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<blockquote data-quote="dannyboy" data-source="post: 628640" data-attributes="member: 484"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>S-hustler</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Let me be the one to correct your little mis-statement</strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>First, it’s all about you and your union brothers. IT really is. During the last two contract negotiations, it was you and yours that got us to walk. Actually against what the majority of the union membership wanted. You and your brothers used the same tactics that Acorn is using to sway elections. But you used them to stack the deck for the upper teamster leaders to state that they had the backing of the union membership.</strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>So because of the strike, and the games you and your brothers like to play, the customer (you remember them, they are the people that actually pay the company so you get a check every week) had to sign up with FEDEX just to keep their doors open. Who forced that? The teamsters, you and your "union brothers" forced our customers AWAY from UPS. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>No longer do people feel safe just having UPS as their sole provider of shipping. Kinda like a wife whose hubby cheats. The trust is gone.</strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>So they have the best of both worlds. UPS and an alternative. That way, if we want to go on strike, they still get service from the other carrier.</strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Then add the fact that in most cases, we are more expensive than other carriers, hardly ever pay off on claims (still waiting for the check on a damage from May 08 that they agreed to pay) and run roughshod over customer needs and requests. </strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>But yet UPS maintains the “After all, We are UPS. They need us, we dont need them” attitude, which you seem bent on promoting.</strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>So you see, as an ex UPSer, great volume is something we need. But when people like you lose sight of what is important, and focus on BS like this.......look for volume to even go lower.</strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>As a UPS customer that also has other shipping options, using this type of tactic will cause the customer to really think hard about diverting 100% away from UPS. So that would mean those that currently ship about half of their product in by UPS will now divert the rest to the other carriers.</strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>The age of tactics like yours are over. Better to learn how to provide a high enough level of service so the customer WANTS to send 100% of the volume to UPS.</strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>d</strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dannyboy, post: 628640, member: 484"] [SIZE=3][B]S-hustler[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=3] [B]Let me be the one to correct your little mis-statement[/B] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [B]First, it’s all about you and your union brothers. IT really is. During the last two contract negotiations, it was you and yours that got us to walk. Actually against what the majority of the union membership wanted. You and your brothers used the same tactics that Acorn is using to sway elections. But you used them to stack the deck for the upper teamster leaders to state that they had the backing of the union membership.[/B] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [B]So because of the strike, and the games you and your brothers like to play, the customer (you remember them, they are the people that actually pay the company so you get a check every week) had to sign up with FEDEX just to keep their doors open. Who forced that? The teamsters, you and your "union brothers" forced our customers AWAY from UPS. [/B] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [B]No longer do people feel safe just having UPS as their sole provider of shipping. Kinda like a wife whose hubby cheats. The trust is gone.[/B] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [B]So they have the best of both worlds. UPS and an alternative. That way, if we want to go on strike, they still get service from the other carrier.[/B] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [B]Then add the fact that in most cases, we are more expensive than other carriers, hardly ever pay off on claims (still waiting for the check on a damage from May 08 that they agreed to pay) and run roughshod over customer needs and requests. [/B] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [B]But yet UPS maintains the “After all, We are UPS. They need us, we dont need them” attitude, which you seem bent on promoting.[/B] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [B]So you see, as an ex UPSer, great volume is something we need. But when people like you lose sight of what is important, and focus on BS like this.......look for volume to even go lower.[/B] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [B]As a UPS customer that also has other shipping options, using this type of tactic will cause the customer to really think hard about diverting 100% away from UPS. So that would mean those that currently ship about half of their product in by UPS will now divert the rest to the other carriers.[/B] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [B]The age of tactics like yours are over. Better to learn how to provide a high enough level of service so the customer WANTS to send 100% of the volume to UPS.[/B] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [B]d[/B] [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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