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Despite talk of budding rivalry, Amazon and UPS may find they’re stuck with each other
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<blockquote data-quote="LarryBird" data-source="post: 4103764" data-attributes="member: 76548"><p>I personally think that UPS should wait until a week or two before Thanksgiving, then drop Amazon as a customer totally. Let them deal with the fallout of not being able to service their customers for the holidays, and make them realize just how important UPS is/was to their bottom line.</p><p></p><p>If we don't have the balls to do that, we should at least drastically raise their rates, at the time when they're in no position to argue about it - peak. </p><p></p><p>Why we continue to prop them up, as they build out a competing delivery network, while saddling us with their least desirable parcels/delivery areas is beyond me. It doesn't seem smart. We barely make a profit off each package we get from them - the margin is tiny.</p><p></p><p>The argument that they keep the trucks full and guys working would be hold more weight if e-commerce wasn't exploding already anyway - there's gonna be more than enough work to keep us busy, and we don't even have the capacity for too much more as we stand. We should focus on delivering for companies that aren't trying to become a competitor and that we are more profitable shipping for.</p><p></p><p>Maybe I don't have an understanding of what UPS' ultimate long-term strategy for dealing with Amazon is, but this is what my thoughts are, based on what I do know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LarryBird, post: 4103764, member: 76548"] I personally think that UPS should wait until a week or two before Thanksgiving, then drop Amazon as a customer totally. Let them deal with the fallout of not being able to service their customers for the holidays, and make them realize just how important UPS is/was to their bottom line. If we don't have the balls to do that, we should at least drastically raise their rates, at the time when they're in no position to argue about it - peak. Why we continue to prop them up, as they build out a competing delivery network, while saddling us with their least desirable parcels/delivery areas is beyond me. It doesn't seem smart. We barely make a profit off each package we get from them - the margin is tiny. The argument that they keep the trucks full and guys working would be hold more weight if e-commerce wasn't exploding already anyway - there's gonna be more than enough work to keep us busy, and we don't even have the capacity for too much more as we stand. We should focus on delivering for companies that aren't trying to become a competitor and that we are more profitable shipping for. Maybe I don't have an understanding of what UPS' ultimate long-term strategy for dealing with Amazon is, but this is what my thoughts are, based on what I do know. [/QUOTE]
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