BSWALKS
Fugitive From Reality
PO charged ups extra if you dropped it off on Saturdays so we stopped.
Brownsocks
Just a dog
That happened a couple months before peak started.
Pullman Brown
Well-Known Member
Also, under this post it says to get on 9.5 list by January 5. You can get on the list anytime I thought I read.
Thebrownblob
Well-Known Member
You can. But labor, and the union generally want stewards to ask everyone at the beginning of the year to sign up. Also when you get on and off the list, it takes a week to qualify to file. Getting everyone signed up before the 15th guarantees everyone’s ability to file the first week.
10:30 resi
Well-Known Member
It was useful before?
Thebrownblob
Well-Known Member
Do people actually pay for this? I really don’t understand what it even does.
oldngray
nowhere special
Some tech guy had a bright idea. Mostly useless in the real world.
Brownsocks
Just a dog
$7.99 to upgrade SurePost to be delivered by us.
Thebrownblob
Well-Known Member
Not sure how we can deliver a package to UPS location when we’ve closed majority of the customer counters.
DriveInDriveOut
Inordinately Right
$20 a year gets all your surepost packages upgraded and delivered by UPS.
While back I had an idiot shipper screw up an order I needed ASAP so I got it to cut a day or two off the delivery time. Definitely didn't renew the subscription.
oldngray
nowhere special
Yeah you do lose a day if it goes to the Post Office to be delivered. That wouldn't even happen if they didn't initially try to use Surepost.
Thebrownblob
Well-Known Member
I’ve never even gotten to choose if I wanted to use ups sure post or not although I would assume when I choose free shipping, I’m getting something similar to sure post
oldngray
nowhere special
I think Surepost was just a UPS attempt to copy the FedEx Smartpost. The free shipping is usually a day or two slower however its shipped but still worth it if your order isn't time critical.
Brownsocks
Just a dog
SurePost is becoming a drag on margins. It only makes sense in high density areas. The company wants it gone.
Thebrownblob
Well-Known Member
Now it will probably go to UPS mail innovations that don’t even use UPS trucks or UPS facilities at all.
Brownsocks
Just a dog
That's an excellent observation. Are mail innovation workers Teamster?
Thebrownblob
Well-Known Member
Nope
Thebrownblob
Well-Known Member
Brownsocks
Just a dog
It's definitely plausible. Teamsters should be all over this.
Thebrownblob
Well-Known Member
I don’t even understand how this company is allowed to exist, kind of like double breasting back in the freight carrier days. A union company would create a nonunion company that does the same or very similar work. Under a slightly different name. Eventually taking the Union work.
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