DHL Falls Victim To Recession

January 2009 was the last month that DHL offered shipping services domestically within the United States. I heard about it then, but it didn't register with me until today when I tried to ship a package and could not find our country listed in their selection box on their web site.

For those of you who aren't familiar with DHL - they are a global shipping and logistics company just like UPS, FedEx, and USPS. In my opinion, they were the most affordable option when shipping packages and boxes - although they weren't necessarily the fastest.

Their reason for shutting down U.S. operations: The recession.

"This is the right move for our U.S. Express operations given the current economic climate and for the long run," said John Mullen, CEO of DHL.

Despite having to let go of thousands of employees, they are not going out of business. They're just re-focusing their efforts to international shipping. They ship to over 225 countries and 120,000 destinations.

You can still ship from the United States to another country, and from another country to the United States - but not from state to state.

I am personally very upset about this because now I have to go back to getting ripped off by FedEx.