[JohnHuang2]

Wednesday, June 26, 2002

Quote of the Day by RooRoobird14

[holyscroller]

If they'd get rid of the gift shops full of postal junk that nobody ever buys that might save a few million. Also, they would have better efficiency if they'd hire more Americans. I'm sick of going to the post office and find clerks that look and sound like they just fell off the boat. They must have a policy that if you're born here, you need not apply.

[thepitts]

others feel resigned to do their part in the war on terror.

What the hell does this have to do with the "war on terror".

[backhoe]

Hullo, JohnHuang2... I'll put it in very practical terms--

Every time I go to buy stamps- even at the current price- I have to figure out "what do I cut out of my grocery list?" Smokes? Detergent? Paper towels?
As a result, we send less and less via parcel post, and do far more business electronically- 'phone, the web, etc.

This will only accelerate that trend. Any normal businessman knows that when your sales start dropping off, the last thing you do is raise prices- it just drives off even more customers!

[toddst]

"Our lack of a monopoly would have competitors coming in and literally skimming the cream off the top. They would serve big cities at a reasonable price, but would not serve rural communities and certainly people in Alaska and remote parts of Hawaii would not have access to affordable services."

What hooey! Both UPS and FedX deliver packages everywhere. However, beyond that rural mail delivery to every household SHOULD be ended. Let folks go to small centrally located boxes, like USPS uses in many urban neighborhoods.

The cost of rural delivery as now configured is way too high. If items delivered to rural residents is anything like we receive, most of it is junk we pitch without opening. Raise rates on junk mail, for openers. Where are the tree-huggers when you need them?