Ranting about shipping costs!!!

FedEx and UPS raise their rates 5% the first of every year now. In the company I work for we have talked to FedEx reps about rates and told we can, in part, thank Amazon for rate increases. All those boxes of air you get from Amazon? Those empty boxes fill up trucks. They also negotiate rates so they can advertise free shipping. Someone's got to pay for it so that's everyone else who ships. Nothing is free. Someone, somewhere pays.