WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -- The U.S. Postal Service on Monday will announce a cost-savings proposal that would no longer deliver first-class mail on the next day. ( Read more... )
No offense to any USPS workers or lovers here, but I must live in the worst zone ever. Never has anything arrived in 1 day, rarely in 2 or 3. A week is standard.
They also consistently deliver mail to the wrong address. We're house # 500 East, we get the mail for 500 West, they get ours. We are over a mile apart.
AND, we've had 2 cases of mail carriers in my town stealing mail. They went to jail and all.
I just want to know why no matter where my brother moves to in Nashville, the USPS down there thinks that his address does not exist. Sooooo much trouble with returned mail when folks here in Michigan try to send him stuff. I've never had any trouble with the mail here, but trying to send stuff to him is such an ordeal LOL
Same. In NC I have the WORST mail service. Several times my parents mailed me packages via priority mail--but it would take weeks for it to arrive. I also have had many regular pieces of mail that never made it to me. Now, part of the problem could've been that I was the first tenant in a brand new apartment complex at a time (it's STILL not on google maps!) but even now that I've lived in a much older apartment for almost a year it's still no better. :/
What kills me most about that is when I discussed it with my mother, I found out that most people believe it was the Democrats (since the dems had a majority during parts of the Bush administration) giving a sweetheart deal to unions.
And I was like, destroying the agency isn't a sweetheart deal.
"They should have thought of that before bowing down to unions!"
I've heard before that they wanted to eliminate or at least greatly reduce Saturday delivery. Why not that? The post offices themselves would still be open, there just wouldn't be any home delivery that day. The amount they would save in gas would surely be significant, no? It probably wouldn't be enough, but it would be a start.
They're already raising the cost of stamps in January to 45¢, so maybe that'll help, too.
Whenever people complain about the postal service I always want to go "Then tell me of ONE private business that will let you send a letter to ANYWHERE in the US for under fifty cents or ship a small package for under five dollars."
When I lived in Hawaii the USPS was one of the few institutions that didn't make me feel like I was living in a foreign country. I'm not sure about overnight service, but stamps and mailing packages were the same price as on the Mainland, and stuff would get to the Midwest in 5 days. I've been using the machines a lot lately to ship packages and they're so convenient and everything gets where it's going quickly. If they want to leave the overnight stuff to FedEx and UPS so the rest of the services don't have to be cut that's fine by me.
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They also consistently deliver mail to the wrong address. We're house # 500 East, we get the mail for 500 West, they get ours. We are over a mile apart.
AND, we've had 2 cases of mail carriers in my town stealing mail. They went to jail and all.
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And I was like, destroying the agency isn't a sweetheart deal.
"They should have thought of that before bowing down to unions!"
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They're already raising the cost of stamps in January to 45¢, so maybe that'll help, too.
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I like the USPS - i like knowing my postal people down at the office and knowing my carrier and when my mail will arrive.
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Whenever people complain about the postal service I always want to go "Then tell me of ONE private business that will let you send a letter to ANYWHERE in the US for under fifty cents or ship a small package for under five dollars."
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