GLGI, maybe things have changed a bit, but in the days when I was dealing with pallets, the problem with plastic pallets is that they cost much more. Sure, they lasted longer, and were 'cleaner', no splinters..etc.
But the way it worked in the old days anyways, is if you delivered a trailer or container with twenty two pallets, the entity you delivered to took those twenty two pallets with their goods (and those goods were encased in shrink wrap to the pallet). In return, they loaded the truck with twenty two empty pallets. Then when that trucker went to his next pickup, he had empty pallets to exchange for the palletized load he picked up. And so on.
Point is, in this kind of delivery system, the more expensive plastic pallets, which you purchased, are know being exchanged in most cases for plastic wooden pallets......so you would end up paying more for plastic, but in most cases you'd eventually end up with cheaper wood.
Now, you could always charge for those pallets, but that could be difficult b/c pallets....at least in my old days....were considered just pallets...they were fungible, and thats what made everything easy, for you, the person you were delivering to or picking up from,and the trucker....whether that trucker worked for you or was third party.'
In the old days, plastic pallets were mostly used in business that serviced themselves completely....pick up and distribute from their own facilities with no one outside involved. But in the majority of cases, some other entity is involved in the delivery process.
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