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Ugh. USPS. I cannot actually remember the last time I used their service.

aaronbrethorst 15y ago
Likely more recently than you might think. See, for instance, the Wikipedia entry on FedEx Smartpost (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx_Ground http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx_Ground). edit: regarding UPS: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22924632-ups-using-USPS-for-last-leg http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22924632-ups-using-USPS-for...
- TruthElixirX 15y ago
  :(. I will have to switch to UPS now.
Samuel_Michon 15y ago
You never receive snail mail?
- TruthElixirX 15y ago
  Nope. I am pretty much 100% electronic.
  - tptacek 15y ago
    You think that until you start missing important official correspondences, or find your credit rating is fucked up because your health insurance kicked some part of a doctor visit back to you and you never saw the bill. We are far more dependent on the USPS than most nerds realize.
    - rdl 15y ago
      I got screwed by this when I was traveling around Iraq and Afghanistan for a few years; I missed a $1.50 finance charge for about 110 days which went to collections, froze the account, killed auto billing for my health insurance and other stuff... Switched to using earth class mail which scans all my incoming postal mail, deposits checks, etc which has been a huge improvement. (and was able to get all the consequences of missing the last $1.50 of a payment I hadn't seen in the mail reversed, after a lot of letters and phone calls). Most postal mail is spam, mixed with a few important messages.
      - chadgeidel 15y ago
        "Most postal mail is spam, mixed with a few important messages." It's too bad we can't apply baysean algos to spam snail mail. (yes, I know sender pays and all that).
    - TruthElixirX 15y ago
      I still check my mail. I said "pretty much". I'm more at like 99% electronic.
felideon 15y ago
I use it every two days, thanks to Netflix. (I also receive medical bills through the mail. Everything else is garbage.)

Likely more recently than you might think. See, for instance, the Wikipedia entry on FedEx Smartpost (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx_Ground http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx_Ground). edit: regarding UPS: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22924632-ups-using-USPS-for-last-leg http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22924632-ups-using-USPS-for...

TruthElixirX 15y ago
:(. I will have to switch to UPS now.

Samuel_Michon 15y ago

You never receive snail mail?

TruthElixirX 15y ago
Nope. I am pretty much 100% electronic.
- tptacek 15y ago
  You think that until you start missing important official correspondences, or find your credit rating is fucked up because your health insurance kicked some part of a doctor visit back to you and you never saw the bill. We are far more dependent on the USPS than most nerds realize.
  - rdl 15y ago
    I got screwed by this when I was traveling around Iraq and Afghanistan for a few years; I missed a $1.50 finance charge for about 110 days which went to collections, froze the account, killed auto billing for my health insurance and other stuff... Switched to using earth class mail which scans all my incoming postal mail, deposits checks, etc which has been a huge improvement. (and was able to get all the consequences of missing the last $1.50 of a payment I hadn't seen in the mail reversed, after a lot of letters and phone calls). Most postal mail is spam, mixed with a few important messages.
    - chadgeidel 15y ago
      "Most postal mail is spam, mixed with a few important messages." It's too bad we can't apply baysean algos to spam snail mail. (yes, I know sender pays and all that).
  - TruthElixirX 15y ago
    I still check my mail. I said "pretty much". I'm more at like 99% electronic.

felideon 15y ago

I use it every two days, thanks to Netflix. (I also receive medical bills through the mail. Everything else is garbage.)