Health & future of DHL America
09-26-2008, 06:08 AM
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Why would DHL cook their books to show a loss? Of what benefit is it to them to outsource all their air freight? Do you really think that their main purpose in this deal is to shed employees and contractors, while at the same time, giving the majority of their US business to a competitor? I certainly don't know or have the answers, but it seems to me that they are trying to maintain a market presence, while eliminating as much overhead as possible. Again, however, that's just the way I see it.
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09-26-2008, 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Jetjok
Why would DHL cook their books to show a loss? ...
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09-26-2008, 07:33 AM
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DHL netted a 6.2 BILLION DOLLAR profit in 2007. Dumb ASS Post reported a double digit growth for the second quarter this year. Do you think that they would have any of that with out the USA? NO!
This is just a numbers game. Companies can manipulate the figures any way they want to benefit their objectives. I am not saying their deal with UPS won’t go through; however, their reasons for doing this deal are all BS!!
This is just a numbers game. Companies can manipulate the figures any way they want to benefit their objectives. I am not saying their deal with UPS won’t go through; however, their reasons for doing this deal are all BS!!
10-03-2008, 01:21 PM
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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.
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.
10-04-2008, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by FR8K9
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.
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.
10-04-2008, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by nitefr8dog
While on a layover in LAX a couple of weeks ago, I saw a clean cut UPS driver dropping some packages at the mall. He had tatooes sticking out of both sleaves and up and down both legs, he had shorts on! I must say he looked like a hooligan!
10-04-2008, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by FR8K9
Um, yeah, you're going to win the debate about who has better and more professional drivers - UPS or DHL. HAHA! Yeah, right!
10-04-2008, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by AerisArmis
YGTBSM, arguing over the skill and appearance of truck drivers? What's next, "our boxes are made out of better cardboard than yours"!
Whether you agree with it or not, one of the reasons why DHL failed miserably in America is due to the appearance and reliability of the drivers.
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