Re: OH, how I hate Fedex

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 27, 9:13=A0am, "Bob La Londe" <nos...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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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 i=
s
> >> > their never ending price increases year after year. I remember when
> >> > Priority Mail first came out. $3.85 for a one pound package. That sa=
me
> >> > package is now $5 - $5.44, depending where its going. At the rate US=
PS
> >> > is
> >> > going, it will be cheaper to get in your car and deliver it yourself=
...
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> >> They have a union to feed and overall their big money maker was 1st cl=
ass
> >> mail. With most people sending e-mail, using instant messengers, and
> >> networking sites that has been dropping dramatically every year.
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> > Thats why the Post Office lost 5 billion last year, they cannot
> > compete against UPS or FedEx
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> > 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.
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> Then how did they keep Fed-Ex from stepping in to take up the slack when =
the
> UPS union went on strike? =A0Remember that?

Death threats I imagine, you don't want to go up against Teamsters :)