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To: Zevonismymuse

The reality of the fuel woes....will eventually convince half of us not to use overnight services and go back to the USPS. By the end of next year....it wouldn’t surprise me if FEDEX and UPS rates are double what they are today.


23 posted on 07/03/2008 1:25:33 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice

“By the end of next year....it wouldn’t surprise me if FEDEX and UPS rates are double what they are today”

And you might add that one of the two might be out of business or looking to merge with the other.

UPS is struggling with their Overnight Express acquistion—fuel costs and the subsequent declining shipping volumes.


35 posted on 07/03/2008 1:56:56 PM PDT by buckalfa (confused and bewildered)
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