Re: OH, how I hate Fedex

["Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx>]

"mleuck" <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Jan 26, 11:33 am, "Bob La Londe" <nos...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> "Jim Rojas" <jro...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>
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>> > which comes in handy. The only thing that pisses me off about USPS is
>> > their never ending price increases year after year. I remember when
>> > Priority Mail first came out. $3.85 for a one pound package. That same
>> > package is now $5 - $5.44, depending where its going. At the rate USPS
>> > is
>> > going, it will be cheaper to get in your car and deliver it yourself...
>>
>> They have a union to feed and overall their big money maker was 1st class
>> mail. With most people sending e-mail, using instant messengers, and
>> networking sites that has been dropping dramatically every year.
>
> Thats why the Post Office lost 5 billion last year, they cannot
> compete against UPS or FedEx
>
> Interesting thing about UPS vs FedEx, UPS is heavily unionized and
> transports packages primarily by trucks, FedEx is mostly non-union and
> transports packages primarily by aircraft, because of this FedEx is
> generally lower in pricing than UPS AND transportation laws permit
> them to stay non-union which pisses off the union for UPS. Instead of
> trying to find better ways to compete the union is trying to change
> those transportation laws which will do nothing but raise FedEx's
> pricing.

Then how did they keep Fed-Ex from stepping in to take up the slack when the
UPS union went on strike?  Remember that?