UPS and Oil

[UpstateNYUPSer]

Economies of scale--that is the perfect summation of the advantage that we have over all others and is what will get us through this rough patch.

[david cassin]

when petrol/diesel goes up at the petrol stations the ordinary folk have to pay and have no problem.they know that ups with its large fleet of vans/trucks & planes have to pay more for fuel as the price rises also.the bigger companies like amazon charge the customer 30-40 or more $ for shipping and get it off of ups for 10-15 so they make on the shipping.they buy the books,cd's all in bulk for a low value and charge the customer a few more dollars than what they bought it for.
theres a shipper in the usa that ships shoes all over the world i see their invoices and they are charging 20-30 for a pair of shoes and 100 $ for shipping...now ye all know that as they are giving ups x amount of pkgs per day they are on 40 maybe mor % discount so they are well able to soak up fuel surcharges and still make a profit..
i have to laugh at people saying usa is in recession,our business coming into ireland is up major for this time of year,i know well the $ is great at the moment for us europeans but you would swear that money wa going out of fashion for the amount i see being spent on our irish imports.

[brownmonster]

Irish Imports=Dark creamy ale

[satellitedriver]

Originally Posted by david cassin

when petrol/diesel goes up at the petrol stations the ordinary folk have to pay and have no problem.they know that ups with its large fleet of vans/trucks & planes have to pay more for fuel as the price rises also.the bigger companies like amazon charge the customer 30-40 or more $ for shipping and get it off of ups for 10-15 so they make on the shipping.they buy the books,cd's all in bulk for a low value and charge the customer a few more dollars than what they bought it for.
theres a shipper in the usa that ships shoes all over the world i see their invoices and they are charging 20-30 for a pair of shoes and 100 $ for shipping...now ye all know that as they are giving ups x amount of pkgs per day they are on 40 maybe mor % discount so they are well able to soak up fuel surcharges and still make a profit..
i have to laugh at people saying usa is in recession,our business coming into ireland is up major for this time of year,i know well the $ is great at the moment for us europeans but you would swear that money wa going out of fashion for the amount i see being spent on our irish imports.

Send me some "proper" Guiness from the Mother land, with the money you are saving.
The Guiness here is just brown water.
The only thing receding, in my part of the US, is my hairline.

[soberups]

Q. Why did God make Guinness?
A. To prevent Ireland from ruling the world.

[brownmonster]

Judging by the first quarter numbers the sky didn't exactly fall yet.

[old brown shoe]

Since USA is the bread basket of the world mabey we should raise the price of food to the countries that sell us oil until it hurts. At least we could bring more of our dollars back home to help pay for over priced oil.

[soberups]

Originally Posted by old brown shoe

Since USA is the bread basket of the world mabey we should raise the price of food to the countries that sell us oil until it hurts. At least we could bring more of our dollars back home to help pay for over priced oil.

What we should do is become energy independent by developing the technology for clean energy. We could keep our dollars here, and tell the rest of the world just what they can do with their oil.

[brownmonster]

Hard to do when the CEO of Exxon spends his weekends in the Lincoln Bedroom.

[feeder53]

I agree with soberups, we need to develop new technologies and move ahead of the pack. Here in upstate NY things are getting pricey as the cost of fuel goes up. Groceries are going up daily.

[moreluck]

Rice or Gas ?? Decisions, decisions !!

[UpstateNYUPSer]

Hopefully someday they will be able to convert the rice in to gas (or vice versa) which will leave you one less decision to make.

[rod]

A good chunk of everybodys rebate check will probably go right into the gas tank or to payoff the winters heating bills. In otherwords right into Bush's buddies pockets. And some say he is dumb.

[JustTired]

Originally Posted by HazMatMan

A number of reasons are given for the rising prices. There is a higher demand for oil throughout the world than in decades past, largely due to the massive growth and industrialization of China.

Time to pay up for those cheap Walmart prices.

We've awoken the sleeping giant and I don't think he's going back to sleep unless we put him to sleep. We're creating "middle classes" in all these countries while we lose ours.

Global economy............highly overrated. Unless, of course, you are the one that is profiting from it.

[UPS Lifer]

If you think the price of gas is high.... Look at these prices per gallon!!!
This is based on the price the item sells for and converted to a price per gallon.

Gatorade .........$10.17
Evian Water......$21.19 - Evian spelled backwards is Naive!!!
Brake Fluid ......$33.60
Nyquil............$178.13

Ever wonder why printers are so cheap? You have to pay for the printer ink!
Printer Ink is ...$5200.00 a gallon !!!!

[JustTired]

Originally Posted by UPS Lifer

If you think the price of gas is high.... Look at these prices per gallon!!!
This is based on the price the item sells for and converted to a price per gallon.

Gatorade .........$10.17
Evian Water......$21.19 - Evian spelled backwards is Naive!!!
Brake Fluid ......$33.60
Nyquil............$178.13

Ever wonder why printers are so cheap? You have to pay for the printer ink!
Printer Ink is ...$5200.00 a gallon !!!!

That's always good reading, but none of that stuff will get you to work and back and generally you're not buying 10-20 gallons at a time. Matter of fact you can live without any of the above (although if you own a car you might need a little brake fluid now and then).

[rocket man]

When ups started gas was im gonna guess 10 cents a gallon. Then it progressed. only the strong will survive ups is strong.Look at fedx, we go to some stops 3 Times a day. so dose fed x. Where we have one sur charge fedx may have 3.It will be a ajustment period ups has always ajusted we will be ok.everyone stay strong and united.

[satellitedriver]

Originally Posted by rocket man

When ups started gas was im gonna guess 10 cents a gallon. Then it progressed. only the strong will survive ups is strong.Look at fedx, we go to some stops 3 Times a day. so dose fed x. Where we have one sur charge fedx may have 3.It will be a ajustment period ups has always ajusted we will be ok.everyone stay strong and united.

A quick cut and paste.
A little dated on present gas prices, but the info is correct.
In 1930 my father earned $1.00 a day.
You do the math.

"How about the 1950s? After all, we never heard Ward Cleaver complaining to June about the price of gas. Once again, with the exception of 1952 ($1.98), the inflation-adjusted price was more than $2 per gallon for the entire decade, with an average price of $2.07 a gallon and a peak price in 1956 and 1957 of $2.15 a gallon.

Going back to the Depression years of the 1930s, gas prices, in real terms, were generally higher than they are today. The average inflation-adjusted price of gasoline in the 1930s was a whopping $2.62 per gallon. Prices reached peaks of $2.76 per gallon in 1934 and again in 1937. These were the prices that those who were written about in the Grapes of Wrath paid as they made their way from the dust bowl of Oklahoma to California.

If we go back even further to the early days of the automobile we find that the real price of gasoline was higher still. In 1918, for example, the per-gallon price was $3.22 and in 1922 the price was $2.90.

The fact is that Americans did not begin to pay less than $2 a gallon on a regular basis until 1963. Since then, there have been several price spikes, which have sent prices souring to well above the $2 mark. The post-World War II record was set in 1981 when the inflation-adjusted price was $2.80 a gallon.

This doesn't mean that today's gas prices aren't high. They are. Clearly these higher prices are causing people to reconsider travel plans and to find ways to reprioritize their household budgets. But the prices we are paying today are not unprecedented. There have been times in our history when they have been significantly higher and for much longer periods than we have experienced thus far."

[brownmonster]

I remember when gas hit a buck a gallon in the late 70's. Remember the gas pumps were only 2 digits so the price at the pump was a half gallon. I was making 2.65 an hour working at a bowling center so a buck seemed high. I make 10 times as much and gas is 3.5 times as much. As I do battle with Friday retail/lunch hour traffic today I will see no evidence that people are cutting back on their driving.

[trplnkl]

In 1968 I worked for a local gas station chain, I worked a different station each day to give the operators a day off. During that time I pumped many a gallon of gas for 19 cents per. Gas wars were going on all the time, one day it would be 25, the next 19. The actual regular price was about 29-30 cents.

Brownmonster, I'd be willing to bet that the job at the bowling center is now paying a whopping 6 bucks an hour, maybe.

[UPS Lifer]

Originally Posted by trplnkl

In 1968 I worked for a local gas station chain, I worked a different station each day to give the operators a day off. During that time I pumped many a gallon of gas for 19 cents per. Gas wars were going on all the time, one day it would be 25, the next 19. The actual regular price was about 29-30 cents.

I remember those gas wars! Shell gave aw