Ours are pretty good. I can only think of a couple of issues in the past 18 years, and it's always been with a new carrier who's still learning the ropes. Our current guy is great. If I have a mail problem, it's almost always FedEx Ground.

This sounds like a typical government solution...screw over the rural people in favor of the city dwellers. I also don't see how it saves them money to sit on packages for an extra day...they have to make the rounds and do deliveries anyway, so what's the savings there? Seems to me that this will just further clutter up their handling and processing facilities, creating more problems.

The fees for junk mail should be increased. One of two things would happen. Either

• the post office would get more revenue, or
  
  
• we would get less junk mail, reducing the load on the system.

Either outcome would be A Good Thing.

So I missed the part where the rural areas will get Forever stamps at a discount to make up for the slower service?

Hmm.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
The fees for junk mail should be increased. One of two things would happen. Either

• the post office would get more revenue, or
  
  
• we would get less junk mail, reducing the load on the system.

Either outcome would be A Good Thing.

+1

I'd add that the post office should be run as a business and entirely self-sufficient. Congress should stop bailing them out with billions in subsidies.

Our post service is pretty good on delivery, even though we're now more suburban than rural, and the local small town po I use is pretty competent and the people friendly, been going so long that I've survived several employees tenure...

There are a few things we get in the mail that are important, 90% it's crap, like emails we don't want we should be able to opt out of junk mail.

At that point we'd likely only get political mail...

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Originally posted by chellim1:

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
The fees for junk mail should be increased. One of two things would happen. Either

• the post office would get more revenue, or
  
  
• we would get less junk mail, reducing the load on the system.

Either outcome would be A Good Thing.

+1

I'd add that the post office should be run as a business and entirely self-sufficient. Congress should stop bailing them out with billions in subsidies.

Same with AMTRAK.

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Originally posted by sourdough44:
I’d be ok with delivery every other day or so. They can drop Saturday delivery.

It cost a lot of $$ to be driving those vehicles all over everyday. Then look at what you get on the average mail day?

Amen. I've been saying this for a long time. Thank you for echoing it.

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Originally posted by ulsterman:

quote:

Originally posted by chellim1:

quote:

Originally posted by V-Tail:
The fees for junk mail should be increased. One of two things would happen. Either

• the post office would get more revenue, or
  
  
• we would get less junk mail, reducing the load on the system.

Either outcome would be A Good Thing.

+1

I'd add that the post office should be run as a business and entirely self-sufficient. Congress should stop bailing them out with billions in subsidies.

Same with AMTRAK.

Not likely. The elephant in the room which no one in Washington wants to talk about is the postal union, which besides generous pensions has one of the best health insurance plans in Washington--They contribute to Democratic, progressive candidates--and they vote. Suspect the same is true for Amtrak.

If the Post Office went any slower they would be in Reverse.

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Originally posted by Lunasee:
If the Post Office went any slower they would be in Reverse.

No mail for you....two years!

as an internet seller, I ship quite a bit,

most goes USPS,

I also know my carrier (well, till she went out for hip replacement, now I have no idea who will show up) and most of the folks at my local post office


I used them cause they are the cheapest for small stuff, the minimum for UPS is about $11, I can mail small stuff for 1/2 that or less most times,


the issue is at the postmaster level and up,

I have scheduled pickups, only to have them show up the next day ( the driver did not get a notice to pick up, fault of the post master)

had many instances where I needed to call and file a claim, and get a call from a clerk, not the post master

another issue in this area is they have eliminated local sorting, all mail goes to the local post office, then into a truck to the local hub/processing facility, then back to the local branches, in the past if I mailed sometehing local, as in to my county courthouse or county business offices etc, it went to the local office (we have the same zip) and into the county mail box, no more

waste of time , fuel, etc, and a bigger chance for theft , loss and mis direct,

They are doing a lot of Ups's heaving lifting around here?
The whole thing is a mess and just keeps costing more? It is disgusting.

Texas to Michigan and back to Texas?

USPS service in our area is excellent. I don't have a magic wand to wave to wave and make things better. Keep up the good work USPS !

I’m in a rural area, and I have zero complaints about the local post office or their people. The regional distribution center is another story, they can’t seem to get anything straight.

I was at the post office mailing a package toward the end of the day, when the postmaster from another post office shows up in her personal car bringing mail from her post office that was destined for our post office. Talking with her and the postmaster at the local post office, this happens all the time. The distribution center regularly sends mail to the wrong post offices around the area.

The other thing I question, again I’m in a rural area, 30 minutes from a grocery store, is that there are 3 Post offices within 5 miles of my house. Those could easily be consolidated.

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Originally posted by Ogie:

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Originally posted by Lunasee:
If the Post Office went any slower they would be in Reverse.

No mail for you....two years!

How could you tell?

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:
They are doing a lot of Ups's heaving lifting around here?
The whole thing is a mess and just keeps costing more? It is disgusting.

there is a name for that, redi post or shared post maybe, basically an item starts it journey with UPS and ends up at a post office who delivers it to the mailbox, something about UPS not having many drivers in some areas etc


Amazon is the biggest issue, they use both UPS and USPS as well as their own drivers , and the local branches are getting swamped,


side bar, last year my regular UPS guy played hell getting temp help last holiday, folks just did want to work or show up for work,


bettign that will be an issue again this year

If they stopped delivering so much crap that goes straight to the landfill a got back to delivering actual mail perhaps a lot of attitudes might change.

I collected all my junk mail for a month and took it back to the post office for disposal. They were not happy.

But I’m the customer and I wasn’t happy.

I'm not in a rural area, but I'd support it where I am. Heck 2 days a week would probably be more than enough most of the year.

However it's the Post Office, so everyone would still work a 5+ day work weeks, they just wouldn't deliver 5 days of the week.

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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
If they stopped delivering so much crap that goes straight to the landfill a got back to delivering actual mail perhaps a lot of attitudes might change.

I collected all my junk mail for a month and took it back to the post office for disposal. They were not happy.

But I’m the customer and I wasn’t happy.

I'm sure they weren't happy but I would have told you to take YOUR unwanted mail somewhere else to dispose of it.