The convenience of ordering items online is quite difficult to underestimate in our twenty-first century are entirely busy people. Especially holiday time, when deadlines, just like nerves, «burn», there’s no time even for coffee, what to speak of shopping for gifts.
However, at such a time, especially before the Christmas holidays, Black Friday and cyber Monday, a number of online shopping is so big that even the world’s largest American company of Express delivery United Parcel Service (UPS) can not cope with the influx of orders.
It is worth mentioning that on average, the company delivers nearly 19 million packages every day. During the holiday season, this number increases to level above 30 million. In this case, UPS Airlines fleet is «only» 237 aircraft and more than 300 thousand employees in the USA, but, apparently, in the busy days of the company «manpower». And wings.
For this reason, the leadership of UPS has decided to charge an additional fee from retailers for the delivery of parcels for two weeks starting from 19 November and 2 December 2017, and from 17 to 23 December. In turn, retailers can pass these additional costs on to buyers, raising the prices of delivery or increasing the cost of the goods.
Thus the company will try to reduce the quality and, most importantly, execution speed of its services to its customers in time to put the presents under the Christmas tree or have time to exchange unsuitable items, bought in a hurry because of the big discount the Day after thanksgiving.
As for the cost of premiums, during the aforementioned period for delivery of overhead will have to pay $0.27, for delivery the next day – $0.81, and for the delivery of the types of UPS 2nd Day Air and UPS 3 Day Select – $0.97.
Customers will have two weeks delay, to pay these additional amounts. This condition, like all the current prices and the same for all States, including Alaska and Hawaii.
The increase in the cost of delivery will allow UPS to use additional air and ground cargo transportation, rent, temporary warehouses, as well as to attract additional staff – sorters and couriers.
However, the allowance is not charged for each parcel. Changes would only apply to large parcels and those whose weight exceeds the maximum limit. In addition, you will have to pay for the goods to be delivered to homes.
What is the way out of the situation, especially if the number of orders innocent at first glance, the amount of overhead can be rounded to a very significant for a purse as the average consumer and the retailer? Several of them.
First, the buyer of goods in online shop you can order the parcel to the house and to the warehouse or to the store retailerwhere already pick up yourself.
Secondly, to prepare the sleigh in summer, of course, if you can predict what gift bought strongly in advance, it is still relevant to Christmas.
And third, to turn to other companies for the delivery, unless, of course, they won’t adopt experience of the UPS.
