Our Tax Dollars at Work-The Post Office

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tom mayo

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four weeks ago i bought about 10 pounds of titanium from chuck bybee (very good prices by the way). He gave me the total, I sent him a check, and he packed it up and sent it on its way...May 4th....air mail-it arrived today....23 days later.....what service... like our illustrious leader...its what we have come to expect from the government for the people by the people and screw the people.

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Tom,
I suppose that would be the U.S Postal service,
You should try Canada Post It would probably be quicker
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Eric
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It probably had to be cleared by the CIA to be certain you weren't trying to build another nuclear submarine like you did last year.
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Heres one for you Tom.
I live in Wa. My Grand Daughter lives in Phoenix. I ordered a birthday present from e-toys who are in southern Cal.I was a little late in doing my shopping so I paid extra for express shipping 2-6 days.I needed it there in 5 days.While tracking it through Fedx, I saw that the package was sent by the shortest route from Southern Cal. to Phoenix was by way of Hawaii.The US postal service must train these other outfits ya think?
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TJ Smith
The package was 1 day late but made their 6 day limit.Don't buy from e-toys or ship FEDX.
 
So you had a package arrive late. The horror.
You expect perfection or it's the governent screwing you. Get real please. The post office handles billions of pieces of mail in an exteremely efficient manner. In fact I'd go as far as say they're the most efficient organization in the world. I currently am dealing with a lost package. My first out of
hundreds that i mail monthly. Does that mean that my tax dollars are being wasted and the government is screwing me because of it? Should i write my congressman of call up 60 minutes to inform the public?
 
I didn't even know that planes could fly to Hy-wah-yah! Maybe if you moved that island a little closer it wouldn't be as far and they wouldn't have to fly so far. I saw that they did that with the Hatteras lighthouse in North Carolina! Can you imagine how many times they have to land and refuel on the way out there?

One thing we should all learn from this. Why do the airlines charge more for a plane ticket to Hy-wah-yah and with the Post Office, it is the same price for an air shipment, even if you send it next door!
I'll have to ask my sister that sometime when I am able to build up the nerve. She works for the post office but usually is in a pretty bad mood! Don't want to set her off....
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The postal service is no longer a government organazation hasn't been for years.

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well, every once in a while a package arrives late that is intended for me. but all the delivery services have that happen. i paid $11 for 3 day shipping for a paintball gun once, and it took 3 weeks! it makes me pretty angry but, there is nothing we can do about it.
 
Tom,
Our oldest son and his family are stationed on Kodiak Island Alaska, he's career Coast guard. We sent the grandkids a big box filled with candy for Easter. It was shipped 2 weeks early and we paid for priority shipping, supposed to be there in 3 days. It took 5 weeks and 2 days to get there. Then you have to fill out a ton of paperwork to get the $18.55 back that you paid for the priority shipping. The post office is a joke.
Tom
 
How about this guys- The USPS is supposed to only collect enough funds to support itself, meaning pay all the workers, buy equipment, yadda yadda yadda. However It was either last year or the year before, they made $100 MILLION PROFIT-then RAISED the price of stamps.
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[This message has been edited by Matt Shade (edited 05-28-2000).]
 
First, a postal slam. We sent a Christmas to a neighbor three door down. It arrived the next October after routing through Oregon (we live in MD).

Second, a postal defense. When you consider there are more USPS employees than active duty military, $100 million isn't a whole lot of cash. It's about 1 hour's pay for everyone.

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Yes, but thats an EXTRA hours pay for everyone. The $100 million was profit. They made enough money to pay all the workers, buy machinery trucks, cover maintnance costs, and another $100 million on top of that. You know they didn't just hand that out as a bonus. Whoevers in charge is making a few self beneficial decisions. Like raising the price of stamps when you already have $100 mllion surplus every year.

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I'm glad I live in a small country. If I send something today it arrives tomorrow no matter where in Denmark it is - but if you want to you can drive across the country in a little more than 4 hours and deliver it yourself
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If you don't make profit you can't stay in business, sure I know its a dinosaur any company with over a 100 people maybe a lot less,end up being managed or"mismanaged to "unmanageable", very easily.

I'm not defendeding them in being way too late with packages,it is just, as an old friend of mine says, "when people are involved it tends to get screwed up" to that equation the more people you add the more......

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