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Ah the joys of "SmartPost". SmartPost is popular for residential deliveries in a large part because it doesn't have the residential surcharge which other options do. SmartPost shipments also generally don't have guaranteed delivery dates so they may be more likely to experience delays during peak load time (e.g. this month).


> Ah the joys of "SmartPost".

SurePost, since he said it originated at UPS.

SmartPost is the competing service from FedEx.

Notice that both of them have the word "Post" in it. Thus, not surprising that they hand off the last mile to the postal service.


Ah good catch, however the logic remains the same (they both avoid residential delivery surcharges for the respective carrier).




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