<VV> Good News on Postage

[corvairs]

You're going to be hearing more about this in the near future! The 
shipping business is changing in the blink of an eye and UPS simply has 
been unable to realize that they are no longer a monopoly. We now ship 
our 100+ packages a day in this approx manner -  Post %40, Fed Express 
%35, DHL 20%, UPS 5%. I could go on and on about why UPS is no longer a 
preferred shipping method but why bother........it's a long sad story 
that goes back to the last Teamster's strike about 6 years ago.

UPS has operated in an arrogant manner for too long and someone saw the 
opportunity. The Post has indeed reinvented itself and surpased UPS in 
service for many shipments years ago. Now Fed Ex and DHL are offering 
real ground business to residential competition - cheaper and especially 
more secure (WAY less damaged packages). As you know we live and die by 
our shippers.......Don't get me started.   Lon

www.corvairunderground.com

Ken Campbell wrote:

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: <GYoungwolf@aol.com>
>. The USPS has just come out
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>>with two new one-rate priority mail containers, and the larger of the two
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>is
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>>just right for a pair of carburetors! The rate for the box (regardless of
>>weight) is only $7.70. > The Carbmeister
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>**********
>Yep, we ship quite a lot of gun related stuff, and have just about given up
>on  formerly useful but now nightmarish United Parcel Service.  They seem to
>have lost their center of the earth, as the old Indian put it ....  and UPS
>itself tells you that if it looks like a valuable package, it has a high
>risk of being stolen by their own employees .......
>******
>$7.70  ... owch ... last week it was Lon's ( Underground ) turn in my
>purchasing rotation, and I ordered a new fuel pump from him ( 2 Freaking
>lbs ) and was in a bit of a hurry so asked for 3 day select UPS, so I could
>install it over the weekend .... the pump was ~$30, holey tome-oly the UPS
>charge was ~$20 .....    Lons service was excellent, UPS charge was
>exhorbitant !!  .... did I mention it took the full 3 days ??  Air Priority
>would have been 2 days .... and the Post Office furnishes at no charge extra
>...  what is about a $1.00+ shipping box .... !!!!!!!!  For those of you
>who havent bought any commercial new boxes lately ....
>**************
>... anyway, it is my opinion that it is the * UPS Brown Guys * that have
>gone postal lately .....  and meanwhile, just maybe the reformation of the
>postal department some 15 years ago is paying off .....
>
>The Plan :::   Stop By next trip past your post office and hug all the
>personel there ...
>ken campbell, iowa
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