Is it true that SurePost is going to be eliminated?

[FromOffTheStreets]

Amazon is breaking ground on a new final mile center in our city. They don't currently deliver any pkgs in our section. Most of our section is heavy rural with a handful of towns scattered around.

I don't know if Amazon delivers rurals or just does resis in town.

Maybe with us delivering the surepost we won't lose as many routes when Amazon opens up? Considering "pre- Amazon" we were about a 25 route center and now we're around 40

 

[Bubblehead]

Amazon is breaking ground on a new final mile center in our city. They don't currently deliver any pkgs in our section. Most of our section is heavy rural with a handful of towns scattered around.

I don't know if Amazon delivers rurals or just does resis in town.

Maybe with us delivering the surepost we won't lose as many routes when Amazon opens up? Considering "pre- Amazon" we were about a 25 route center and now we're around 40

How can we deliver the SurePost if there isn't any?

 

[KearsargeCoop]

How can we deliver the SurePost if there isn't any?

I know when small businesses price compared ground services, they only shipped SurePost. But if the rates increase. You are right, we will lose that business to Ground Advantage.

 

[SorryLazyPOS]

How can we deliver the SurePost if there isn't any?

You’re joking right?

 

[KearsargeCoop]

You’re joking right?

I think he's just implying that in the near future shippers will no longer choose SurePost, as costs will rise.

 

[Thebrownblob]

You’re joking right?

Upcoming Changes to UPS SurePost:

• Rate Increases: Effective January 13, 2025,
• UPS will implement substantial rate increases for its SurePost service. The average increase across all SurePost services is approximately 9.899%. Notably, the Delivery Area Surcharge will rise from $3.80 to $6.15, marking a 61.84% increase, aligning it with Ground service surcharges.
  Similarly, the Extended Delivery Area Surcharge will increase from $4.90 to $8.30, a 69.39% hike.”

With these sort of increases, I don’t think shippers will continue to use the service like they used to.

 

[Bubblehead]

I think he's just implying that in the near future shippers will no longer choose SurePost, as costs will rise.

Sort of,

....but in short, SurePost won't exist anymore and UPS services and their price points will likely push that low margin volume elsewhere.

It is NOT safe to assume that all (or any) of that volume will just magically find its way back to the UPS system.

Why would it?

 

[Thebrownblob]

Sort of,

....but in short, SurePost won't exist anymore and UPS services and their price points will likely push that low margin volume elsewhere.

It is NOT safe to assume that all (or any) of that volume will just magically find its way back to the UPS system.

Why would it?

Yep, I believe they’re going to change the name to ground saver.

 

[Bubblehead]

Yep, I believe they’re going to change the name to ground saver.

An oxymoron?

 

[MyTripisCut]

Yep, I believe they’re going to change the name to ground saver.

Due by the end of the week?

 

[Blazian81]

Upcoming Changes to UPS SurePost:

• Rate Increases: Effective January 13, 2025,
• UPS will implement substantial rate increases for its SurePost service. The average increase across all SurePost services is approximately 9.899%. Notably, the Delivery Area Surcharge will rise from $3.80 to $6.15, marking a 61.84% increase, aligning it with Ground service surcharges.
  Similarly, the Extended Delivery Area Surcharge will increase from $4.90 to $8.30, a 69.39% hike.”

With these sort of increases, I don’t think shippers will continue to use the service like they used to.

People will still use ups because they have the better service and you get what you paid for

 

[Blazian81]

Read somewhere that SurePost is going to be eliminated as early as January 2020.
Is there any truth to this?

2020?

 

[Thebrownblob]

Read somewhere that SurePost is going to be eliminated as early as January 2020.
Is there any truth to this?

Wait, how can you have deleted member? I thought you can’t delete your account.

 

[Big Babooba]

Yep, I believe they’re going to change the name to ground saver.

Remember Ground Saver and Ground Track?

 

[Thebrownblob]

Remember Ground Saver and Ground Track?

Yep, I remember using a scanner to scan ground trac as it came out of trailers

 

[pkgdriver]

Remember Ground Saver and Ground Track?

Yep

 

[PoirotAtUPS]

People will still use ups because they have the better service and you get what you paid for

A dreamer

 

[Brownsocks]

A dreamer

I think they are right to a point. The small stuff (the majority) will probably be gone soon, the big stuff converted to ground.
As always we will end up with all the heavy . Most of my customers loathe FedEx ground and their inconsistency. They love the fact that we "drivers" go the extra mile to fit their schedules and they don't have to worry about finding UPS packages sitting outside their buisness for 24 hours.

 

[Bubblehead]

I think they are right to a point. The small stuff (the majority) will probably be gone soon, the big stuff converted to ground.
As always we will end up with all the heavy . Most of my customers loathe FedEx ground and their inconsistency. They love the fact that we "drivers" go the extra mile to fit their schedules and they don't have to worry about finding UPS packages sitting outside their buisness for 24 hours.
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Those aren't the "customers", those are the consignees.

The shipper is the customer and they will choose the cheapest option more and more as time goes on.

 

[Pullman Brown]

This is when the actuaries show their killer skills or get fired or demoted. Current data trends toward price point buyer adjustment change after price increase, but that could change with new administration etc. Overall: maybe a slight increase in volume but definitely not enough for the Teamsters to toot the horn and union virtue signal for the sake of labor!