mellowgerman
Senior Member
usps wilting away
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/busin ... nt.html?hp
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/busin ... nt.html?hp
Transit is just before purgatory. :wink:silverfox103 said:Good news (maybe), I checked the tracking number and it said the package was in transit. Whatever that means.
Tom C.
silverfox103 said:It doesn't surprise me. A small box was sent to me from Green Mountain Coffee, August 31 by USPS from 70 miles away. Today is Sept 7th, I am still waiting for it. I have a small business and do shipping in the northeast; for UPS or FedEx that is a next day delivery. I could walk there in 2 days, but the Post Office can't get it here in a week. This is 2 months in a row that I have had this problem. I called GMC and went ballistic on them for using USPS and taking so long for the delivery. I told them if you can't do better, don't bother. Next month it will be FedEx.
Good news (maybe), I checked the tracking number and it said the package was in transit. Whatever that means.
Tom C.
Anybody remember when the phrase "goin' postal" was in vogue?learnintoplay62 said:Again , it seems the problems are at the top and they just can't get rid of the dead wood.
RussD said:Big fan of the USPS here. Who else would get my mom's birthday card directly from my house to her's for less than 50 cents? I can't buy much of anything for half a buck.
Mine too.RussD said:FedEx and Brown both do a good job for me at work, but USPS makes my world a much better place.
Everywhere the same story: Squeezing the juice out of the middle class, by overloading their schedules with the tasks of those that have been fired, so the fat cats can get fatter...Default said:The silver lining to this is the big bosses will clap each other on the back and give each other bonuses.
If it was one man one truck one letter, sure, but the cost is based on the efficiencies volume handling. And the original model was proabblay based on tax-subsidized costs, and since it was "semi-privatized" they've been having to fight to "break even" since day one. I don't dispute that the cost could probably stand to be increased, but I strongly disagree with eliminating door to door service. i like getting my mail delivered. What about you?CA-35 said:Don't shoot the messenger but the USPS can't do it either without losing money. You cannot deliver door to door for 50 cent. No business in the world could survive. They need to stop the door to door delivery...it's killing them.