Shippers such as Paper.com continue to shake our heads over recent increases in carrier fees. The big Three – UPS (Paper.com’s
exclusive shipper) Federal Express, and DHL have all announced an increase of 10% for this year. This year the USPS will also increase their rates.
Three major reason for these increases-
1-Cost of Carriers operations – primarily fuel costs
2-Competition – (or lack of) With only three major options – the industry acts like a monopoly - they all appear to increase rates in step.
I note, regional alternatives have poor tracking and diligence reveals excessive damage.
3-Demand – With the success of Internet companies such as Paper.com, this new shipping demand has kept business booming and offers limited motivation for the carriers to discount prices.
We at Paper.com constantly review shipping costs to offer the most competitive rates to our end users.
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