UPS Ground to AK, HI & PR available now.....

The first week of January, UPS started offering UPS Ground and lower rate options to customers in Alaska, Hawaii & Puerto Rico . According to UPS, shipping to these new destinations will require anywhere from 3-10 days. Rates can be calculated on the UPS website at www.ups.com . Some destinations will require a combination of services to make it to its final address.

For more information visit the www.ups.com

http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/select/sending/services/ground.html

Here is an article by the Juneau Empire Online, see link to article below.

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/010905/sta_20050109010.shtml

UPS, FedEx & DHL Rate Increases January 2005

For those of you that may have been unaware of the recent price increases by UPS and FedEx, new rates for both can be found at the links below. These rate increases took effect the first week of January 2005.:

*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.
*reduce the overall fuel surcharge by 2%, resulting in a net average increase of 2.6% in express rates.
There will be an increase in FedEx Express U.S. to Puerto Rico rates.
FedEx International PremiumSM rates will also increase.
There will be an average increase of 2.9% in FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery® rates.
More information on the FedEx increases can be found here ---> http://fedex.com/us/update1.html/#1

UPS press release on the 2005 rate increase can be found here --> http://www.pressroom.ups.com/pressreleases/current/0,1088,4479,00.html

DHL Rate increase information can be found on their website at http://www.dhl.com

To our knowledge, the next rate increase from the USPS ( United States Postal Service) will be in early 2006