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04-17-2009, 06:28 PM
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#1 | | I started this.
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Rep Power: 10 |  Discuss: Talks on DHL's US packages ended - UPS spokesman
Talks on DHL's US packages ended - UPS spokesman - Reuters
United Parcel Service Inc (UPS.N), the world's largest package delivery company, and DHL have called off talks for UPS to handle the Deutsche Post AG (DPWGn.DE) unit's U.S. domestic package service, a spokesman said on Friday.
"UPS and DHL have mutually agreed to terminate their negotiations," the spokesman, Norman Black, said. "UPS is in its quiet period before earnings and will have nothing further to say at this time."
The deal had been expected to generate up to $1 billion a year in revenue for UPS. | 
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04-18-2009, 02:18 PM
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#2 | | Senior Member
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Rep Power: 1907 | Re: Discuss: Talks on DHL's US packages ended - UPS spokesman
Well that S@#*s!!!
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04-18-2009, 03:32 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member
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Rep Power: 1875 | Re: Discuss: Talks on DHL's US packages ended - UPS spokesman
A potential 1 billion dollar account(s) went nowhere?. At a time when UPS, keeps pressuring drivers to look for leads? | |
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04-18-2009, 03:33 PM
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#4 | | Learning the system
Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tallahassee, FL
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Rep Power: 155 | Re: Discuss: Talks on DHL's US packages ended - UPS spokesman
Yeah what happened!! This was kind of our ticket out of all this muck!!
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04-18-2009, 04:57 PM
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#5 | | retired and happy
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Rep Power: 12523 | Re: Discuss: Talks on DHL's US packages ended - UPS spokesman
No atta boys for the UPS team trying to put this deal together. It would be fun to be in a room with this group and watch all the finger pointing.  | |
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04-18-2009, 08:39 PM
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#6 | | Member
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Rep Power: 183 | Re: Discuss: Talks on DHL's US packages ended - UPS spokesman
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Originally Posted by rod  No atta boys for the UPS team trying to put this deal together. It would be fun to be in a room with this group and watch all the finger pointing. | Substitute a Hot Poker for the finger pointing and I'll buy tickets to that one.  | |
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04-18-2009, 09:06 PM
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#7 | | Life is a Highway...
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Tsunami Zone
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Rep Power: 2737 | Re: Discuss: Talks on DHL's US packages ended - UPS spokesman
I wonder if you'll see an alliance FDX instead. It must be a good reason that UPS ended talks. Maybe a billion in rev was not enough for what DHL wants in return. | |
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04-18-2009, 09:35 PM
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#8 | | Senior Member
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Rep Power: 838 | Re: Discuss: Talks on DHL's US packages ended - UPS spokesman
 real good ups.one billon dollar business deal,i'am glad i'am retired.jim casey would roll in his grave.i don't blame any driver for not handing anymore sales leads.  .at least i'am retired.
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04-19-2009, 01:46 AM
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#9 | | Senior Member
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Rep Power: 1021 | Re: Discuss: Talks on DHL's US packages ended - UPS spokesman
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Originally Posted by hdkappler real good ups.one billon dollar business deal,i'am glad i'am retired.jim casey would roll in his grave.i don't blame any driver for not handing anymore sales leads. .at least i'am retired. | I can see the conversation...
"Turn in sales leads!"
"Why? All of mine turn the way of DHL...."
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04-19-2009, 07:25 PM
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#10 | | Member
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: Discuss: Talks on DHL's US packages ended - UPS spokesman
sad day in UPS land | |
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04-22-2009, 08:18 AM
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#11 | | Junior Member
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: Discuss: Talks on DHL's US packages ended - UPS spokesman
like Coca Cola stoped buying Chinese Huiyuan?hehe.LOL | |
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04-28-2009, 02:41 PM
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#12 | | Brown Brown & more Brown
Join Date: Jul 2008
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: Discuss: Talks on DHL's US packages ended - UPS spokesman
Probabaly not profitab;e enough for UPS. Proft yes and plety, not enough.
A manager once told me "We are UPS and if a customer wants to ship with us, they will pay and do what we tell them"..........my ar$e!!
Some of the UPS management, in fact most of them are arrogant twats and have never spoken to or seen a customer and have no idea what the market is like. | |
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04-28-2009, 03:06 PM
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#13 | | ModSta in Training
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Rep Power: 9523 | Re: Discuss: Talks on DHL's US packages ended - UPS spokesman
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Originally Posted by UPS_UK
A manager once told me "We are UPS and if a customer wants to ship with us, they will pay and do what we tell them"..........my ar$e!!
| Sounds like UPS in the US twenty years ago. Definitely not like that now in the US.
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