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USPS messing with deliveries.
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Posted on 10/09/2013 2:48:08 PM PDT by Whats-wrong-with-the-truth
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To: CatherineofAragon
The politics of postal workers tend to reflect the area they are located. And the USPS is largest employer of military veterans.
To: cripplecreek
No change here either. I’m still getting tons of junk I throw away.
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posted on
10/09/2013 3:39:38 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(Park Service employees "following orders" should be SHAMED and SHUNNED!)
To: jttpwalsh
Forgot.
I rarely use the mail any more.
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posted on
10/09/2013 3:41:54 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Vendome
That’s right.
Of all the govt agencies to complain about, I’d put USPS on the bottom of the list.
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posted on
10/09/2013 3:42:32 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: Colonel Kangaroo
Thought about that but, the story is weirdly odd.
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posted on
10/09/2013 3:42:39 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Cicero
My experiences is that when youre out in the country with a small post office and you know the people personally, then they dont play these games with you.
We could only be so lucky if the postal service nationwide ran as well as my 160 box PO does. We've got 1 full time person who works there at the office and a single rural route driver who delivers for 3 different post offices.
The real waste in POs like mine are in the distribution system from the big sorting facilities. They've got one small straight truck making several trips to the various post offices in my area. In the morning they make one trip to the biggest PO, then a second trip to a couple of smaller offices, then finally a 3rd trip to mine and one other post office. In the evening they do it all over again. Mail doesn't eve arrive at my post office till 9 AM.
I agitated the hell out of the driver once by suggesting that maybe a bigger truck would be more efficient. He basically told me that he needs to make multiple trips or he wouldn't make any money.
Last winter we had a meeting with our congressman about our post office and there were representatives from FedEx and UPS there. Both company reps said their companies don't want anything to do with door to door or rural route delivery but delivery to individual post offices might be effective. Around here, UPS and FedEx deliver most packages to the post office now. I assume she does it for everyone but my postmistress calls me to tell me I've got packages.
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posted on
10/09/2013 3:45:24 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Colonel Kangaroo
True. And yes, I agree they are probably worse in large cities and urban areas (read: Democratic).
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posted on
10/09/2013 3:45:29 PM PDT
by
CatherineofAragon
((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
To: Conscience of a Conservative
The US Post Office does receive some tax-payer funded subsidies but regardless. I'm not here to argue. I've posted what is a definite change for the worse in the already pathetic service we receive. The US Postal Service is a government agency. I am all for shutting it down. If they cannot do their jobs they need to be recycled with people that can do the job or close completely.
My opinion.
To: Whats-wrong-with-the-truth
returning the money used by the postal service to those of us that pay the taxes to keep that dysfunctional agency afloat I work for the Postal Service. Send me some specific details [tracking numbers, etc.] and I will try to see what happened.
But know this. THE POST OFFICE DOES NOT GET ONE RED CENT OF TAX MONEY.
Sorry for the CAPS, but that's been the case since the eighties. The Postal Service gets no tax money -- zip, zero, nada, zilch.
Do you really have any details or did you just want to bitch.
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posted on
10/09/2013 3:49:47 PM PDT
by
BfloGuy
(Workers and consumers are, of course, identical.)
To: Whats-wrong-with-the-truth
they are tacking on a COD charge to the recipientI call BS.
To: Vendome
"
COD is paid for by the recipient.
FOB is paid for by the sender."
Really? Who'da thunk? LOL. Maybe I didn't spell it out clearly enough. We pay the postage before we mail the item. The same postage plus whatever raises they've been giving themselves lately and yet, when the item arrives to the recipient they are being told that more postage is due. When the letter carriers ask for the recipient to pay more they are asking for cash on delivery (aka - COD). Now it may well be that individual letter carriers have figured out a way to subsidize their incomes by scamming the recipients but whatever is happening it's a new issue and getting worse.
To: Whats-wrong-with-the-truth
Call UPS or Fed Ex.
At least you get free tracking. .
To: Whats-wrong-with-the-truth
Letters and parcels that used to, for example, take one stamp are now costing over $2.00 A small parcel of 3 ounces or less costs $2.07. If you only put on a single stamp, the recipient will be charged the difference as a postage due item...and rightly so.
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posted on
10/09/2013 4:14:12 PM PDT
by
Kip Russell
(Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
To: anton
I had one of those last week.
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posted on
10/09/2013 4:15:20 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: ridesthemiles
At least you get free tracking. Priority, Express, and Standard packages all now receive free tracking through the Post Office.
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posted on
10/09/2013 4:15:44 PM PDT
by
Kip Russell
(Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Vendome
COD is paid for by the recipient.Cash on delivery. The recipient pays when the item is delivered rather than prior to shipment. COD is extra work for the post office, so they have every right to charge a fee.
FOB is paid for by the sender.
Free on board, or freight on board. FOB merely specifies the shipping location, which might be different from the office location. You might buy from a company located in New York with a warehouse in Chicago. They would specify "FOB Chicago", which means that you will place the order with the New York office, but it will be shipped from Chicago, and the shipping charges and delivery time will be based on the distance from Chicago, not New York. FOB generally assumes that the buyer pays the shipping.
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posted on
10/09/2013 4:21:33 PM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: ridesthemiles
Call UPS or Fed Ex.Have you checked their rates lately? The minimum weight for UPS' cost calculator is one pound. In other words, if you send a 3 oz. package, you will pay the same as for a 1 pound package. For a local delivery, UPS will charge you $11.57 for that 3 oz. package. For cross country, UPS will charge you $13.44.
USPS charges you $2.07 for 3 oz, and that's the same for local or cross country. For a one pound package, USPS charges $5.60 to $6.95 (Priority mail).
Now, which one do you want to use?
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posted on
10/09/2013 4:38:23 PM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: Vendome
To: Whats-wrong-with-the-truth
I got 4 (four) !!! pieces of mail for the box above mine. And 3 were bills.
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posted on
10/09/2013 6:32:23 PM PDT
by
Battle Axe
(Repent, for the coming of the Lord is nigh.)
To: Whats-wrong-with-the-truth
my sams payment mailed two weeks ago. still not received.
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posted on
10/09/2013 7:32:07 PM PDT
by
Donnafrflorida
(Thru HIM all things are possible.)
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