Quote Originally Posted by Colin Vestrand View Post
i have not heard that... i didn't think you could really pick and choose what you get charged with a shipping company. that doesn't make business sense to me...?
FedEx sales reps have a lot of leeway in the amount of discount that they can give to their accounts/customers. If you've ever logged in to the FedEx website and requested a quote you may have noticed that it gives two prices ... the FedEx standard rate and "your rate" ... the reason for the two quotes is because many FedEx accounts receive discounts.

It's similar to my business ... my customers that buy from me year after year get much better discounts that I can give to someone buying for the first time. Many other types of businesses do the same.

Make friends with your FedEx sales rep ... I talk to mine at least once a month ... and I definitely don't pay the standard FedEx rates.

Hope this helps.

-adam