[ARC5] [Milsurplus] UPS Rates Going Up 5%

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi Scott,

There is a bus stop facility 2 miles from my home and a much bigger 
'terminal' about 25 miles away. That is much closer than Timbuktu! Glen 
Zook says he paid more for shipping on the bus than at FedEx. I wonder 
if he took the exact same package to both places. Other people with 
Greyhound experiences? Going to a bus station is not a big deal for me.

The small items I send by first class USPS do not play into this 
discussion. I have offered some larger items with local pickup preferred 
(due to expense of shipping and crude handling by gorillas) but no 
takers. The Wednesday shipping crew takes them away to never-never-land 
for me along with all my other unwanted schtough.

73,

Bill  KU8H

On 10/27/2017 09:55 AM, spr at earthlink.net wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Greyhound bus shipment is bus station to bus station, Check it out.
>
> Peace,
> Scott Robinson
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Peter Gottlieb <kb2vtl at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Oct 27, 2017 6:26 AM
>> To: Michael Clarson <wv2zow at gmail.com>
>> Cc: ARC-5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>, milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] [Milsurplus]  UPS Rates Going Up 5%
>>
>> Retail shipping rates are insanely high compared to large shipments. This leads me to believe there is a market for warehouse to warehouse shipping where you bring your package to a shipping center (they make retail customers do this now, but there might be fewer of them local to you) and the package is moved to a warehouse within 10 miles of the recipient. If the last few delivery miles are really that insanely expensive then this should work, right?  Or is it that to compete for the big commercial clients the shippers are operating at a loss and making retail customers pay for it?  If so, there is room for a competitor like a package or LTL Uber freight kind of thing.
>>
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>> On Oct 27, 2017, at 9:13 AM, Michael Clarson <wv2zow at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yet it is cost effective to ship manhole covers from India to NYC
>>> (They used to be made in Harrison, NJ) and all the crap I order from
>>> China ships free.--Mike, WV2ZOW
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 8:27 AM, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>>> It's going to get where we can't trade beyond
>>>> local anymore.
>>>>
>>>> Dear UPS Customer,
>>>>
>>>> The following changes will take effect on December
>>>> 24, 2017.
>>>> The rates for UPSR Ground, UPS Air and
>>>> International services, as well as UPS Air Freight
>>>> rates within and between the U.S., Canada and
>>>> Puerto Rico, will increase an average net 4.9%.
>>>> The dimensional weight divisor for packages less
>>>> than or equal to one cubic foot in size (1,728
>>>> cubic inches) will be 139 for all U.S. domestic
>>>> services subject to Daily Rates or Alaska and
>>>> Hawaii Rates.
>>>> Criteria and pricing for Additional Handling and
>>>> Large Package surcharges will change.
>>>>
>>>> 73 OM DE Dave AB5S
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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