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<blockquote data-quote="rje" data-source="post: 958718" data-attributes="member: 40978"><p>UPS Basic is being phased out, in favor of SurePost. As I understand the differences, SurePost won't have the 5-pound limit, though UPS will still offer it only to shippers who ship mostly under-5-pound packages. Another difference is that NO SurePost packages will be delivered directly to the home by UPS drivers (as does occur with UPS Basic). Instead, 100% of SurePost packages will be delivered to post offices, and mail carriers will deliver them to the addressees' homes.</p><p></p><p>Both UPS Basis and FedEx SmartPost are limited to large shippers, mostly shippers of light weight "residential" packages for which delivery is not time-sensitive. FedEx SmartPost tells customers to expect 2-7 business day delivery, though it doesn't guarantee anything and there are some horror stories out there about packages wending their way back and forth across the country for several weeks.</p><p></p><p>As for why UPS SurePost isn't stealing more business from FedEx SmartPost, I don't know, first of all, whether that's even true. But if it is, the answer is probably that UPS hasn't had time yet to make inroads against SmartPost. UPS Basic had some shortcomings that made it hard to compete with SmartPost, but it appears that UPS has sat down and figured out what those shortcomings were and eliminated them. My hunch is that you can look at SmartPost's impressive growth over the last few years and expect that that growth will slow a bit as SurePost gears up. Probably more important for UPS drivers (and FedEx Ground/Home drivers), though, is that BOTH SmartPost and SurePost will continue to eat into UPS Ground and FedEx Ground/Home deliveries. That's exactly what's happened at FedEx since SmartPost took off big-time during the last few years, and there's no reason to think it will be any different for SurePost and UPS. UPS drivers are going to be dropping a lot more packages at post offices, and a lot fewer packages at homes. I don't have a clue how your compensation arrangements with UPS will be affected by that almost certain development, but, if I were your union negotiator, I'd assume it's going to happen when I next sit down to negotiate a compensation deal with UPS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rje, post: 958718, member: 40978"] UPS Basic is being phased out, in favor of SurePost. As I understand the differences, SurePost won't have the 5-pound limit, though UPS will still offer it only to shippers who ship mostly under-5-pound packages. Another difference is that NO SurePost packages will be delivered directly to the home by UPS drivers (as does occur with UPS Basic). Instead, 100% of SurePost packages will be delivered to post offices, and mail carriers will deliver them to the addressees' homes. Both UPS Basis and FedEx SmartPost are limited to large shippers, mostly shippers of light weight "residential" packages for which delivery is not time-sensitive. FedEx SmartPost tells customers to expect 2-7 business day delivery, though it doesn't guarantee anything and there are some horror stories out there about packages wending their way back and forth across the country for several weeks. As for why UPS SurePost isn't stealing more business from FedEx SmartPost, I don't know, first of all, whether that's even true. But if it is, the answer is probably that UPS hasn't had time yet to make inroads against SmartPost. UPS Basic had some shortcomings that made it hard to compete with SmartPost, but it appears that UPS has sat down and figured out what those shortcomings were and eliminated them. My hunch is that you can look at SmartPost's impressive growth over the last few years and expect that that growth will slow a bit as SurePost gears up. Probably more important for UPS drivers (and FedEx Ground/Home drivers), though, is that BOTH SmartPost and SurePost will continue to eat into UPS Ground and FedEx Ground/Home deliveries. That's exactly what's happened at FedEx since SmartPost took off big-time during the last few years, and there's no reason to think it will be any different for SurePost and UPS. UPS drivers are going to be dropping a lot more packages at post offices, and a lot fewer packages at homes. I don't have a clue how your compensation arrangements with UPS will be affected by that almost certain development, but, if I were your union negotiator, I'd assume it's going to happen when I next sit down to negotiate a compensation deal with UPS. [/QUOTE]
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