I guess i should clarify, im only speaking about recieving packages. Amazon prime is excellent unless they use prestige (which has like 50% success rate of on-time delivery) or USPS. UPS is OK, generally always on time. Fedex is amazing, as they deliver on saturday and if they are scheduled for monday delivery I can get them to ship to a store and pick it up myself on sunday instead.<br /><br />for myself making shipments, the only things ive ever tried shipping was speakers, and no one has offered me a deal that was even remotely acceptable. The flat rate boxes seem to be the only way to do something short of taking it there yourself.