My Post Office service is fantastic, and the USPS Informed Delivery Digest is a series cut above anything that FedEx or UPS offers.
Too bad overgenerous pensions are reducing their competitiveness like so many companies with legacy defined benefit plans.
I can understand why people are bitching about USPS. I know they suck but I have dozens of friends who sell on Amazon and Ebay as their livelihood.
WITHOUT first class mail and the cheap ass Priority Mail (where can you find Priority Mail letter envelope at $6.35 delivery where you can stick an “allowed” 70 lbs?), I seriously doubt anyone can survive using Fedex and UPS delivery. It’s simply too expensive for a simple less than 16 ounce delivery and buyers will simply pay more for delivery...not with cheapskate Ebay and online buyers around.
I didn’t know the technicalities of selling online before I witnessed the operation firsthand but delivery cost is essential. Fedex, UPS are just not feasible. It only may work for the fabric industry where I have close friends who have their own ecommerce business but my bud who sells online apparel and small light stuff using UPS? Not worth it.