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Lionel,
As an ex-employee of one of the companies you mentioned, I feel
knowledgeable enough to reply. One thing the shipping public does
not know is that these 2 behemoths (UPS & FedEx) get only 7 to
12.5 % of their shipping and delivery revenues from shipping to
individuals. UPS leads FedEx in the shipping to individual market by
about 5% of revenues.
The true bulk of this shipping profit comes from corporate,
industrial, and governmental bulk shipping contracts. In time of war,
FedEx's planes have even been used by the armed services (as in the
Persian Gulf War).
For this reason, individual prices from UPS and FedEx will only rise
rather than drop as the profit for the companies is not in individual
service.
It is said that the cost of maintaining individual service is so high that
the
founder of FedEx seriously thought about just abandoning that segment of
the market to UPS several years ago.
Until you've visited a routing hub of one of these companies and watched
their routing sort you really can't appreciate the bulk volumes of this
non-individual cargo.
In the US for this reason (and given that the Post Office now has web-based
routing information available) the Post Office can handle next day and 2-day
delivery on par with both UPS and FedEx for individuals at a lesser price
than
either of the other two.
Hope this helps! ....................... John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lionel Issen" <lissen@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: Market Gurus (William Gann)
> Even in the US this is the case. I find that US Postal Service is cheaper
> and almost always faster than UPS or Fed Ex.
> Lionel Issen
> lissen@xxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Irwin" <Bill-Irwin@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 1:31 PM
> Subject: RE: Market Gurus (William Gann)
>
>
> > I've found many companies that charge more to courier something than I
> know
> > the courier charges. For shipments into Canada you'll also get hit with
a
> > brokerage fee, in addition to the GST & PST taxes on the Canadian dollar
> > value. I've seen this brokerage fee be CDN$27 to clear an item that's
> > valued at US$30! This has got to be one of the biggest rip-offs I've
ever
> > seen because the couriers use a computer to print a customs declaration
> form
> > that states what the goods are and their value. They charge $27 for 3
> > minutes (if that) of someone's time. That works out to $540/hour!
> >
> > Whenever I can I get shippers to send by USPS (postal service) and they
> fill
> > out the little green sticker on the box to declare the value and I only
> pay
> > the taxes, but not a brokerage fee. No wonder the couriers can make so
> much
> > money and grow so large!
> >
> > Out of interest, my son complained loudly to UPS and finally got a
> "one-time
> > only" refund of this $27. Their only justification for this fee is to
> state
> > that they're competitive with other couriers. That just means they all
> are
> > milking this cash cow!
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of michael
> > > Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 6:29 AM
> > > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: Market Gurus (William Gann)
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm not suspicous if it is going International... If you are
> > > suspicous,
> > > you've probably never shipped software internationally by
> > > FedX, DHL, or UPS.
> > >
> > > Michael
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of neo
> > > Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 1:42 PM
> > > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: Market Gurus (William Gann)
> > >
> > >
> > > >>>Addendum
> > > I'm very suspicious of any outfit that charges fifty bucks
> > > for shipping and
> > > handling. What are they going to do come to my house and deliver it in
> > > person?<<<
> > >
> > > Who does this? It is hard to believe.
> > >
> > > neo
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of SGT099@xxxxxxx
> > > Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 11:57 AM
> > > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: Market Gurus (William Gann)
> > >
> > >
> > > Addendum
> > > I'm very suspicious of any outfit that charges fifty bucks
> > > for shipping and
> > > handling. What are they going to do come to my house and deliver it in
> > > person?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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