Quote Originally Posted by Tosha_Mc View Post
After someone mentioned that they were able to get a discount through Fedex because they weren't making claims on their reptile shipping account I called up my rep and tried to negotiate better pricing. He's thus far been really great with me but flat out told me that Fedex feels that they are extending their service beyond their usual scope to accommodate our niche -- therefore they don't offer such discounts. I'll probably try going thru another rep just to verify that I can't get better discounts -- but I only ship about 100 boxes a year so I'm no where near the volume that they want to see for huge discounts.
Same here. I spoke with the fedex driver that picks my packages up about this, and he told me that there is no way that they will give me a 40% discount for only shipping about 30 - 40 boxes a year. He said that they would probably work with me some, but not nearly that much.