Fed Ex must be desperate!

[Frog]

I just received news that Fed Ex will no longer deliver to a shipping address at a facility owned by a competitor!
Small businesses using shipping addresses like those at UPS stores (which used to be Mail Boxes Etc.) can no longer deal with suppliers who use Fed Ex exclusively!
I never heard of such a thing!
So, how will this help their financial position?

[royster13]

Fedex "rocks" versus UPS.....My experience anyway....I have had a number of suppliers switch large volumes of business to Fedex without missing a beat.....

My stadium cup supplier is now 2 days away with Fedex versus 4 with UPS.....My fridge magnet supplier 3 days with Fedex versus 4 with UPS.....And Fedex delivers Monday to Saturday to my US address....

And Fedex revenue has grown quite nicely over the past 10 years.....And that Amazon has started using them, I think this trend will get even better.....

[Frog]

Fedex "rocks" versus UPS.....My experience anyway....I have had a number of suppliers switch large volumes of business to Fedex without missing a beat.....

My stadium cup supplier is now 2 days away with Fedex versus 4 with UPS.....My fridge magnet supplier 3 days with Fedex versus 4 with UPS.....And Fedex delivers Monday to Saturday to my US address....

But none of that addresses this issue. I don't know about Canada, but in this country, many individuals as well as small home-based businesses take delivery at a commercial address rather than their homes, either for optics, or convenience. How does forcing folks to find suppliers who ship with companies other than Fed Ex help their bottom line?

[royster13]

I guess my comments were not really on point.....I do that sometimes.....LOL...

Every decision we make in business comes with risks....Fedex must have thought it was a good idea.....And they would know exactly how much volume they deliver to UPS stores....To them it may have been quite an insignificant amount...But time will tell I guess....

[Frog]

I would have thought that a location that allows multiple deliveries for multiple clients in one shot is very desirable. But what do I know?
I sincerely hope that it's not just part of the seemingly growing trend here of nastiness, and general animus and lack of cooperation from opposing sides.
If so, many things could get painful. Access to broadband on the internet comes to mind.

[royster13]

But maybe never any pickups as I can not imagine UPS would allow shipments with other couriers......

[Frog]

But maybe never any pickups as I can not imagine UPS would allow shipments with other couriers......

Nope, on that point you are correct sir, but of course, with the average residential delivery, there is also no pick up.
They made their money already on the front end. Probably wouldn't be the same truck anyway, would it?
After looking into this a bit more, it is still not completely certain as to whether this is merely driver discretion or official policy (though it seems now to be so).
Interestingly, on the internet, there are spotty reports of this for the last few years.
For me, though the news was shocking as just a week or so ago, we had just received a similar item, a dog bed, via Fed Ex, from the same seller, Chewy.

[Scobey Peterman]

So what you are saying is that Fed Ex will not deliver to a USP store???

[DonR]

They should both watch out for Amazon!

[royster13]

They should both watch out for Amazon!

May not be much of an issue....UPS and FedEx want commercial addresses.....Amazon is going to mostly be a residential delivery service.....UPS and FedEx need the 2 way traffic....

[Frog]

So what you are saying is that Fed Ex will not deliver to a USP store???

Exactly! At least with our dog bed from Chewy on Friday (though the one we ordered two weeks ago had no problem).
It's tough to find out any official policy, as we got two different answers when we called Fed Ex.
However, when someone from Chewy called, that was what they were told.

[Frog]

Package dropped off today! Go figure!
Apparently, a lot hinges on the driver's state of mind (maybe the guy today got lucky last night, while the original guy didn't, LOL!)

[merchmonster]

I used to do work for Visa, and at the Visa campus they only accept Visa cards. Not that I was planning on breaking out the AMEX anyways, but it makes sense.

[Frog]

I used to do work for Visa, and at the Visa campus they only accept Visa cards. Not that I was planning on breaking out the AMEX anyways, but it makes sense.

key words "...at the Visa campus". Kinda' different scenario.
The people sending stuff to me had a contract with Fed Ex with no mention that certain addresses were off limits every now and then.

[Doug S]

I saw on tv the other morning that Amazon is wanting to hire individual delivery services.  You have to have $10,000 in free cash and buy 10 delivery vans eventually needing 20.  You also have to hire and provide benefits to the drivers.  I'm sure there are other requirements but that's what I caught on tv before the coffee kicked in.  That is really going to put a hurt on UPS and Fedex.

Here is the link:  https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/27/amazon-is-recruiting-entrepreneurs-to-start-delivery-networks.html