[Boatanchors] Re: Postal Rates

Ron w8ron at stratos.net
Tue May 15 00:32:52 EDT 2007


I find FedEx Ground beats UPS and USPS most times but I do ship my stuff 
from my  work where FedEx picks up and have a credit card account.

With UPS, if one end is residential , they charge extra where FedEx 
seems to give the business rate if one end is a business.
---
Ron



WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:

>Actually, UPS didn't even come close to being competitive with Air Parcel 
>Post, let alone the old Surface.  But it is certainly going to kill part of my 
>business.
>
>In a message dated 5/14/2007 5:26:44 PM Central Standard Time, 
>kd4e at verizon.net writes: 
>  
>
>>Too many employees with too many costly benefits
>>on top of too many costly union perks on top of
>>too many Vietnam-era vets retiring on top of
>>increase fuel costs on top of fierce competition
>>from FedEx and UPS.
>>
>>I wonder how quickly after they "steal" some new
>>business from USPS that FedEx and UPS will raise
>>their rates as well.
>>
>>
>>    
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