It’s great!
They’ve done this for a while with PO boxes, where DHL flies it overnight and then hands it to the local Post Office.
Now they look like they are using that method to offload some of the last mile in less popular areas....why keep a driver to replicate a route that the USPS already pays for in areas where DHL may only have a few packages a day?
Completely agree, but that isn’t what this article is about. The issue here is the sudden closing of thousands of zip codes.....thousands, who knows how many more. In my case, packages sat in fresno for about five days before they even drove them over to the post office. Or at least that is the story DHL is apparently telling their vendors.
If people are going to use DHL they should be aware they might be using the US mail on half the trip, doubling the transit time. Apparently the SOP now is trucks dupm packages in a center and they sit until someone sorts it and decides to take them to the post office.....IMO UPS stock looks pretty good right now.
This handing off business has been going on with all the shippers. First of all there have been times when FedEx has given our local post office the privilege of delivering their package.
I sent a package UPS to a family member in another state. I arrived before the package and was surprised to be there when it was delivered by FedEx.