Posted on 07/19/2012 8:50:15 PM PDT by MrPiper
I regularly ship USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes. And when I ship they give me the estimated delivery date. I can ship from Ohio to most anywhere in the country and it will be delivered the 2nd day, if not the first. I probably spend more than $100 a month with the Post Office...I like the service, and the counter people, and I have not had anything I shipped ‘lost’.
I have had an occasional problem with stuff sent to me via UPS...breakage.
Distinction without difference.
Whatever the organization of the USPS governing body, upshot is that those with the power to set prices refuse to do so in a manner consistent with cost realities and profit goals. Any business operating in that manner would have those decision makers ejected by stockholders in short order.
“Have nothing behind it”? Come on! Imagine a grocery store which had two separate boards: one controlled operations, the other pricing, and neither had authority over the other. How long would the store last if the pricing board refused to set to _at_least_ break-even levels? It would be bankrupt in short order! Ditto here: the Postmaster General may run operations, and the Postal Rate Commission sets pricing, and so long as the latter refuses to raise prices to what the former can bring expenses down to match, the USPS is on a fast track to bankruptcy. It’s ridiculous, and you’re defending it!
I can’t make sense of your “proposals”.
(3) Immedite leveraged buy-out of both UPS and Fed-Ex ~ to regularize things eh!
What?!?!
My mom just found out that if you live with in a mile of the Post office they don’t have to pick up your mail unless they have some to deliver. It is a “courtesy” they may or may not do.
You didn't imagine a newly privatized USPS would grovel!
Tell you what, in my experience, most Congress critters really don't care about the topic. That's why they do nothing, but you wouldn't fire the PMG simply because Congress is full of crooks!
It is impossible to change a made up mind. I have no interest in that challenge or in discussing this with you. As I thought I made clear, I don’t want to waste my time. I don’t know how else to put it to make you understand.
When did that start? Recently?
See Figure 1 at: USPS Report from 2000
According to that chart, the USPS has been running deficits of a few billion dollars in most of the years going back to 1972.
They are frustrating when things go awry. On the other hand, in my 40 some odd years of using them, I have rarely had anything go awry. It is the one govt agency that so rarely fails me, I think I should stand up for them. Of course, when something is lost it’s terrible. And in this day and age it seems that they could have a better system. Of course, it depends on how you send it and if it’s insured etc (I rarely insure since they don’t lose my stuff and I admit to taking the risk unless it’s something really valuable). And media mail, well, then all bets are off, but then again, they’ve never lost any of that for me either.
2006. Get rid of the requirement and a lot of the USPS’s problems go away, at least to the point where it is not an immediate crisis.
You could try just shutting up.
It appears you are one of those who insists on the last word, whether you actually have something to say or not. So, I will let you have it. Go ahead, post something again, and I will let it be your final assault.
Last word - Privatize the USPS.
In the late 1700s it was a marvel of the world to be able to deliver mail to every citizen who had an address.
Now, over 300 years later it’s just not necessary to have someone deliver mail to your house, except for packages. This can be done by any number of companies. It is no longer important for the government to provide this service.
License delivery services in counties and states and let them guarantee a weekly delivery if the person contacts them or there is a delivery for them.
Announce the USPS will go out of service in 7 years and steadily decrease the number of delivery days per week. The employees will have time to retire or seek work, perhaps with the private companies, if they can handle it. Sell off the post offices, land, and vehicles.
All of those items were insured. That was probably the problem. Right on the box the amount of the insurance is written. When a postal employee sees $435 value and he/she knows it’s insured they figure it’s fair game. They’ll never be caught because the post office won’t start to track the loss for 30 days.
Possibly, altho I’ve insured for high dollar amounts without issue. But you just never know. I’m sorry about your items. xxo
Interesting. I mailed an easter package to Tminusfours’s kids, priority about a pound and it cost me $11.50. :(
At least they got it.
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