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Re: US Postal rates to increase this July
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Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:39:53 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shipping, John Radtke writes:
> A post office employee told me back before the holidays already that if the
> proposed rate changes went through they would put themselves right out of
> the Priority Mail business. Not a good sign when your own workers can't
> find something good to say....
Well, first of all, I've found that the people that complain most about a
business are the people that work there, so that's not necesarily an extra
bad sign. Anyway, I didn't know, so I looked for the definitions of the
zones. I found this on page 2 of
http://pe.usps.gov/cpim/ftp/manuals/dmm/G030.pdf
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Local zone: "The local zone applies to mail deposited at any post office for
delivery to addresses within the delivery area of that post office." ...
Non-local zones:
"Zone 1 includes all territory within the quadrangle in conjunction with
every contiguous quadrangle, representing an area with a mean radial
distance of about 50 miles from the center of a given unit of area. The zone
1 rate applies to parcels mailed between two post offices in the same
3-digit ZIP Code area of dispatch."
Zone 2 is outside of zone 1 up to about 150 miles
Zone 3 is outside of zone 2 up to about 300 miles
Zone 4 is outside of zone 3 up to about 600 miles
Zone 5 is outside of zone 4 up to about 1000 miles
Zone 6 is outside of zone 5 up to about 1400 miles
Zone 7 is outside of zone 6 up to about 1800 miles
Zone 8 is anything outside of zone 7.
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UPS, FedEx and the USPS all have online calculators, so let's experiment!
I'll compare the cost to mail a package from my house (Lexington, KY) to say
Phoenix, AZ (Zone 7) via UPS, FedEx, and the USPS. I'll ship in my own box,
at the customer counters. Results will vary for other options or zones.
Carrier Delivery Cost Weight
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USPS Parcel Post ~7 days $3.45 1 pound
USPS Priority Mail ~2 days $3.50 1 pound
USPS New Rate PP ~7 days $3.75 1 pound
USPS New Rate PM ~2 days $3.85 1 pound
UPS Ground ~4 days $6.58 1 pound
FedEx Ground ~4 days $3.91 1 pound
FedEx Home Delivery ~4 days $5.01 1 pound
USPS Parcel Post ~7 days $3.45 2 pounds
USPS Priority Mail ~2 days $3.95 2 pounds
USPS New Rate PP ~7 days $4.49 2 pounds
USPS New Rate PM ~2 days $5.40 2 pounds
UPS Ground ~4 days $7.29 2 pounds
FedEx Ground ~4 days $4.40 2 pounds
FedEx Home Delivery ~4 days $5.51 2 pounds
USPS Parcel Post ~7 days $4.81 3 pounds
USPS Priority Mail ~2 days $5.20 3 pounds
USPS New Rate PP ~7 days $5.77 3 pounds
USPS New Rate PM ~2 days $7.85 3 pounds
UPS Ground ~4 days $7.74 3 pounds
FedEx Ground ~4 days $4.74 3 pounds
FedEx Home Delivery ~4 days $5.85 3 pounds
USPS Parcel Post ~7 days $6.00 4 pounds
USPS Priority Mail ~2 days $6.45 4 pounds
USPS New Rate PP ~7 days $7.20 4 pounds
USPS New Rate PM ~2 days $9.45 4 pounds
UPS Ground ~4 days $8.14 4 pounds
FedEx Ground ~4 days $5.03 4 pounds
FedEx Home Delivery ~4 days $6.13 4 pounds
USPS Parcel Post ~7 days $7.20 5 pounds
USPS Priority Mail ~2 days $7.20 5 pounds
USPS New Rate PP ~7 days $8.64 5 pounds
USPS New Rate PM ~2 days $11.00 5 pounds
UPS Ground ~4 days $8.54 5 pounds
FedEx Ground ~4 days $5.30 5 pounds
FedEx Home Delivery ~4 days $6.40 5 pounds
Rates are from From http://postcalc.usps.gov/
http://wwwapps.ups.com/servlet/QCCServler
http://jcapps.dmz.fedex.com/servlet/RateFinderServlet
http://www.usps.com/ratecase/html_rates/R700.htm
So, it looks like the Post Office is just increasing rates to match the
competition. I've always wondered why they charged so little for the same
or better service as UPS and FedEx (ground, not express.)
Ben Roller
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| In lugnet.market.shipping, Ben Roller writes: (snip) (...) Yep. Also keep in mind that the USPS has far more mailing points than either FedEx or UPS (counting counters here, not drop boxes). My 'local' UPS mailing options (less than 70 miles r/t) (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| (...) A post office employee told me back before the holidays already that if the proposed rate changes went through they would put themselves right out of the Priority Mail business. Not a good sign when your own workers can't find something good (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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