THANKS EVERYONE,
I'LL TRY TO ANSWER EVERONES QUESTION BEST I CAN.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, EVERYONE HAS TO HAVE A DAILY PICK-UP
ACCOUNT TO GET WRITTEN PERMISSION TO SHIP. I KNOW THIS SEEMS EXPENSIVE TO SOME BUT ITS EASY TO DO IF YOU SHIP EVEN JUST ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK. THE PICK-UP RATE IS BASED AND WHAT YOU SPEND ON SHIPPING WITH THEM EACH WEEK. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU SPEND 60$ OR MORE IN SHIPPING THEN IT IS FREE. IF YOU SPEND 30$ A WEEK IT COST SOMETHING LIKE 10$ AND IF YOU SPEND NOTHING I THINK ITS 15$. THIS IS THE EASIEST THING TO DO. WHEN YOUR DAILY DRIVER SHOWS UP JUST TELL THEM WHAT DAYS YOU ARE MOST LIKELY GOING TO SHIP ON (MON-WED) AND TELL THEM NOT TO WASTE THEIR TIME COMING THE OTHER DAYS. IF YOU SHIP TWICE A WEEK THEN YOUR OUT NO $$ AND ALL IS WELL. ALSO, TO EASE GETTING PERMISSION ALWAYS REFER TO YOURSELF AS A "BUSINESS LIKE ENTITY". FOR EXAMPLE, WE WERE NOT INCORPERATED OR ANYTHING SO WE WERE C.R.C.-HOBBY SHOP. THEY SEE IT AS A BUSINESS WITH BUSINESS TO BE HAD AND WERE MUCH MORE OPEN THAT THE ORIGINALL CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH THEM AS A "JOE BLOW INDIVIDUAL SHIPPER". FURTHERMORE DO NOT GO TO THE COUNTER SOMEWHERE AND ASK FOR PERMISSION TO SHIP, THIS IS JUST ASKING TO GET DENIED. WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT ONLINE THERE IS A "HELP" EMAIL FOR QUESTIONS ETC.... EMAIL THEM ABOUT YOUR WANTING TO OBTAIN WRITTEN PERMISSION TO SHIP "HARMLESS REPTILES". THEY WILL GET A REP IN CONTACT WITH YOU. THESE ARE SALES REPS WHO MAKE MONEY FOR GETTING YOUR BUSINESS, AS OPPOSED TO THE SUPERVISER AT THE COUNTER THAT IS PAID BY THE HOUR AND HAS NO INCENTIVE REALLY TO GET YOUR BUSINESS. THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST WAY TO GO!!
SORRY IF I DRAGGED THAT ALONG THERE, NOW TO THE QUESTIONS ABOUT LLL.
BACK IN JANUARY LLL WAS SHIPPING SNAKES WITH UPS AFTER ALREADY BEING BUSTED BY THEM ONCE AND TOLD NOT
TO DO IT AGAIN. A PACKAGE SHIPPED OUT BY LLL SOMEHOW GOT BUSTED OR SOMETHING AT A UPS DOCK AND THE SNAKE
APPARENTLY GOT LOOSE SOMEHOW. A UPS EMPLOYEE PUT A
5 GALLON BUCKET OVER THE SNAKE AND THEY CALLED LLL.
LLL COMPLETELY DENIED THAT IT WAS THEIR SNAKE ALSO DENYING TO TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. THE "UPPERS" AT UPS INVESTIGATED SWIFTLY AND THERE WAS NO DENYING THAT THIS WAS LLL'S SNAKE. MEANWHILE THE SNAKE SITS UNDER THIS BUCKET FOR 2 DAYS UNTIL UPS PULLS ITS SHIPPING FROM LLL, NOT ALLOWING THEM TO SHIP. AFTER "SHUTTING DOWN" THEIR SHIPPING LLL ADMITTED THAT THE SNAKE WAS THEIRS, ADMITTED THAT THEY LIED, SIGNED AN AGREEMENT NOT TO SHIP OUT ANYMORE SNAKES VIA UPS, AND FINALLY WENT TO
GO GET THE SNAKE. THIS WAS SOOOOOOO DAMAGING YOU
CANNOT IMAGINE. LLL IS CONSIDERED IN THE TOP 5 SHIPPERS
WITH UPS (IN THE REPTILE INDUSTRY) AND FOR THEM TO PULL THIS OFF MADE THE WHOLE INDUSTRY LOOK PRETTY BAD. I WAS TOLD OF THESE EVENTS DIRECTLY FROM UPS.
IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO ASK OR EMAIL ME PRIVATELY, I'LL DO ALL I CAN TO HELP.
GOD BLESS TO ALL!
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