one there until after
> 5pM.  The local office said I could pick it up at the local UPS center but
> only after 6:30 PM which is after dark and I have no way to get there then
> except to pay a taxi to and from.  I was told if I paid $40 and signed up to
> some service they offer, I could get it delivered in a 2 hour window of my
> choosing, or else I had to have someone stay home whenever the UPS driver
> made it.  I kept at it and this morning, the local dispatcher texted the
> driver and he said he would deliver it after 5 PM today.  Hopefully.  This
> was not only an annoying experience but it seems to be a waste of UPS
> resources.  I rarely get anything from UPS and never before with a signature
> required.
>
> I think Envision should offer options on its free shipping to send by USPS.
> It would either be delivered to my door for signature (just like UPS) or
> leave a notice to pick it up at the local post office the next day, not a
> big deal.  Dealing with USPS does not mean making several phone calls and
> dealing with a national service center that says they can do nothing or
> asking me to pay extra. And I would not have to hear how the local office
> does not want to deal with customers directly.
>
> Mike Vandervoort
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vendtalk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:vendtalk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Vandervoort's
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 5:56 PM
> To: 'Vendor Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [vendtalk] Holiday Savings - i.d. mate Summit
>
> Yeah, it is.  I just bought one for $1234 and free shipping on Saturday.
> Wished I'd waited a few days.  That was the price at our NFB Texas state
> convention.
>
> Mike Vandervoort
> Abilene, TX
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vendtalk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:vendtalk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Bryan Schulz
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:42 PM
> To: Vendor Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [vendtalk] Holiday Savings - i.d. mate Summit
>
> wow, what a deal just a tic over one thousand dollars!
>
> Bryan Schulz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anna McClure"<amcclure at envisionamerica.com>
> To:<vendtalk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:08 PM
> Subject: [vendtalk] Holiday Savings - i.d. mate Summit
>
>
>>
>> Black Friday Sale! Cyber Monday Blowout!
>>
>> Get an i.d. mate Summit for only $1039.00!
>>
>> That's 20% off and free shipping!
>>
>> En-Vision America is slashing the price of the i.d. mate Summit. Normally
>> $1299.00 - only $1039.00!
>>
>> This is a web-only deal. Visit our online web store at
>> https://envisionamerica.com/shop/ and grab your i.d. mate Summit!
>>
>> You only have from Friday Nov 25th to Monday Nov 28th to take advantage of
>> this awesome deal.
>>
>> Treat yourself or a friend and save some big bucks from Black Friday to
>> Cyber Monday!
>>
>> cid:image005.png at 01CCA37E.10FA2EE0
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>>
>>
>> For more information about the i.d. mate Summit, click here:
>> http://www.envisionamerica.com/products/idmate/
>>
>>
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