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Holiday disaster looms as UPS, FedEx overloaded after online shopping soars
businessinsider.com ^ | Dec. 11, 2015 | Hayley Peterson

Posted on 12/12/2015 9:12:24 AM PST by PROCON


An unexpected surge in online purchases is putting pressure on UPS and FedEx to get packages out on time this holiday season, and that could result in extra costs for retailers.

Retailers like Target broke online-sales records on Thanksgiving Day and the following Monday this year after luring shoppers with discounts.

Broadly, online sales from the long weekend totaled $11 billion this year, according to Adobe Digital Index.

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E-Tail is becoming much more convenient, avoids the crowded malls.

Hmm, do fears of terrorism by the religion of peace play a role?


1 posted on 12/12/2015 9:12:24 AM PST by PROCON
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I had a feeling this was going to happen, so I finished my online purchases before Thanksgiving.


2 posted on 12/12/2015 9:14:43 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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Hmm, do fears of terrorism by the religion of peace play a role?

Somewhat. but there are other factors.

Someone dented my car in a crowded parking lot last week and just drove off. That doesn't happen when I shop at Amazon.

3 posted on 12/12/2015 9:16:32 AM PST by CurlyDave
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To: PROCON

Cyber Monday shopping makes more sense than standing in line on Black Friday for a limited number of deal busters.


4 posted on 12/12/2015 9:17:05 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lor)
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I got my UPS package the other day from a Ryder Van. Guess they are contracting out for more vehicles.


5 posted on 12/12/2015 9:20:12 AM PST by Bruce Kurtz
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I think I’ve gotten everything I ordered (I think, I’ll know for sure when I open boxes today or tomorrow.)

I must praise LL Bean I ordered something from them on Tuesday and it arrive on Thursday. And I think their shipping is always free.


6 posted on 12/12/2015 9:20:40 AM PST by jocon307
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Please....it’s not just UPS/FEDEX that are overloaded during the holidays.

ALL of us in the delivery business take a beating during Thanksgiving - Christmas Rush.

I work for a soft drink company and we are SO SHORT CDL drivers that many of us are ‘working OFF the books’....

I hope DOT doesn’t read this...


7 posted on 12/12/2015 9:23:04 AM PST by Willie From Austin
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There is a brand new Amazon distribution center in Windsor, CT. They just fired 200 employees 2 days ago.

Workers are sent home for lack of work regularly, b/c the automated, robotic equipment is breaking down.


8 posted on 12/12/2015 9:25:43 AM PST by Daffynition (*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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To: Bruce Kurtz

I just saw on the news this morning that UPS and FedEx are rentimg Ryder and U-Haul vans.


9 posted on 12/12/2015 9:26:01 AM PST by real saxophonist (YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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To: PROCON

UPS are using U-Hauls to deliver in our area because of demand.


10 posted on 12/12/2015 9:26:37 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm fed up.)
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To: PROCON
DOOMED!

Click the pic!

11 posted on 12/12/2015 9:27:05 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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Nah...they’re secretly outsourcing to drivers in Indian distribution centers.


12 posted on 12/12/2015 9:28:24 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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FWIW, We (UPS) - ARE NOT - overloaded, just busy ! fed-exx however, has been in over it’s head since day one. Little to no infrastructure. They are getting better in that area though. They just needed to understand that you have to spend a few bucks to make money. They are gonna build a new “hub” near/in Concord, NC next year I believe. It will serve them well.

MERRY CHRISTMAS !

Snoot ;o)


13 posted on 12/12/2015 9:29:47 AM PST by snooter55 (People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do)
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>>Workers are sent home for lack of work regularly, b/c the automated, robotic equipment is breaking down.

This is why I have worked in the Industrial Automation field for 25 years. Employers just keep getting more and more desperate as my generation retires and no one steps up to learn to maintain automated machinery. I’ve been a supervisor of technicians for a while now, but I keep my skills sharp because there are days when you just don’t have enough techs to go around.


14 posted on 12/12/2015 9:30:00 AM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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The article didn’t seem to address air freight delivery rates, only ground delivery rates.

For last week’s deliveries, it says FedEx fell from 97 percent last year to 95 percent this year, and UPS fell from 97 percent to 91 percent this year.


15 posted on 12/12/2015 9:30:40 AM PST by zipper (In their heart of hearts, all Democrats are communists)
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I used to love poking around book stores to find new authors or obscure books on odd subjects. But book stores only carry the latest best sellers and lots of games.

If I find a series that I want to try they rarely carry anything but the most recent book.

So I shop on-line.

16 posted on 12/12/2015 9:30:53 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

cute :-)


17 posted on 12/12/2015 9:31:56 AM PST by PROCON (It's not islamophobia, it's islamonausea)
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so I finished my online purchases before Thanksgiving.

Me to, and I'm still waiting on the delivery of the package.

18 posted on 12/12/2015 9:33:34 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The work/packaging are being sent to other dist. centers in Seattle and TX, PA, VA, TN to move them along. I’m talking *fulfillment* centers....not delivery. They are losing money big time.


19 posted on 12/12/2015 9:34:11 AM PST by Daffynition (*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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To: Bryanw92

I understand Amazon owns the company that makes the robotic equipment. Perhaps that’s where their problem is.


20 posted on 12/12/2015 9:36:14 AM PST by Daffynition (*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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