re: Teamsters' UPS Trainwreck Incoming

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The local fed ex sales rep, whom I’ve never even met in 20 years of doing business, has been in my office three times in the last month.

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This person most likely has been in the territory for less than three years. Depending on your volume you may not have had a field rep aligned to you.

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He keeps telling me if we don’t pay up

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No, he didn’t. He’s going to offer you competitive rates comparable to what you have with UPS.

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up they won’t be able to guarantee we’ll be prioritized and no guarantee they’ll pick up our shipments after Aug 1st.

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Thousand percent true. Don’t be a moron and think you can shift capacity day of the strike.

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I didn’t care for the aggressive sales tactics and told him I’d find another shipping company as needed if he couldn’t help us

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Your option is UPS, FedEx, USPS and DHL Ecom outside of freight. Otherwise it’s just getting dumped back into the previous mentioned networks.

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I’ll take my arse down to USPS and ship stuff rather than frick with that a-hole

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Good luck with that.