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What is UPS really doing about FedEx Ground?
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<blockquote data-quote="LED" data-source="post: 665223" data-attributes="member: 22664"><p>Fedex ground is gaining some business, but they are also paying a cost. In my area the <em>fedex home delivery</em> has had 4 people in the past year. The 1st guy got into a fist fight with a customer and fedex took away his contract. 2nd guy ran it for awhile then hired guy # 3. 3rd guy was caught miles off his route smoking marijuana. The 4th person is about 5 feet tall 300 pounds, maybe she will work out ok.</p><p>The regular <em>fedex ground</em> guy quit to work at a gas station/food mart - said he would make more moneythere.</p><p>Fedex ground has labor problems, which turns into service problems. </p><p> </p><p>However, they are the cheapest in some areas. There seems to be a market for people who do not care when their package arrives at it's destination. </p><p> </p><p>UPS believes that people will pay a higher cost for better service, and seems to be letting fedex ground ruin itself. </p><p> </p><p>UPS does continually make a higher profit than fedex, even with fedex passing off expenses to their contractors. I am sure UPS will change strategies if the profit margin starts slipping.</p><p>We may see a price war one day, only time will tell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LED, post: 665223, member: 22664"] Fedex ground is gaining some business, but they are also paying a cost. In my area the [I]fedex home delivery[/I] has had 4 people in the past year. The 1st guy got into a fist fight with a customer and fedex took away his contract. 2nd guy ran it for awhile then hired guy # 3. 3rd guy was caught miles off his route smoking marijuana. The 4th person is about 5 feet tall 300 pounds, maybe she will work out ok. The regular [I]fedex ground[/I] guy quit to work at a gas station/food mart - said he would make more moneythere. Fedex ground has labor problems, which turns into service problems. However, they are the cheapest in some areas. There seems to be a market for people who do not care when their package arrives at it's destination. UPS believes that people will pay a higher cost for better service, and seems to be letting fedex ground ruin itself. UPS does continually make a higher profit than fedex, even with fedex passing off expenses to their contractors. I am sure UPS will change strategies if the profit margin starts slipping. We may see a price war one day, only time will tell. [/QUOTE]
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