....Since you are a UPS customer, we want to give you advance notice of
new UPS rates that will take effect January 2, 2006. You can click here
by December 12, 2005 to request a reminder e-mail when the new rates go
into effect and the 2006 UPS Rate and Service Guide is available on
ups.com®.

UPS published On-Demand Rates* will change as follows: Commercial Ground
will increase 3.9%, and UPS Air and International Services will increase
5.5%....Adjustments will be made to accessorial charges in 2006. The
residential surcharge for UPS Ground will increase by $0.25. The
residential surcharge for UPS Air Services and UPS 3 Day SelectSM will
increase by $0.35. The Additional Handling charge and the charge for
Collect on Delivery (C.O.D.) service will increase by $1 per package.
UPS Delivery Confirmation and Signature Required services will increase
by $0.25 per package, and Adult Signature Required service will increase
by $0.50.

On December 1, 2005, you may view all On-Demand Rates and accessorial
charges for 2006 at ondemandrates.ups.com. Updated service and rate
information, as well as a downloadable copy of the 2006 UPS Rate and
Service Guide, will be available on ups.com on January 2, 2006.
Thank you for the business you entrust to UPS....

David Stinson wrote:

...Since you are a UPS customer, we want to give you advance notice of
new UPS rates that will take effect January 2, 2006. You can click here
by December 12, 2005 to request a reminder e-mail when the new rates go
into effect and the 2006 UPS Rate and Service Guide is available on
ups.com®.

They're just doing that to keep up with the USPS rate increase because
they have the opportunity to get away with it

-Bill

Bill wrote:
David Stinson wrote:

...Since you are a UPS customer, we want to give you advance notice of
new UPS rates that will take effect January 2, 2006. You can click
here by December 12, 2005 to request a reminder e-mail when the new
rates go into effect and the 2006 UPS Rate and Service Guide is
available on ups.com®.


They're just doing that to keep up with the USPS rate increase because
they have the opportunity to get away with it

-Bill


Actually by law UPS and its competitors must charge three (3) times what
the Post Office charges for its priority packages and letters. UPS would
love to reduce its rates. It would mean more business for them.

Dave N

"David G. Nagel" wrote in message
...
Bill wrote:
David Stinson wrote:

...Since you are a UPS customer, we want to give you advance notice of
new UPS rates that will take effect January 2, 2006. You can click here
by December 12, 2005 to request a reminder e-mail when the new rates go
into effect and the 2006 UPS Rate and Service Guide is available on
ups.com®.


They're just doing that to keep up with the USPS rate increase because
they have the opportunity to get away with it

-Bill


Actually by law UPS and its competitors must charge three (3) times what
the Post Office charges for its priority packages and letters. UPS would
love to reduce its rates. It would mean more business for them.



I'd like to see that in writing. For domestic shipping, FedEx is often
cheaper than USPS (I don't have the option of using FedEx or UPS, since I'm
at a military APO). The upside of this is, if I DID use FedEx for US
shipping, it would cost me over $200 for a 20lb parcel.. but USPS charges
only for shipping from San Francisco to any point stateside.

anyone ever expect to get a notice of rates going down?

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:18:45 -0400, Bill wrote:

David Stinson wrote:

...Since you are a UPS customer, we want to give you advance notice of
new UPS rates that will take effect January 2, 2006. You can click here
by December 12, 2005 to request a reminder e-mail when the new rates go
into effect and the 2006 UPS Rate and Service Guide is available on
ups.com®.

They're just doing that to keep up with the USPS rate increase because
they have the opportunity to get away with it

-Bill

I think they're just trying to deal with higher fuel prices. One of my
regional delivery services, Lone Star Overnight, now adds a "Fuel
Surcharge" to all deliveries. It's about $1.50 to $2.00 for a run of
about 180 miles.

Bob
k5qwg

On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 02:27:30 GMT, Bob Miller
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:18:45 -0400, Bill wrote:

David Stinson wrote:

...Since you are a UPS customer, we want to give you advance notice of
new UPS rates that will take effect January 2, 2006. You can click here
by December 12, 2005 to request a reminder e-mail when the new rates go
into effect and the 2006 UPS Rate and Service Guide is available on
ups.com®.

They're just doing that to keep up with the USPS rate increase because
they have the opportunity to get away with it

-Bill

I think they're just trying to deal with higher fuel prices. One of my
regional delivery services, Lone Star Overnight, now adds a "Fuel
Surcharge" to all deliveries. It's about $1.50 to $2.00 for a run of
about 180 miles.

Bob
k5qwg




It's the same in other industries too. We received a rate increase
from our power company because of fuel costs.

How cool. Now they can charge more for ruining more antique radios.
FedEx for me.