I received a snail-mail postcard that advertised up to 30% off certain FedEx Express shipping services, and 10% off FedEx Ground until May 31st, 2009. After that, you’ll still get either 16% or 8% off eligible services. Seems like a potentially useful offer for those with eBay businesses, online shops, or other shipping needs.
The card actually directs me to chinese.fedex.com, but the English enrollment link ends up here with code cs10578709. Available to both existing and new FedEx account holders. The fine print:
Apply now to enjoy up to a 30% discount on select FedEx Express services and a 10% discount on select FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery services, when you ship with FedEx now through May 31, 2009.
After May 31, 2009, your account’s previous discount structure, if any, in place immediately prior to joining the Choose FedEx program, will be reinstated, subject to the terms and conditions of such discount structure; if no previous discount structure existed on your account prior to enrollment in this promotion, discounts of up to 16% on eligible FedEx Express services and up to 8% on eligible FedEx Ground and eligible FedEx Home Delivery services will go into effect, subject to applicable terms and conditions.
Eligible FedEx Express services for the 30% discount: FedEx Priority Overnight®, FedEx Standard Overnight®, FedEx 2Day®, FedEx Express Saver®, FedEx International Priority®, FedEx International Economy®, FedEx 1Day® Freight, FedEx 2Day® Freight, FedEx 3Day® Freight, FedEx International Priority® Freight, FedEx International Economy®Freight
Eligible FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery services for the 10% discount: All FedEx Ground, and FedEx Home Delivery, single piece shipments.
Does anyone have experience with Fedex prices vs. USPS? I’m graduating from college and I need to ship a lot of non-book things back home. Time is not an issue. My books are going home through media mail, but I’m wondering if this 30% off deal is better than shipping through the post office.
If you’re not concerned about time, FedEx Ground can be comparable to UPS Ground depending on the distance and weight combination. You can run the rates ahead of time using their respective websites.
FedEx Saver can be good if you want it within 3 days or so.
USPS is cheaper than Fedex and UPS partly because it is subsidized by the federal govt. You will get 5% discount if you print shipping labels through usps.com. You could aslo use paypal.com and then click on ‘Multiorder shipping’ on the left hand side of the page to ship thru’ USPS. Paypal allows printing of shipping labels with tracking# for First class/Parcel post unlike USPS.com
Hi, this link works and its valid till Jan 31 2010 now.