Has UPS done anything right recently?

[bbsam]

To be the big dog in Europe. The acquisition of TNT for either company was never about TNT's profitability.

$4.8 billion is still better than $6.8 billion, no? Fedex could have bid in '12 as well.

 

[MAKAVELI]

$4.8 billion is still better than $6.8 billion, no? Fedex could have bid in '12 as well.

Yes they could have, but why start a bidding war when you don't have to? I'm sure FedEx had some insight that the UPS deal wouldn't go through.

 

[Catatonic]

UPS convinced me to retire and paid my pension payment every month since.

 

[bbsam]

Yes they could have, but why start a bidding war when you don't have to? I'm sure FedEx had some insight that the UPS deal wouldn't go through.

Right. How did UPS miss that?

 

[MAKAVELI]

Right. How did UPS miss that?

They probably didn't. But thought it was well worth the $ they spent if it did go through.

 

[bbsam]

They probably didn't. But thought it was well worth the $ they spent if it did go through.

Then it kinda fits the title of the thread.

 

[MAKAVELI]

Then it kinda fits the title of the thread.

Last time I checked they are still the big dog here in the US.

 

[bbsam]

Last time I checked they are still the big dog here in the US.

But if you line up all the times you check, Atlanta has to see some disturbing trends.

 

[MAKAVELI]

But if you line up all the times you check, Atlanta has to see some disturbing trends.

That's business here in America. There will always be someone nipping at your heals, trying to take your spot. It's called competition.

 

[brownmonster]

UPS convinced me to retire and paid my pension payment every month since.

Money well spent.

 

[baklava]

I think Access Point is a good idea, for what it's worth

 

[bluehdmc]

They bought a fleet of trucks a couple of years ago that were too high to go through the Lincoln Tunnel, just bought more trucks from the same manufacturer and they are.............TOO HIGH to go through the Lincoln Tunnel!!

Genius!!!

 

[Wally]

Not if, it was another Twin Hill. Fail

I look good in the Twin Hill stuff, then again, I'm buffed with a great abs!

 

[olroadbeech]

a company that doesn't try new things is doomed to failure.

look what happened to IBM for example.

 

[Tiny Panda]

They weren't looking to overpay, not by a large margin anyway, TNT's value has plummeted since UPS made the original offer.

 

[OPTION3]

Super glue will fix that.

Not my circus......

 

[bbsam]

They weren't looking to overpay, not by a large margin anyway, TNT's value has plummeted since UPS made the original offer.

UPS' failed offer may have had something to do with TNT's value plummeting.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

UPS' failed offer may have had something to do with TNT's value plummeting.

Fred didn't even send us a Thank you card for saving him a billion or so.
Cheap bastard.

 

[bbsam]

Fred didn't even send us a Thank you card for saving him a billion or so.
Cheap bastard.

Yeah? That's not news to you, is it?

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Yeah? That's not news to you, is it?

Maybe he will give Ground a raise?