Originally Posted by
Biggs
DHL will pull out. What needs to be delivered will be run through UPS, IE to and from the USA and domestically by UPS and USPS to dometic operations. I don't think you will see a great windfall to UPS. I will predict those 13 DC'8s they said they will pull out of the desert will not happen.
It's all over but the cryin' for DHL America.
They stormed into the USA with plans to kick UPS and FEDEX in the rear, but in the end, DHL got their butt handed to them.
I still remember the arrogant DHL commercials.
Little did they realize that you cannot go so cheap on the ground delivery side, where customers will literally be scared away by the presence of a tattooed hooligan standing on their porch - which is pretty much the standard DHL driver. Also, let's be honest, DHL deliveries are unreliable.
Everybody likes the clean cut UPS driver though. They are a great face for the company. UPS understands that. DPWN doesn't.