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| 914Sixer |
 Aug 24 2020, 06:32 AM
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914 Guru  Group: Members Posts: 9,122 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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Going to cost extra to send those packages for the holidays. Depending on the service, $.05 to $$. Starts before Thanksgiving in some cases. So, the way I read it, there will be surcharges on the already added charges for the holidays from UPS and FedEx. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)
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| fixer34 |
Aug 24 2020, 08:31 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,268 Joined: 16-September 14 From: Chicago area Member No.: 17,908 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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With all the online ordering during this pandemic, I would think they were making money hand over fist...
Both UPS and FedEx are coming thru my cul-de-sac just about every day. |
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| 914e |
Aug 24 2020, 10:17 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 497 Joined: 21-February 20 From: Arizona Member No.: 23,951 Region Association: Southwest Region
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It seem like the shipping rates have sky-rocked already. We mostly ship equipment between offices. The last test equipment I had to ship one state away was about 40% higher than I expected.
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| davep |
Aug 24 2020, 11:48 AM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,262 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada  |
QUOTE(fixer34 @ Aug 24 2020, 06:31 AM)  With all the online ordering during this pandemic, I would think they were making money hand over fist... Both UPS and FedEx are coming thru my cul-de-sac just about every day. I agree that the higher volume should help make things more efficient. USPS does seem to have counter-intuitive ideas on how to handle things though. Certainly couriers are busy on our street (16 houses) with several deliveries daily. |
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| GregAmy |
Aug 24 2020, 12:05 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,490 Joined: 22-February 13 From: Middletown CT Member No.: 15,565 Region Association: North East States
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Shipping rates have really skyrocketed since COVID.
My hypothesis is that there's not nearly as much available commercial airliner (or passenger bus*) cargo space to shuttle things around so their rates are higher. *A buddy and I just did a quick CT->FL->CT run to grab some scooters. We both noticed that we saw exactly zero passenger buses the whole trip. None. |
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