DHL Out of Business in US

[gator_hater]

My newspaper makes it closer to my front door than most of my DHL deliveries. One was a DELL and clearly marked as a PC left 2 feet from the gutter in the middle of the driveway. Sucks for the pilots (good luck guys), but their delivery business was a little shady.

 

[KigAir]

I don't know I was never really suprised. Have you seen the vans that DHL drives? They all look like rape vans minus the circular window in the back like the A-Team had.

In my area they don't have their own vans. They rent vehicles from Enterprise. Which I thought was strange.

 

[slaquer5]

My newspaper makes it closer to my front door than most of my DHL deliveries. One was a DELL and clearly marked as a PC left 2 feet from the gutter in the middle of the driveway. Sucks for the pilots (good luck guys), but their delivery business was a little shady.

I have to second that and not just once, many times. When I would call DHL I told them UPS Fed ex would eat there lunch. DHL had a sub par service

 

[Guam360]

I have to second that and not just once, many times. When I would call DHL I told them UPS Fed ex would eat there lunch. DHL had a sub par service

it is a shame, since they were the creators of the overnight package.

 

[9rj9]

There's a UPSstore, Staples, FEDEX kinkos around every corner. They should have hooked up with Starbucks.

 

[slaquer5]

it is a shame, since they were the creators of the overnight package.

It is a shame ,I wish the DHL pilots the best of luck..

 

[NuGuy]

This wasn't a layoff was it? Sounds like these guys are shutting down with no intention of starting back up.

DHL competed on price, but they never had a market presence like UPS and FDX. With these types of operations, size matters, if you are going for the high revenue overnight shipping.

The silver lining is if these pilots get hired over at UPS and FedEx. Hopefully Delta will be hiring early 09 as well.

As they say, it is a jump ball, don't waste time, stay in the game. Good luck guys.

Heyas Fins,

From what I understand from my bros there, DHL's German Overlords never understood the US parcel business, and weren't interested in anything the US people had to say about it.

The Airborne people tried desperately to tell them that what they were doing operationally wasn't going to work, and why, and their European bosses simple said "bah, we're German".

Not good in any event. Everyone should see this as a preview for foreign ownership.

Nu