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Sen. Richard Blumenthal: UPS owes customers refunds for late Christmas packages
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<blockquote data-quote="RPSman" data-source="post: 1292712" data-attributes="member: 51437"><p>Yes, I remember when DHL bought Airborne and ruined them like Fed Ex ruined RPS. DHL did not have a big presence in the USA, they originally ran white vehicles with red lettering before the Airborne acquisition. I worked for an Airborne Express contractor after leaving RPS. Most of my deliveries were overnight envelopes; and 5 lb packages like to computer places, dentists and optometrists. I used a small hand truck 3 or 4 times in the 6 months I was at Airborne. DHL did not realize that you can't buy an overnight air express company and compete in the heavy package business. A better merger would have been Airborne and RPS, but I think that RPS backed off from that, because Airborne was union in bigger markets. I see the DHL van come thru my hometown occasionally; they drive a short cargo van; a different contractor has the contract now.</p><p>Someone like Conway or Old Dominion would have a better idea of what the package business was about. And acquisition of the regional parcel companies would be the way to start, then fill in the other areas, later as the volume of business grows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RPSman, post: 1292712, member: 51437"] Yes, I remember when DHL bought Airborne and ruined them like Fed Ex ruined RPS. DHL did not have a big presence in the USA, they originally ran white vehicles with red lettering before the Airborne acquisition. I worked for an Airborne Express contractor after leaving RPS. Most of my deliveries were overnight envelopes; and 5 lb packages like to computer places, dentists and optometrists. I used a small hand truck 3 or 4 times in the 6 months I was at Airborne. DHL did not realize that you can't buy an overnight air express company and compete in the heavy package business. A better merger would have been Airborne and RPS, but I think that RPS backed off from that, because Airborne was union in bigger markets. I see the DHL van come thru my hometown occasionally; they drive a short cargo van; a different contractor has the contract now. Someone like Conway or Old Dominion would have a better idea of what the package business was about. And acquisition of the regional parcel companies would be the way to start, then fill in the other areas, later as the volume of business grows. [/QUOTE]
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