i'm ordering some products from an internet site and i'm supposed to choose a shipping type...the least expensive is "ground" but i have NO idea what that means!
2007-01-01 12:03:28 · 12 answers · asked by Shay S 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Buying & Selling
I think it's just the regular mail. In my experience, it doesn't take that long either.
2007-01-01 12:05:56 · answer #1 · answered by Wannabeadoc06 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once picked up by UPS it generally takes between 3-7 days depending on where you are and where it is coming from. However, a lot of these companies that do cheap "ground" shipping will only ship on certain days. Sometimes this is several days after it is ordered. So it could turn that 7 Day's into 14 days very easily.
2016-05-23 04:24:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ground shipping in this case probably means UPS or Fedex Ground. It is a 2-5 business day service depending on how far you are from the shipping location.
2007-01-01 12:06:11 · answer #3 · answered by AnnaSo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They grind your package up and shovel it onto a truck.
No, it means they use trucks to deliver it. Takes longer that way. Sometimes it's more convenient for them to put your package on a plane and they will do that, thereby getting it there faster, but they won't charge you extra.
Always select ground unless you really can't wait, like for a birthday present.
2007-01-01 12:26:14 · answer #4 · answered by Ed F 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ground shipping means its never going to enter an air plane,,it will travel by ground ,by what ever means they can get it to you ,usually if its says over night ground shipping, it will travel by jet to the closest point to you then get the rest of the way by ground,,good luck happy new years.
2007-01-01 12:11:15 · answer #5 · answered by dodge man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stuff gets shipped "ground" (also called "freight") or "air" by airplane. If it's not going by airplane, it's being shipped by truck, van, car, train, bus...etc.Anything that travels on the "ground"
2007-01-01 12:12:02 · answer #6 · answered by Tweet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In most cases it means shipping by land(trucks).
2007-01-01 12:12:52 · answer #7 · answered by WB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means they use a delivery service like UPS that has trucks "travelling on ground." Other methods could be by airplane, and that's faster and more expensive.
2007-01-01 12:11:17 · answer #8 · answered by julka323 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parcel shipping using trucks, such as UPS, Fed Ex, etc.
2007-01-01 12:13:21 · answer #9 · answered by it_was_julie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ground. By truck, as opposed to overnight which would be by plane. They throw it on truck, it takes longer to get to you, but it's cheaper.
2007-01-01 12:10:04 · answer #10 · answered by oklatom 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋