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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 87305" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Brownie,</p><p>Just a guess on my part but anti-trust and other business regulations could have posed a barrier in those attempts by UPS. Also give FedEx credit as RPS was almost a non-issue for us but at the same time take the 97' strike out of the UPS history pages and I'm not sure FedEx buys RPS and RPS may not be around today. That strike at least IMO changed all the dynamics but I also have to wonder would UPS have changed towards what it hopes to become. We've only done many of the things we've done as an after effect of the strike so remove the strike and I can't clearly say we would have done many of the things we have because I believe all the varibles would be different. JMO.</p><p> </p><p>BTW: It wasn't a dumb question at all and a good one to ask every so often as we look around the business landscape.</p><p> </p><p>Funny thought from thinking back to the old Motley Fool days as during the period that the stock was about to go public and the company leadership was explaining a public stock could be used as currency for acquistions and expansions and a few "FOOLISH" souls extolled UPS would buy Microsoft. Could you imagine Bill Gates in a Brown Suit doing a PCM and then a driver ride?</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Lol :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> </p><p> </p><p>I got a kick out of the "buy Central States out" idea. That was funny!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 87305, member: 2189"] Brownie, Just a guess on my part but anti-trust and other business regulations could have posed a barrier in those attempts by UPS. Also give FedEx credit as RPS was almost a non-issue for us but at the same time take the 97' strike out of the UPS history pages and I'm not sure FedEx buys RPS and RPS may not be around today. That strike at least IMO changed all the dynamics but I also have to wonder would UPS have changed towards what it hopes to become. We've only done many of the things we've done as an after effect of the strike so remove the strike and I can't clearly say we would have done many of the things we have because I believe all the varibles would be different. JMO. BTW: It wasn't a dumb question at all and a good one to ask every so often as we look around the business landscape. Funny thought from thinking back to the old Motley Fool days as during the period that the stock was about to go public and the company leadership was explaining a public stock could be used as currency for acquistions and expansions and a few "FOOLISH" souls extolled UPS would buy Microsoft. Could you imagine Bill Gates in a Brown Suit doing a PCM and then a driver ride? :lol: I got a kick out of the "buy Central States out" idea. That was funny! [/QUOTE]
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