Gone fishin
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Not the meat and potatoes freight.
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OrioN
double tap o da horn dooshbag
Really? !?
Friday i had the following birthday present to deliver... i finished my route by 1600, though so i went to help a neighboring driver until it was time to swing by and MC driveway.
My contractor paid me $20 bonus for that one stop...
Most people get along fine.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Locally the ground and express facilities are about 5 miles away from one another so I'm not sure how your scenario would work.
They are talking about freight that used to be express work now being processed and delivered by ground.
Purplepackage
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It's strange, my station has only gotten busier over the past couple months but apparently ground is stealing our 3 day freight according to this forum
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
Pretty silly to have Ground AND Express Saver these days. It's splitting hairs at best.
Express Saver was launched before Ground was even an idea in '97 and right before the UPS strike. Really "great timing" there Memphis.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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You don't think Ground was on the table in '97?
Star B
White Lightening
If people still pay for XS, then it's not silly at all.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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I have customers who ship NDA within the same zip code. They could hop in their car and drop it off themselves within 10 minutes.
MAKAVELI
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It's not my scenario. These ground jocks are the ones claiming that they are delivering express freight. Which they are not. Which ever service the customer chooses is where its routed.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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It is a fact that FedEx BD is pushing Ground over Express when on a sales call.
McFeely
Huge Member
Depends on what their time is worth to them. I pickup packages one night and deliver them the next day to another customer on the same route, literally less than 5 miles away. Sometimes it's just simpler/easier(?) to put it in the pile of outbound envelopes and let the scheduled driver pick it up than to have the receptionist do it on her own and request reimbursement for mileage, etc. Not to mention some of these big companies have shipping budgets that they want to use. If you've ever worked for a company and had a budget to use each year, you're probably familiar with the "if you don't use the budget, you won't get that big of a budget next year" modus operandi.
My opinion? Glad to have the work. Customer's laziness and lack of planning is what pays me to deliver overnight packages
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
I was 8 years active duty and am all too familiar with the "spend it or lose it" mentality.
MAKAVELI
Well-Known Member
Thx captain obvious.
Purplepackage
Well-Known Member
I've already picked up a priority overnight letter from the 2nd floor of the court house being sent to the 15th floor of the court house
Gone fishin
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I thought that too until the sales guy showed me the difference in selling a ground account and an express. Uh ...ya ,he wants the express revenue
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Depends on the client but, yes, his commission would be much higher on premium products.
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
The most likely scenario is one that has been discussed for several years here, most notably by R1a. P2 and ES would go over to Ground and P1 and SO stay with Express.
Gone fishin
Well-Known Member
That wouldn't leave slot for express to do. Would we all be part time
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Within 5 years.
