kapkomet Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 Postal rates are going up 2 cents on January 8, 2006. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 Why not just make it 40 cents and save another rate increase proposal in a year? To be honest with the increase in gas prices I am surprised they aren't looking for a bigger jump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 I love the post office. I think they're so efficient and charge a very reasonable price (even with the increase). That's all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted November 15, 2005 Author Share Posted November 15, 2005 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 15, 2005 -> 04:44 PM) Why not just make it 40 cents and save another rate increase proposal in a year? To be honest with the increase in gas prices I am surprised they aren't looking for a bigger jump. The post office was making a mint off the .37 cents for a while. They did a lot of re-bidding moving the postal mail around, cut costs, and fuel wasn't an issue really until about 15-18 months ago. In case you didn't know it, Fed-Ex moves most of the mail around now. I'm VERY familiar how all that went down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 QUOTE(kapkomet @ Nov 15, 2005 -> 10:49 AM) In case you didn't know it, Fed-Ex moves most of the mail around now. I'm VERY familiar how all that went down. So are we.. and they made a gazillion bucks off that deal.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted November 15, 2005 Author Share Posted November 15, 2005 QUOTE(Steff @ Nov 15, 2005 -> 04:54 PM) So are we.. and they made a gazillion bucks off that deal.. No s*** they did. Fed-ex fleeced the post office. And fleeced damn near every freight airline and HASP network in the country. Monopoloistic bastards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 QUOTE(kapkomet @ Nov 15, 2005 -> 10:56 AM) No s*** they did. Fed-ex fleeced the post office. And fleeced damn near every freight airline and HASP network in the country. Monopoloistic bastards. Out of the blue a few years ago they tried to bid on our LVP line.. basically small home delivery items. A small % of what they do now, at the time we were doing about 3+ million more a month then them exclusively.. Thankfully the CEO told them to get lost. They would have ruined it completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 QUOTE(kapkomet @ Nov 15, 2005 -> 11:49 AM) The post office was making a mint off the .37 cents for a while. They did a lot of re-bidding moving the postal mail around, cut costs, and fuel wasn't an issue really until about 15-18 months ago. In case you didn't know it, Fed-Ex moves most of the mail around now. I'm VERY familiar how all that went down. Yeah, IIRC they got the last increase after 9-11 and Anthrax stuff right? Fuel has got to be their big cost now, and I doubt they are effecient enough to actually hedge their costs like some of the airlines do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted November 15, 2005 Author Share Posted November 15, 2005 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 15, 2005 -> 05:45 PM) Yeah, IIRC they got the last increase after 9-11 and Anthrax stuff right? Fuel has got to be their big cost now, and I doubt they are effecient enough to actually hedge their costs like some of the airlines do. Now, now... Read the thread again... who moves the mail? FED-EX. And yep, they hedge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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