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USPS, to put it simply, sucks. Nobody I know uses them, and when I have to ship something via USPS, I use their more expensive options - things do tend to get l
by jakeonthemove 14y ago
USPS, to put it simply, sucks. Nobody I know uses them, and when I have to ship something via USPS, I use their more expensive options - things do tend to get lost a lot, unlike UPS and Fedex for example, which have been pretty exemplary as of late.
I hope the Congress does nothing - but then again, I'm one of those who think bailing out the banks was a mistake...
- pessimizer 14y agoEverybody I know uses Flat Rate Priority. I participate in unregulated board game auctions on a forum (geeky, I know), and out of the last 50 packages sent from average boring people across the US, I don't think a single one came UPS. They're all Flat Rate Priority, defaulting into Parcel Post for larger packages. Bailing out the private and wealthy isn't comparable to bailing out a public service that wouldn't even need to be bailed out if Congress hadn't instituted pension funding standards on it that are harsher than the standards they impose on banks doing the same thing.
- r00fus 14y agoDo you realize that UPS and FedEx couldn't deliver to remote locations without USPS - they use USPS for last-mile delivery in many cases, because they don't have the footprint. USPS could be more efficient - they deliver lots of junkmail (that I can't filter out/decline) and they should be running more efficient vehicles and perhaps less frequently. However, I submit that if the USPS disappeared overnight, the country would have a minor crisis as many private companies (even shipping companies) depend on them. We need to modernize the USPS, and expand it, not cut it.