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One happy camper...
A chance review of the Wall Street Journal front page late last week made me aware (surprise!) of imminent changes in the pricing structure for UPS and FedEx packages. FedEx, it turns out, called on Friday to tell me that the proposed changes in pricing were being put on hold.
That left UPS.
Pricing how much it costs to send a package is getting ever more complicated as carriers make ever finer distinctions in service. Up until now, for example, "next-day" service was the same price whether the delivery was being made to a residence or a business. As of tomorrow, the price will go up $1.10 for deliveries to residences, which are defined to include businesses operating out of residences.
I thought I was faced with having to deal with about a half dozen new schedules, ranging form Next Day to Ground service, where each schedule involved changing anywhere from 500 to 1500 prices. Fortunately, I managed to scrounge my way around the UPS web site until I found a zip file containing what I needed.
I even figured out how to incorporate the new residential surcharges, as well as the so-called "delivery area surcharge," which is $1.50 to zip codes that are, shall we say, "rural" (such as, ahem, Pagosa Springs).
So now I have to make sure the revised spreadsheet makes it to the store tomorrow morning. Myself, I have to meet the truck from our Albuquerque supplier of boxes, etc. at the Sunoco station on Highway 160 just short of Durango tomorrow around 7:30 am, which means I need to leave around 6:30 or so. I'll be stopping at the Office Max in Durango to pick up a couple of network cards and perhaps some network cable for the store, too.
* * * Galina is seriously considering going down to Houston soon, to take some Continuing Education courses for her real estate license and to renew said license. We'll know more tomorrow, but her going down there makes coordinating our respective schedules a bit more difficult.
If memory serves, my stint down there starts February 2. It would probably make sense for me to fly down there and for Galina to fly back here so as not to have her drive the car all the way back here just to have me take it down again almost immediately. Too, coordination will be important, as neither Galina nor I can be absent from the store for any length of time (that's a weakness that needs to be addressed). I need to do some surfing for ticket prices, I guess.
Cheers...
That left UPS.
Pricing how much it costs to send a package is getting ever more complicated as carriers make ever finer distinctions in service. Up until now, for example, "next-day" service was the same price whether the delivery was being made to a residence or a business. As of tomorrow, the price will go up $1.10 for deliveries to residences, which are defined to include businesses operating out of residences.
I thought I was faced with having to deal with about a half dozen new schedules, ranging form Next Day to Ground service, where each schedule involved changing anywhere from 500 to 1500 prices. Fortunately, I managed to scrounge my way around the UPS web site until I found a zip file containing what I needed.
I even figured out how to incorporate the new residential surcharges, as well as the so-called "delivery area surcharge," which is $1.50 to zip codes that are, shall we say, "rural" (such as, ahem, Pagosa Springs).
So now I have to make sure the revised spreadsheet makes it to the store tomorrow morning. Myself, I have to meet the truck from our Albuquerque supplier of boxes, etc. at the Sunoco station on Highway 160 just short of Durango tomorrow around 7:30 am, which means I need to leave around 6:30 or so. I'll be stopping at the Office Max in Durango to pick up a couple of network cards and perhaps some network cable for the store, too.
If memory serves, my stint down there starts February 2. It would probably make sense for me to fly down there and for Galina to fly back here so as not to have her drive the car all the way back here just to have me take it down again almost immediately. Too, coordination will be important, as neither Galina nor I can be absent from the store for any length of time (that's a weakness that needs to be addressed). I need to do some surfing for ticket prices, I guess.
Cheers...