(UPS Inc., the parcel delivery service, has tacked a 9.5 percent fuel surcharge onto air and international shipments and a 2.75 percent charge onto ground shipments, but that) doesn`t cover everything, ... We look at this thing from a competitive standpoint . . . and about what is the right thing to do in maintaining relationships with customers.
- Steve HolmesThe electric bill was too high to begin with and they can`t pay. That has to be put back on the agenda and (the surcharge) taken off.
- Michael BrooksWe are monitoring the situation closely, but right now we don`t have any actual plans because a fuel surcharge always has an impact on consumer demand, so it is always a trade off,
- Andy BeltIf prices continue to put pressure on that, we are either going to have to raise our minimum-delivery purchase or we are going to have to put on a fuel surcharge. You can`t afford to watch your profit erode every time an oil company has a price increase.
- Arnold Zetcher