We got the friendly notice in the mail from Fedex today... Tis the season... To increase your shipping rates! Great...
Here's the web version:
http://fedex.com/us/update1.html/
FedEx rate changes, effective January 3, 2005
FedEx Express package and freight published rates will increase an average of 4.6% for U.S. domestic and export services.
We will reduce the overall fuel surcharge by 2%, resulting in a net average increase of 2.6% in express rates.
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There is also a fair amount of new surcharges that will effect some of us.