Business with the Post Office

[amdx]

I had a little business online with the Post office today.
I ended up with a question that couldn't be answered by the faq.
So I found an email address for questions.
It says,

"You can expect a response within three (3) business days."

Government at it finest!

MikeK

 

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I had a little business online with the Post office today.
I ended up with a question that couldn't be answered by the faq.
So I found an email address for questions.
It says,

"You can expect a response within three (3) business days."

Government at it finest!

It's a good thing you don't have a broken leg.

 

[wilby]

I had a little business online with the Post office today.
I ended up with a question that couldn't be answered by the faq.
So I found an email address for questions.
It says,

"You can expect a response within three (3) business days."

Government at it finest!

MikeK

I have to agree this is too long to wait.

For years now the P.O. has had to cut back on workers and finally they
have cut back too far. Its time to get our senators on the telephone and
demand that some of those lost jobs be replaced with new hires.

There are plenty of people willing to work and the P.O. (and many other
government agencies) are now so short of low level workers that they
can't get their assigned work done.

Enough is enough.

Wilby

 

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I suppose 1 Billion of that went to design this year's commerative
stamps?
Of course, they do have the Buzz Lightyear series coming out later
this year so it's not like our tax dollars are totally wasted.
(I know, I know... the USPS is supposed to be self-sufficient on its
own revenues.)

Commemorative stamps are a money-maker, probably the only one they have.

 

[wilby]

NXP promised me an answer about ARM processor clocking within 5 days.
It's been about 7 so far. I have a strong feeling that, eventually,
they may come up with some words that aren't the answer.

John

Why can't the PO give out some kind of lottery ticket with every $10 a
customer spends there? I just thought of this and I'm already liking the
idea. Gotta ship something now!

Wilby

 

[hamilton]

It's a good thing you don't have a broken leg.

Why would you go to the post office with a broken leg ??

Where did you want to send it ??

hamilton

 

[Rich Grise]

I have to agree this is too long to wait.

For years now the P.O. has had to cut back on workers and finally they
have cut back too far. Its time to get our senators on the telephone and
demand that some of those lost jobs be replaced with new hires.

There are plenty of people willing to work and the P.O. (and many other
government agencies) are now so short of low level workers that they
can't get their assigned work done.

Enough is enough.

The PO is going out of business because there's UPS, FedEx, DHL, and
probably others for packages, and why write a letter, address an envelope,
affix a 40-something cent stamp, and have your message get there anywhere
from the next day to a week from now, when email is instant?

I suspect the crack about the leg is about Obamacare - imagine if the ER
was run like the DMV!

Thanks,
Rich

 

[Kevin McMurtrie]

I have to agree this is too long to wait.

For years now the P.O. has had to cut back on workers and finally they
have cut back too far. Its time to get our senators on the telephone and
demand that some of those lost jobs be replaced with new hires.

There are plenty of people willing to work and the P.O. (and many other
government agencies) are now so short of low level workers that they
can't get their assigned work done.

Enough is enough.

Wilby

USPS pretty much self-operated. What would the Senate do?

Service is bad so people don't use USPS. When people don't use USPS,
the funds per mailbox and per postal office fall. When the funds fall,
service gets worse. It's a death spiral that started years ago.
There's probably no saving them as long as they're delivering postcards
and envelopes.

I'd rather ask the government to improve Internet services so that USPS
can be more of an on-demand service like FedEx or UPS. Upgrading to
IPv6 and slapping around the greedy Telcos a bit would make peer-to-peer
data transfer as easy as a phone call. It's impossible for the general
population now because NAT, dynamic address allocation, and draconian
Terms of Service Agreements make it all too complicated.

 

[amdx]

Why would you go to the post office with a broken leg ?? Where did you
want to send it ??
hamilton

It's part of a test program to find the best country to get medical care
if Obamacare becomes a reality.
Mikek
PS. Just added Obamacare to my spellchecker.:-(

 

[Charlie E.]

They need to can those "if it fits, it ships" ads on TV.
Who are they kidding? Unless you're shipping concrete, or lead, it's
almost always cheaper to ship via UPS, especially with a corporate
account.

They must think that folks will be swayed to pay extra just because
it's a fixed price.
Any (OK, most) idiot business folks will know enough to shop their
shipping around.
So I guess, the conclusion is that the US Postal Service's business
plan relies upon selling overpriced services to dopes.
Usually, that's a good business model, except this is the government,
so it MUST run on deficit spending.

Ok, which UPS and which postal service do you use? Maybe corporate
rates at UPS are lower, but for two day shipping, Priority Mail is
about 30-100% cheaper than UPS or FedEx for normal folks. I know, I
do a lot of shipping via USPS!

Charlie

 

[Charlie E.]

Priority Mail has no _guaranteed_ delivery date.

Interesting factoid: FedEx "home delivery" for some Christmas
packages was about $1 cheaper than USPS.

...Jim Thompson

I have pretty much found that you need to check them all out. This
christmas, we send some stuff priorty mail, and some stuff UPS, but it
depends on the size. The UPS stuff was really large, and we were
worried about lines at the post office. Then I had to drop some stuff
off into the mail (we go to the post office itself to mail bills and
other important stuff, don't trust the local box...) and I saw that
there were only three people in line. Line was bigger at UPS!

Charlie

 

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Why would you go to the post office with a broken leg ??

Because that's what your Obummercare will have everyone do.

Where did you want to send it ??

Up your ass, of course.

 

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mpm wrote:

No, it's *not* supposed to. It is government so it *will* run a deficit
(though I think the USPTO is still a profit center).

THe USPS isn't government or private business. It's worse. It's
both.

Indeed! Quite like Fannie and Freddie.

 

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Priority Mail has no _guaranteed_ delivery date.

Interesting factoid: FedEx "home delivery" for some Christmas
packages was about $1 cheaper than USPS.

Even though FedEx packages are often delivered by the USPS.

 

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The PO is going out of business because there's UPS, FedEx, DHL, and
probably others for packages, and why write a letter, address an envelope,
affix a 40-something cent stamp, and have your message get there anywhere
from the next day to a week from now, when email is instant?

I suspect the crack about the leg is about Obamacare - imagine if the ER
was run like the DMV!

....and the business office like the IRS.