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UPS Rate Increase

UPS has always taken advantage
Then the post office got much of my business with flat rate boxes--now they are stupid high $$
The answer for me this year has been PIRATESHIP.com
Simple as falling out of a tree--cheaper than anything else I can find--EASY--all you need is a cheapo shipping scale and tape gun from Amazon
Just wait--all this talk about things will go down $$$ now because of the election -- is total BS Folks are in for a nasty surprise--everything is going to go up--It Never goes down
It all makes Amazon Prime look like a steal--now if they would only do a shipping service??
 
I got an email today from Online Metals saying that UPS has added a $40 surcharge, on top of normal rates, to any shipment that is over 48" in length! If true, that's a real ripper!
 
dusterdave173 said:
UPS has always taken advantage
Then the post office got much of my business with flat rate boxes--now they are stupid high $$
The answer for me this year has been PIRATESHIP.com
Simple as falling out of a tree--cheaper than anything else I can find--EASY--all you need is a cheapo shipping scale and tape gun from Amazon
Just wait--all this talk about things will go down $$$ now because of the election -- is total BS Folks are in for a nasty surprise--everything is going to go up--It Never goes down
It all makes Amazon Prime look like a steal--now if they would only do a shipping service??
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It does take longer for prices to go down than up, but at least prices aren't going to double and triple in the next 4 years.
 
dusterdave173 said:
UPS has always taken advantage
Then the post office got much of my business with flat rate boxes--now they are stupid high $$
The answer for me this year has been PIRATESHIP.com
Simple as falling out of a tree--cheaper than anything else I can find--EASY--all you need is a cheapo shipping scale and tape gun from Amazon
Just wait--all this talk about things will go down $$$ now because of the election -- is total BS Folks are in for a nasty surprise--everything is going to go up--It Never goes down
It all makes Amazon Prime look like a steal--now if they would only do a shipping service??
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Amazon has its own fleet of airplanes, ground delivery vehicles and warehouses. They seem poised to eat UPS, FedEx and the post office for lunch. Not sure if that is a good thing but it is what it is.
 
ronsatspokane said:
Amazon has its own fleet of airplanes, ground delivery vehicles and warehouses. They seem poised to eat UPS, FedEx and the post office for lunch. Not sure if that is a good thing but it is what it is.
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I wish they would but I bet it all depends on FCC rules--getting permission or access to the states and routes you need--bet that will be a good fight
Would sure be handy to ship with them though...
 
ronsatspokane said:
Amazon has its own fleet of airplanes, ground delivery vehicles and warehouses. They seem poised to eat UPS, FedEx and the post office for lunch. Not sure if that is a good thing but it is what it is.
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Amazon has no where the number of delivery vehicles it needs to deliver all of it's pkgs.
That's why it takes all of the other 3 companies to do it. It takes millions of dollars, years to build up a fleet,
hire thousands of drivers and get ( as dusterdave 173 ) permission to do it. It takes licensing.
Right now it's cheaper for them to have others do it at a reduced rate.
Look at USPS, they low balled taking their pkgs and what did it get them, 10 billion in losses.
 
Ranger188 said:
Amazon has no where the number of delivery vehicles it needs to deliver all of it's pkgs.
That's why it takes all of the other 3 companies to do it. It takes millions of dollars, years to build up a fleet,
hire thousands of drivers and get ( as dusterdave 173 ) permission to do it. It takes licensing.
Right now it's cheaper for them to have others do it at a reduced rate.
Look at USPS, they low balled taking their pkgs and what did it get them, 10 billion in losses.
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Not yet they don't. But if you watched what they did in the cloud computing world then you see the pattern. Build out the infrastructure until you have excess capacity then take that capacity to market.
 
dusterdave173 said:
I wish they would but I bet it all depends on FCC rules--getting permission or access to the states and routes you need--bet that will be a good fight
Would sure be handy to ship with them though...
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Yeah, that was the problem Fred Smith faced when starting FedEx. Amazon however already has facilities in all states and their airplanes fly product all over. They may need licenses to service the public directly but in essence, they already are.
 
Just a FYI, if you create an account with the USPS and use their Enhanced Click-and-Ship, you will get commercial rates. They now have a Priority Cubic rate if you are shipping a square or rectangle package that is Priority Mail shipping for less than the standard Priority Mail rate.
I have shipped bullets and scopes using this and it is much cheaper than the other options out there.
 
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