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FedEx delivery network is 'on brink of
COLLAPSE' because rising costs have pushed
contractors to brink of bankruptcy, owner
of delivery truck fleet warns

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Posted By: Ribicon, 9/3/2022 11:03:42 AM

FedEx Ground's delivery system is at risk of complete collapse as the local contractors it relies upon face rising costs and without any sign that their compensation will go up any time soon. The FedEx Ground network relies upon local delivery companies to make the package and parcel dropoffs on behalf of the $54 billion multinational conglomerate.(Snip)FedEx Ground works by utilizing the services of around 6,000 small businesses that are under contract with the company in order to make doorstep deliveries. Patton, who controls a fleet of 275 delivery trucks and has 225 employees across 10 states on his books is looking for a raise of 50-cent per stop

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You will absorb the rising costs imposed on you by government-caused inflation, and you will like it.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: MickTurn 9/3/2022 11:13:14 AM (No. 1267326)
Force FedX to accept new terms...or you cancel FedX.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: bpl40 9/3/2022 11:21:32 AM (No. 1267344)
Can't even say unintended consequences. Seems like this was all planned and is playing out.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: snowoutlaw 9/3/2022 11:30:49 AM (No. 1267356)
They need to switch to e-trucks but don't charge them from the grid, says fjb.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Twinkle93 9/3/2022 11:31:08 AM (No. 1267357)
Amazon has the same type contractor delivery system.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: formerNYer 9/3/2022 11:36:41 AM (No. 1267368)
they need more electric vehicles.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: billa57 9/3/2022 11:39:51 AM (No. 1267374)
Looks like inflation is just getting started, contrary to the MSM stories claiming 'the worst of inflation is over!'.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: bad-hair 9/3/2022 11:46:26 AM (No. 1267387)
Go FedEx These people they employ helped me out of a big pickle. FedEx your employees are the best.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: snakeoil 9/3/2022 11:48:33 AM (No. 1267389)
UPS can still be counted on to deliver your packages to your neighbor.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Birddog 9/3/2022 12:14:36 PM (No. 1267416)
Amazon announced yesterday they are closing and/or canceling new builds on over 40 warehouse facilities.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: hershey 9/3/2022 12:23:22 PM (No. 1267425)
Not a big surprise to me...I've dumped FedEX and ask those sending me parcels to not use them...twice in the past two months I've had problems...twice, when following the delivery on the web, 'they' stated a parcel was undeliverable because they couldn't find the house (it's only been here 30 years) or the occupant wasn't available...and I had been sitting at home waiting...their website says they leave a yellow notice if they can't deliver...NEVER got a notice...finally had to divert one package to a local Pharmacy drop box...they found that ok...strange thing is I occasionally see a FedEx truck on our road...
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Reply 11 - Posted by: DVC 9/3/2022 1:40:31 PM (No. 1267490)
When energy costs suddenly double, you can't fly aircraft or drive trucks for the old rates. FJB has destroyed wide swaths of our economy with the INTENTIONAL energy shortages and price increases.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Troutgreen 9/3/2022 2:31:11 PM (No. 1267516)
Guess we'll have to use USPS, won't we?
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Proud Texan 9/3/2022 2:58:44 PM (No. 1267525)
I have had great service from FedEx until an incident the first week of August. All of a sudden the address I have been using for 20 years was not a "good address." The thing was, it also happened with UPS and a freight carrier the same week. I the companies that run the maps are screwing this up on a regular basis, this will cause a lot more problems for all if us in the future. One funny thing about it, one of the GPS guides sent them to the county jail. The best thing about FedEx is being nonunion and the only real competition UPS has.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: hooter 9/3/2022 3:00:21 PM (No. 1267527)
If FedEx ground fails expect UPS prices to soar without them trying to maintain competitive pricing.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Blizzard 9/3/2022 3:23:42 PM (No. 1267531)
I had a FraudEx driver steal my PS5 that was supposed to be delivered last week. Sony sent 2 boxes (PS5 & extra controller). The PS5 needed to be signed for, the controller didn't. So what happened? They handed my wife the controller box and had her sign for the PS5, and they kept the PS5. I wasnt home to accept the delivery, so she didnt know better to ask where box 2 was. Luckily Sony blocked that PS5's serial number and sent me a replacement. Google FedEx stealing PS5's and you'll see lots of articles/videos.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: DVC 9/3/2022 4:04:20 PM (No. 1267545)
Re #15, what exactly is a "PS5"?
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Reply 17 - Posted by: snowoutlaw 9/3/2022 5:20:51 PM (No. 1267606)
#15 they have to make up for their rising costs somehow, your play station seems like a good way since Sony covered it. Just kidding of course.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: franq 9/3/2022 5:43:03 PM (No. 1267621)
PS, I'm guessing Play Station. I have Fed Ex to thank for my free keyboard... Bought it online and they packaged it poorly. Arrived with both console ends destroyed. Fortunately my old one was the same type, so I scavenged the parts. They refunded purchase price and shipping. The shipping alone was $195.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: 3XALADY 9/3/2022 6:51:30 PM (No. 1267666)
Not the same but I am about to get out of the crafter business. Was trying to order cotton webbing. Shipping was more than the few yards of webbing I needed. And that's not the first order I cancelled because of exorbitant shipping costs.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: stablemoney 9/3/2022 7:15:35 PM (No. 1267677)
Fedex uses thousands of independent delivery carriers. I don't think everybody in the network is going bankrupt, or that some parties speak for all of them.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: mifla 9/4/2022 8:51:59 AM (No. 1268059)
They should stop delivering to blue states.
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