David Hendley on wed 9 feb 00
Here's a heads-up for folks who use UPS to ship their work.
Starting Monday, UPS changed their policy for "oversized
packages". There are now two categories of oversized
packages. Under the new rate system, a package with a
combined girth and length measurement between 84 and
108 inches will be called "OS1" and will be charged the 30
pound rate or the actual weight, whichever is more.
A box that measures more than 108 inches, length plus
girth, will now be called "OS2" and will be charged the
actual weight or the 70 pound rate, whichever is greater.
This change will make a big difference if you ship wholesale
orders of pottery in large boxes with lots of packing material.
Some of the boxes I use, that used to go for the 30 pound
rate and weighed 25 to 30 pounds, would now be charged the
70 pound rate.
You can read the whole story at:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_exnews/20000207_xex_ups_rates_br.shtml
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David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
hendley@tyler.net
http://www.farmpots.com/
David McDonald on thu 10 feb 00
David,
Thanks for the bad news. Indeed, this is outrageous. For years now, I
have been packing things in boxes up to nearly the limit of what UPS will
take, just to insure that it would get there safely. My pieces are quite
large anyway. To go from charging the minimum 30 pound rate for these
large parcels, to 70 pounds now is to really stretch the bounds of greed.
This is just too much. If anyone can recommend another shipping service
please pass it on. I will not continue doing business with a company who
would pull something like this. At first I thought that there must be
some bad mistake here, but when I called UPS, they confirmed that it is
true. Give me a break! David McDonald
On Wed, 9 Feb 2000 14:12:50 EST David Hendley writes:
> ----------------------------Original
> message----------------------------
> Here's a heads-up for folks who use UPS to ship their work.
>
> Starting Monday, UPS changed their policy for "oversized
> packages". There are now two categories of oversized
> packages. Under the new rate system, a package with a
> combined girth and length measurement between 84 and
> 108 inches will be called "OS1" and will be charged the 30
> pound rate or the actual weight, whichever is more.
> A box that measures more than 108 inches, length plus
> girth, will now be called "OS2" and will be charged the
> actual weight or the 70 pound rate, whichever is greater.
>
> This change will make a big difference if you ship wholesale
> orders of pottery in large boxes with lots of packing material.
> Some of the boxes I use, that used to go for the 30 pound
> rate and weighed 25 to 30 pounds, would now be charged the
> 70 pound rate.
>
> You can read the whole story at:
>
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_exnews/20000207_xex_ups_rates_br.sht
ml
>
> -
> David Hendley
> Maydelle, Texas
> hendley@tyler.net
> http://www.farmpots.com/
David McDonald
Limberlost Pottery
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Prescott,AZ 86301
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Kathi LeSueur on fri 11 feb 00
The bad news is that UPS has no real competition. The good news is that FedEx
has bought RPS. If they are able to service package delivery customers with
the service that has made them the top choice in overnight mail then UPS
might start to look at service. But in the past RPS has matched UPS on every
rate increase. Until that changes there will be no competition the the
package delivery service. Perhaps and inquiry to our various attornies
general about price fixing is in order.
Kathi LeSueur
Janet Kaiser on fri 11 feb 00
I do not like to be pessimistic, but it is probably only the start... Now
e-commerce is really getting a hold, people are beginning to buy shares in
companies like UPS. So you will probably find all the big and well-known
carriers will gradually hike their prices to keep their shareholders happy.
It will only level out when the market suddenly finds there is
over-capacity. Maybe in two to three years time? How about using the US
Postal Service? Seems a pretty good service to me. No broken tiles to date
and they have travelled a lot further than shipping inside the US & Canada.
Janet Kaiser- touching wood and so on...
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-----Original Message-----
From: David McDonald
>David,
> Thanks for the bad news. Indeed, this is outrageous. For years now,
I
>have been packing things in boxes up to nearly the limit of what UPS will
>take, just to insure that it would get there safely. My pieces are quite
>large anyway. To go from charging the minimum 30 pound rate for these
>large parcels, to 70 pounds now is to really stretch the bounds of greed.
>This is just too much. If anyone can recommend another shipping service
>please pass it on. I will not continue doing business with a company who
>would pull something like this. At first I thought that there must be
>some bad mistake here, but when I called UPS, they confirmed that it is
>true. Give me a break! David McDonald
>> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Starting Monday, UPS changed their policy for "oversized
>> packages". There are now two categories of oversized
>> packages. Under the new rate system, a package with a
>> combined girth and length measurement between 84 and
>> 108 inches will be called "OS1" and will be charged the 30
>> pound rate or the actual weight, whichever is more.
>> A box that measures more than 108 inches, length plus
>> girth, will now be called "OS2" and will be charged the
>> actual weight or the 70 pound rate, whichever is greater.
>>
>> This change will make a big difference if you ship wholesale
>> orders of pottery in large boxes with lots of packing material.
>> Some of the boxes I use, that used to go for the 30 pound
>> rate and weighed 25 to 30 pounds, would now be charged the
>> 70 pound rate.
>>
>> You can read the whole story at:
>>
>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_exnews/20000207_xex_ups_rates_br.sht
>ml
>>
>> David Hendley
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