Originally Posted by
heronfan
Does anyone know if sending it UPS or FedEx would have been a better choice?
I don't think any of them are perfect.
I send quilts by USPS and have never had a problem. I had two quilts that were a problem, that I didn't ship. One took over 3 weeks to travel from Massachusetts to New York. The shipper "forgot" to put a return address on the box, so the post office wouldn't put it on a plane. Another quilt was returned to me by UPS 2nd Day Air. It was "shipped" in February, 2011. It still hasn't arrived.
It's a gamble no matter how you ship, but the chances of your quilt arriving are excellent. As far as theft goes, I was told by someone at UPS that no one would risk losing a job - particularly in this economy - by stealing a quilt.
I hope your quilt returns soon.
Janet