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<blockquote data-quote="satellitedriver" data-source="post: 5099460" data-attributes="member: 1664">Amazon is planning far more ahead than UPS, in certain places in the country.When I was in Houston, Tx over the Thanksgiving week I counted 10 Amazon delivery &quot;pkg&quot; cars to every 1 UPS package car.Habit of mine, being an old retired UPS fart.On I-10 between Houston and San Antonio near Sealy, Tx they are building a massive distribution center.Wanted to buy a gift for my friends and ordered it on Amazon. 1 hour later it was delivered, by Amazon. Amazing service.UPS was founded on being a B2B business and will have to revert back to it, in some form or fashion.The future success of UPS is not in moving packages, but in all the other technologies and company&#039;s they own. or invested in.I wish the best for all future and present employees, but prepare for the future.Reminds me when the Rail Road company&#039;s decided to no longer provided passenger service, no money in it.Freight paid the bills and Amtrak was born as a govt&#039; run subsidy.RR&#039;s still make money, Amtrak loses billions of taxpayer dollars yearly.Not the best analogy, but a fair comparison of moving product for profit.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you think Amazon is not a growing threat to UPS and its future drivers ,you have another think coming.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="satellitedriver, post: 5099460, member: 1664"] Amazon is planning far more ahead than UPS, in certain places in the country. When I was in Houston, Tx over the Thanksgiving week I counted 10 Amazon delivery "pkg" cars to every 1 UPS package car. Habit of mine, being an old retired UPS fart. On I-10 between Houston and San Antonio near Sealy, Tx they are building a [B]massive distribution center.[/B] Wanted to buy a gift for my friends and ordered it on Amazon. 1 hour later it was delivered, by Amazon. Amazing service. UPS was founded on being a B2B business and will have to revert back to it, in some form or fashion. The future success of UPS is not in moving packages, but in all the other technologies and company's they own. or invested in. I wish the best for all future and present employees, but prepare for the future. Reminds me when the Rail Road company's decided to no longer provided passenger service, no money in it. Freight paid the bills and Amtrak was born as a govt' run subsidy. RR's still make money, Amtrak loses billions of taxpayer dollars yearly. Not the best analogy, but a fair comparison of moving product for profit. If you think Amazon is not a growing threat to UPS and its future drivers ,you have another think coming. [/QUOTE]

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