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<blockquote data-quote="bacha29" data-source="post: 5451834" data-attributes="member: 58386">Good piece of research Fred. At the same time however 6 day a week doorstep e-commerce out here in the rural areas is simply becoming too damn expensive to operate.Here where I live we&#039;ve got 2 Dollar Generals, Ollies, Rose&#039;s the big size WM supercenter, Lowes. Rural King, AT&amp;T Verizon, Big Lots, Dollar Tree&nbsp; TSC and one of the region&#039;s biggest gun dealers all within a 1/2&nbsp; of one another. And for many people around here getting their list together and heading out there on the weekend shopping is still a big deal for them.&nbsp;If one of those vendors didn&#039;t have what you wanted chances are you didn&#039;t need it in the first place. Now given that out here where steps, panel vans and cutaways are worn out in 3 years and that&#039;s a fact combined with the&nbsp; contractor not receiving the full fuel surcharges billed to the shipper and even if they are hauling air box they&#039;re going to be in for a rough go of it going forward.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bacha29, post: 5451834, member: 58386"] Good piece of research Fred. At the same time however 6 day a week doorstep e-commerce out here in the rural areas is simply becoming too damn expensive to operate. Here where I live we've got 2 Dollar Generals, Ollies, Rose's the big size WM supercenter, Lowes. Rural King, AT&T Verizon, Big Lots, Dollar Tree TSC and one of the region's biggest gun dealers all within a 1/2 of one another. And for many people around here getting their list together and heading out there on the weekend shopping is still a big deal for them. If one of those vendors didn't have what you wanted chances are you didn't need it in the first place. Now given that out here where steps, panel vans and cutaways are worn out in 3 years and that's a fact combined with the contractor not receiving the full fuel surcharges billed to the shipper and even if they are hauling air box they're going to be in for a rough go of it going forward. [/QUOTE]

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