Darin Chappell
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Here's the first draft. Let the disection begin! 
Dear Sir,
This introductory note is written on behalf of the many responsible and business oriented members of the overall herpetological society in our nation. We are a group of people who are committed to standards of excellence, not only in our production of a quality product (greater care and understanding toward all reptiles and amphibians), but also terrific customer service, with a strong desire to comply with all rules and regulations governing our efforts. With those ideas in mind, we bring to your attention an offer for using your compnay in a manner to the benefit of all involved.
Those of us in the herpetogical industry have many different areas of interest to be certain, but we all want to be able to practice our business pursuits with the greatest of efficiency, while remaining within the guidelines set for us. However, some of us, the breeders, selllers, and potential shippers of snakes, are not able to fulfill our obligations to our customers as we wish, because of the banning of snakes from all UPS shipping. We would therefore like you to consider the possibility of modifying that ban somewhat in an effort to “test the waters” concerning this potential area of business for you.
What we are proposing is an allowance of non-venomous, non-hazzardous snakes to be shipped through your organization. The animals would be properly packaged, labeled, and handled by the shippers in question so as to provide a safe shipment for both the animals and the handlers of the boxes. We know that there are fears concerning this area of shipments, but given that we are speaking specifically of harmless animals four feet long or less, we believe that those fears can be assuaged.
While the vast majority of us in this industry offer a “live arrival” guarantee to our customers, we are willing to fully accept the cost of such; we would not be seeking insurance coverages on the values of the animals. Our goal is merely to be able to ship in a confident manner, knowing that our animals will be arriving on time. We take the necessary steps to insure the health and safety of our charges.
We are an industry of several thousand breeders, wholesalers, pet shops, and individual pet owners, wherein tens of thousands of animals are shipped every year. As such, if UPS were to step up as the first openly accepting shipper of snakes, we believe you would recognize a significant increase of shipments from our industry. Even those of our number that ship lizards, turtles, and amphians without any sort of restriction through other shippers, we believe, would be willing to change their shipping compnay of choice so as to support your efforts in accomodating their comrades in herpetology.
We are open to any level of discussion that might further this request we make of UPS, and we would be happy to explain any aspect of our needs in detail. There are also a number of us who are more than willing to have representatives from UPS come and inspect our operational practices, so as to determine for themselves what it is that we are doing in our businesses. Whatever bises there may be toward our industry, we want nothing more than to lay them aside so that we too can be avid and loyal customers of UPS for years to come.
Thank you for your time and kind consideration.
Sincerely,
Dear Sir,
This introductory note is written on behalf of the many responsible and business oriented members of the overall herpetological society in our nation. We are a group of people who are committed to standards of excellence, not only in our production of a quality product (greater care and understanding toward all reptiles and amphibians), but also terrific customer service, with a strong desire to comply with all rules and regulations governing our efforts. With those ideas in mind, we bring to your attention an offer for using your compnay in a manner to the benefit of all involved.
Those of us in the herpetogical industry have many different areas of interest to be certain, but we all want to be able to practice our business pursuits with the greatest of efficiency, while remaining within the guidelines set for us. However, some of us, the breeders, selllers, and potential shippers of snakes, are not able to fulfill our obligations to our customers as we wish, because of the banning of snakes from all UPS shipping. We would therefore like you to consider the possibility of modifying that ban somewhat in an effort to “test the waters” concerning this potential area of business for you.
What we are proposing is an allowance of non-venomous, non-hazzardous snakes to be shipped through your organization. The animals would be properly packaged, labeled, and handled by the shippers in question so as to provide a safe shipment for both the animals and the handlers of the boxes. We know that there are fears concerning this area of shipments, but given that we are speaking specifically of harmless animals four feet long or less, we believe that those fears can be assuaged.
While the vast majority of us in this industry offer a “live arrival” guarantee to our customers, we are willing to fully accept the cost of such; we would not be seeking insurance coverages on the values of the animals. Our goal is merely to be able to ship in a confident manner, knowing that our animals will be arriving on time. We take the necessary steps to insure the health and safety of our charges.
We are an industry of several thousand breeders, wholesalers, pet shops, and individual pet owners, wherein tens of thousands of animals are shipped every year. As such, if UPS were to step up as the first openly accepting shipper of snakes, we believe you would recognize a significant increase of shipments from our industry. Even those of our number that ship lizards, turtles, and amphians without any sort of restriction through other shippers, we believe, would be willing to change their shipping compnay of choice so as to support your efforts in accomodating their comrades in herpetology.
We are open to any level of discussion that might further this request we make of UPS, and we would be happy to explain any aspect of our needs in detail. There are also a number of us who are more than willing to have representatives from UPS come and inspect our operational practices, so as to determine for themselves what it is that we are doing in our businesses. Whatever bises there may be toward our industry, we want nothing more than to lay them aside so that we too can be avid and loyal customers of UPS for years to come.
Thank you for your time and kind consideration.
Sincerely,
