BOSTON (CBS) — FedEx stores around the country are open on Christmas as the shipping company tries to make up for the fact that it couldn’t make all of its scheduled deliveries in time for the holiday. A few unhappy customers spent part of their Christmas morning at the local FedEx in South Boston, wanting […]
Fuel prices are plunging, but that hasn’t stopped FedEx and United Parcel Service from charging customers a fuel surcharge. The price of diesel is down 30% from a year ago, but UPS still charges customers a 5.25% fuel surcharge on top of whatever it would cost to ship a package. FedEx’s fuel surcharge is 4.25% […]
FedEx plans to raise its fuel surcharges for the second time this year, a move that’s rankling some of the company’s business customers, The Wall Street Journal reported this week. The increase, which takes effect Nov. 2, comes amid falling gas prices nationally. FedEx attributes the higher surcharge to heavier packages and a rise in […]
CHICAGO (WLS) –A delivery driver was caught on camera tossing wedding gifts at a Chicago home. The couple told ABC7 Eyewitness news the packages were delivered by FedEx. FedEx claims the U.S. postal service delivered the package, saying in a statement, “It appears, according to the attached shipping tracking scan, that the package was delivered […]
Response to OIG Blog Article from UPS on Mailbox Access In his recent Office of Inspector General blog article, “Rethinking Mailbox Access,” UPS executive Keith Kellison proposes giving other delivery companies access to your mailbox. If delivery companies want to discuss stuffing your mailbox with their packages, then that discussion needs to start with why […]
July 30, 2015 WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) and 24 original co-sponsors introduced the bipartisan USPS Shipping Equity Act. This bill which would end the Prohibition-era ban on U.S. Postal Service shipping of alcoholic beverages—including beer, wine, distilled spirits, and other alcoholic drinks—to consumers via mail. “Prohibition is history, and this […]
A $227 million settlement has been reached with more than 2,000 past and present FedEx workers in California who claimed the company misclassified them as independent contractors and then short-changed them on their wages and benefits. The agreed upon payment, which must still be approved by the Ninth U.S. Circuit of Appeals in San Francisco, […]
U.S. GAO Report– U.S. Postal Service: Improved Management Procedures Needed for Parcel Select Contracts Here are excerpts from the report: The package delivery market is growing and changing rapidly. In 2013, U.S. businesses and consumers reportedly spent more than $68 billion to ship packages domestically using the three largest national package delivery providers in the […]
April 7, 2015 – There’s no argument that the Grand Canyon is one of the most intriguing parts of the world, but very few know that tucked away in the area is a small tribe called the Havasupai tribe. Not only is this the smallest Indian nations in the United States, it’s also the only […]
After regulators blocked UPS’s bid for the Dutch company on antitrust grounds, FedEx has snapped it up for a lower price. The deal, which has already been agreed with TNT’s board, would make FedEx the third-largest delivery company in Europe after UPS and Deutsche Post AG DPSTF 0.66% , the owner of DHL. It could […]