USPS

I ordered something to be delivered. Their website shows it was scanned in March 16th. And that was the last scan.

I could have sent my native runner to have fetched it by now.

KBK

I've never had much of a problem with the USPS. UPS has also done right by me.

FedEx, however, I've had some serious issues with. Namely that  they had no record of my previous address existing. Every single item sent to my old place, through Fed Ex, would get rejected and sent back to the sender. Upon calling FedEx, I was told that my address "Doesn't show up as a place of existence."

I buy and sell a fair amount of paintball items and would hate to see USPS go away. By far the most conveinent for me considering I can print out a flat rate label, slap it on a box and put it in my mailbox. Alternatively, I walk 2 blocks down the road to the PO. Most times I get deliveries within 2-4 days, even from Cali.

mbro wrote: The usps is the cheapest and most efficient parcel delivery service in the history of man. I say we keep it around.

Yep. I'm with Oldpbnoob. I do lots of buying and selling of paintball gear, and amazons. USPS is a great, great thing for individuals who need to ship something.

Eh. UPS, USPS. It's all the same to me. I get pretty much anything within 5 business days.

Speaking of postage, Canada Post is on strike right now so we can't send or receive mail through them. (Canada Post = USPS Canadian version)

Skillet42565 wrote: Wait, you want a bunch of people to lose their jobs Impulse?

Yes. Bankrupt the USPS. So taxpayers are no longer paying for pensions, bailouts etc.

Have a private company come in, and re-interview or hire eager workers to take the spots of the "job security" workers.

I can't figure out how the USPS is a private company, but at the same time a federal building. The government has no place being in business. They have proved time and time again they suck miserably at it. But when they need money, they just do a bail out with our inflated monopoly money....

Why should it cost the same to ship a letter across town, or from New York to L.A.? UPS,DHL,FedEx doesn't have that policy, and they are doing fine. In fact I haven't heard of them getting a bail out from tax payers.

The words bail out, needs to cease to exist.

agentwhale007 wrote: impulse418 wrote:  So taxpayers are no longer paying for pensions,   You're advocating the termination of preexisting contracts? Yep I can't figure out how the USPS is a private company, but at the same time a federal building.   Because it's not a private company. It's an agency of the U.S. government that offers a public service. http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/consumerawareness/a/uspsabout.htm They have proved time and time again they suck miserably at it. At being a business? Yes. I'd imagine they do suck at it, seeing as it has never been the agency's direction to be anything but a self-sustaining public service. And that plan hasn't gone so well. Why should it cost the same to ship a letter across town, or from New York to L.A.? UPS,DHL,FedEx doesn't have that policy, and they are doing fine. In fact I haven't heard of them getting a bail out from tax payers.   Because those are private companies that don't exist as a public service. And that is why they are doing financially well. The words bail out, needs to cease to exist. You're leaving out a hilariously glaring part of what would be needed to zero-fund and kill the USPS.  I'll give an Internet high-five to the first person who posts it.

No, I meant from everyday conversation. If a company fails, it fails.

agentwhale007 wrote: impulse418 wrote:   Yep  I'm no expert on this, but I'd imagine the legal costs associated with attempting to cancel all existing pensions and contracts with USPS workers, active and retired, would cost more than simply paying the pensions and benefits.    And that is why they are doing financially well.   True. A company tends to have more focus on financial capital than a public service.  No, I meant from everyday conversation. If a company fails, it fails. The USPS is not a company. It's a Federal agency.  And you're still forgetting something needed to end government funding of a post office.

Government? It's not to far off. They are having a little bit of trouble paying off their debt.

I cannot wait for the chaos when they start cutting food stamps. Oh the mess they will have on their hands.

I think we have a FE, Jr. in the making...