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<blockquote data-quote="FedEx2000" data-source="post: 810325" data-attributes="member: 13621"><p>The Ground commit time is 5 business day from the time FDX takes possession of the pkg.....doesn't matter if it's down the street or across the country. There are maps that show the approx. time it will take and may only be a day for places that are within 100-200 miles, sometimes that will happen, but again it's not guaranteed to my knowledge....which is limited when it comes to Ground. Why should they get next day delivery for paying Ground prices? Wouldn't be very smart business to guarantee overnight delivery with Ground pricing when they would have to ship it Express for 4-5 times as much to get it there next day.</p><p></p><p>Also, why not hold the trailers until they are full? As long as things get delivered by commit it makes more sense to fill the trailer than it does to pull it half empty.</p><p></p><p> I doubt they'll have much better luck with UPS. Generally pkgs get there a day or two sooner just b/c it's closer, but it's not guaranteed and they should be well aware of that before they choose to ship it Ground.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FedEx2000, post: 810325, member: 13621"] The Ground commit time is 5 business day from the time FDX takes possession of the pkg.....doesn't matter if it's down the street or across the country. There are maps that show the approx. time it will take and may only be a day for places that are within 100-200 miles, sometimes that will happen, but again it's not guaranteed to my knowledge....which is limited when it comes to Ground. Why should they get next day delivery for paying Ground prices? Wouldn't be very smart business to guarantee overnight delivery with Ground pricing when they would have to ship it Express for 4-5 times as much to get it there next day. Also, why not hold the trailers until they are full? As long as things get delivered by commit it makes more sense to fill the trailer than it does to pull it half empty. I doubt they'll have much better luck with UPS. Generally pkgs get there a day or two sooner just b/c it's closer, but it's not guaranteed and they should be well aware of that before they choose to ship it Ground. [/QUOTE]
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