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Folks: take notice another barrier to small business start-ups is underway. Is this part of the Hope and Change Obama has promised?
1 posted on 03/06/2009 10:19:19 AM PST by kendwell
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To: kendwell

Noticed the same thing with FedEX.


2 posted on 03/06/2009 10:20:10 AM PST by MarkeyD
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To: kendwell

I would suspect you are correct. But alas, who is John Galt?


3 posted on 03/06/2009 10:20:51 AM PST by edmond246 (Who is John Galt? Sarah Palin 2012.)
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To: kendwell

Let’s see I’ve had an overnight delivery, regular drop off, and pick up is here now.


4 posted on 03/06/2009 10:21:11 AM PST by Quick Shot
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To: kendwell

Some of us can’t even get the Post Office to deliver to our homes or even neighborhoods, even though we and those who mail to us pay full price.


5 posted on 03/06/2009 10:21:30 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed
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To: kendwell
I'd call UPS headquarters and see what was up.
6 posted on 03/06/2009 10:21:55 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
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To: kendwell

call 911!


9 posted on 03/06/2009 10:24:41 AM PST by clintonh8r (Librerals are more dangerous to liberty than terrorists.)
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To: kendwell

Your street is probably not accessible by a right turn.


10 posted on 03/06/2009 10:25:24 AM PST by shaft29 (Just your typical black woman.)
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To: kendwell
no local office # available

My dad worked for UPS for 30 years.

Around here (NC) the local center numbers change all the time and they don't publish them. They are only given out to the drivers, managers etc. at that local center.

They really, really want people to call the main toll-free number to inquire about pickups.

11 posted on 03/06/2009 10:25:30 AM PST by Constitution Day
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Alas, they are doomed. Cramer gave them the thumbs up. :(

'Mad Money Lightning Round': Get on UPS

12 posted on 03/06/2009 10:25:39 AM PST by BGHater (Tyranny is always better organised than freedom)
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To: kendwell

Fed-X, UPS secretly going bankrupt, but keeping the news under wraps till USPO is ready to take over thru a top secret nationaliztion plan.


13 posted on 03/06/2009 10:25:59 AM PST by umgud (I'm really happy I wasn't aborted)
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To: kendwell

Call your preferred customer service phone number.


14 posted on 03/06/2009 10:27:27 AM PST by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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UPS has picked up at my facility every day this week although they’ve been late every day as well. We close at 5 and expect them to be here by 4:30 but have had to wait until nearly 6 every day this week.


15 posted on 03/06/2009 10:32:40 AM PST by pgkdan
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An interesting difference between FDX and UPS is that all the FDX ground trucks are contractors. FDX can shed costs really quickly in their freight and ground operations.

We ship stuff by the truckload on FDX all over the world; we have not noticed any drop in service.

I have no first hand experience with residential service of late.


16 posted on 03/06/2009 10:34:58 AM PST by IamConservative (I'll keep my money. You keep the change.)
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Take it from one who knows, you're better off to take the package to a UPS Store.

It's not uncommon for UPS to not show up, especially if you don't have an account with them.

18 posted on 03/06/2009 10:36:48 AM PST by Las Vegas Ron (FUBO, he says we should listen to our enemies, but not to Rush)
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Call 800-742-5877. Press 0 at each prompt, ignoring messages, and you will get a live person to talk to.


20 posted on 03/06/2009 10:44:26 AM PST by RedWhiteBlue
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According to a UPS driver I talked to yesterday, city deliveries are way down. Rural deliveries are still holding up.


22 posted on 03/06/2009 11:16:10 AM PST by meatloaf
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United States Postal Service will pick up daily. Ahem...their rates are cheaper, too. In fact they’re quite a bargain.


23 posted on 03/06/2009 11:22:45 AM PST by hershey
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They should change their number to from 1-800 Pick UPS to 1-800 0 PICK UP.


25 posted on 03/06/2009 12:02:24 PM PST by evilC
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There was a UPS package in my Boston office that needed to go to New Hampshire. I just went ahead and drove it up there myself. If everybody took the kind of initiative that I took, we wouldn’t have these issues.


26 posted on 03/06/2009 12:49:05 PM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 72 days from outliving Andre the Giant)
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To: kendwell

No problems here. UPS delivering and picking up (residential service). Are you scheduling online or over the telephone?


29 posted on 03/07/2009 2:31:47 PM PST by JustaDumbBlonde (America: Home of the Free Because of the Brave)
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