When I pay for something to be shipped UPS or FEDEX, I expect them to do the shipment all the way through, not hand it off for someone else to deliver...if I wanted USPS to handle the shipment, I would've chosen them in the first place...I also don't see how this is not a form of fraud...
Then don't pick SmartPost or SurePost, nor those vendors or sellers who do. Go somewhere else that will ship by straight Fedex or UPS and states that they do so.
What an amazing mental contortion trying and make what is your choice in shipping as "fraud". Wow wee.
I don't even know what you're talking about. I've never seen those shipping options. The only options I've ever seen when choosing a shipment method is USPS, UPS, or Fedex. I always choose either UPS or Fedex, and my shipments still end up being delivered by USPS. I'm paying for UPS or Fedex, but they are only doing part of the shipment. In my book that's fraud...