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Another supply chain issue?

susankate — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 22:02:24 GMT

Read on google news yesterday that they are saying if ups strikes, there could be a supply chain mess like during Covid Let’s hope not!

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Mustang Shar — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 22:13:34 GMT

I picked up extra prescription dog food just in case. If your pups are on an RX food, get extra now

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Kachina624 — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 22:29:19 GMT

I think other shippers and ups non-strikers will take up the slack.

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SilleeMee — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 22:37:29 GMT

I would imagine there are many people right now rushing to place orders ahead of the possible strike in hopes to avoid delays. I'm ordering my Chewy dog stuff early just in case.

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Trailrun23 — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 22:42:07 GMT

I haven't seen much about the UPS strike lately. Hope it will be averted. I don't plan on panic-buying anything. The only thing I can't run out of is my meds, and I can't stockpile those anyway.

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Snowpuppy — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 22:45:17 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
I think other shippers and ups non-strikers will take up the slack.

UPS has 500,000 employees worldwide, delivers 24M packages per day and has 125,000 ground vehicles ahd more than 500 aiircraft.

Who is going to pick up that slack? 😳

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stevieb — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 22:45:20 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
I would imagine there are many people right now rushing to place orders ahead of the possible strike in hopes to avoid delays. I'm ordering my Chewy dog stuff early just in case.

In my area they use Fedex to ship. I suppose an overload with them picking up the slack from UPS could be an issue, but I also wonder if contracts with existing vendors will get some kind of prioirty.

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Spacrazy — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 22:51:26 GMT

@Snowpuppy Listening to news now and all I've heard is USPS.

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Snowpuppy — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 22:55:56 GMT

@Spacrazy wrote:
@Snowpuppy Listening to news now and all I've heard is USPS.

Heck, why not Door Dash ? 😄

Nobody has the capacity to this degree. It's a bluff from UPS mgmt, no doubt.

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Oldfaithful — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 23:35:13 GMT

Trying to create a panic. Hopefully we've learned our lesson (me anyway)

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ManyMeows — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 00:31:31 GMT

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Nothing to worry about here. QVC has their very own fleet lined up and ready to rock n roll.

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CelticCrafter — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 00:52:22 GMT

There is no way it's going to be the same as the Covid mess. Think about it, UPS isn't delivering massive cargo shipments...

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FiddleDeeDee — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 02:31:05 GMT

@Snowpuppy wrote:
@Kachina624 wrote:
I think other shippers and ups non-strikers will take up the slack.
UPS has 500,000 employees worldwide, delivers 24M packages per day and has 125,000 ground vehicles ahd more than 500 aiircraft.

Who is going to pick up that slack? 😳

Add in that UPS delivers a HUGE number of FedEX and Amazon packages because they can't handle the load (do people even know about these contracts?) I don't think they'll be able to help much.

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shoekitty — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 02:39:06 GMT

Yes, many have switched to fedex

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Sparky3333 — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 04:48:41 GMT

Well just in case i ordered what i needed from Costco and got my cat and guinea pig food stocked up.

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catter70 — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 08:48:31 GMT

It'll be just another reason to raise prices, just like during Covid. Of course, even when things get back to normal, the prices will continue to rise.

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CalminHeart — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 11:12:04 GMT

A UPS strike will stall everything whether it's from vendors or manufacturers, retailers, etc. It'll have a huge impact on the economy.

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chrystaltree — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 13:53:24 GMT

I'm not a "the sky is falling" type of person. I'm enjoying my summer and my life as it is NOW. IF UPS strikes, I'll deal with the repercussions if/when they happen.

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chrystaltree — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 13:44:00 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
I think other shippers and ups non-strikers will take up the slack.

Exactly. We all survived the shipping delays during the COVID crisis, if there is a UPS strike, we'll survive that too.

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Sunshine Kate — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 13:45:45 GMT

@Oldfaithful wrote:
Trying to create a panic. Hopefully we've learned our lesson (me anyway)

YES!!!!!!!