Re: What's up with usps
[Re: DanN]
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12/18/20 08:04 AM
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Awhile back Trump imposed changes on USPS because it is soaking up too many tax dollars. One of the changes to save money was no more overtime. So now a carrier will only load his truck with the amount of mail that can be delivered without staying out late. Google Trumps changes to USPS. Read the old dated articles. What we have now is more unintended consequence. There were other changes as well.
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Re: What's up with usps
[Re: DanN]
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Speaking to the choir but I find it somewhat amusing to hear people get fired up about the incompetent USPS when it comes to their Christmas presents but fully trusted them with the presidential election. Glad to see where their priorities are.
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Re: What's up with usps
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USPS has run its course..time to end it and let private enterprise run the mail system.Sorry to you gov. postal workers but it has become totally inefficient.Have a package of traps being shipped to me since Dec 6.Tracking # says in transit for over a week now..total distance from start to my house..200 miles...they are the height of inefficiency Sorry, marathonman but I have to disagree with you saying USPS has run its course and we need to let private enterprise run the mail system. The so called “business” person Trump appointed to run the Post Office was a disaster. Ever since this guy was appointed the USPS service went down hill. All this guy did was eliminate sorting machinery and eliminate o/t of the workers. There is no private enterprise that wants to deliver a letter or newspaper for what USPS gets paid to deliver it. If anything more money needs to be pumped into the USPS to make it more efficient. It is one if not the only government agency that comes close to supporting itself. Yes, it loses money but I doubt there is a mail service in the world that makes money. We should be investing in people and sorting machinery to make our mail system the most efficient in the world. Without USPS there would be no one to keep parcel rates in check. FedX and UPS rates would likely raise even more and faster than they do now.
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Re: What's up with usps
[Re: DanN]
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The President doesn't appoint the Postmaster General.
The USPS had big problems long before Trump's administration.
Eh...wot?
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Re: What's up with usps
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I went by the outside drop box at the post office yesterday afternoon to drop some Christmas cards and the two LARGE OVERSIZE drop boxes were full and I couldn't even get my cards stuffed into the drop boxes. I'll check again this morning. They are supposed to be emptied every day at 5:00 P.M.
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Re: What's up with usps
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I see some of these threads and I understand the inconveniences this may have caused. I also beleive people just need to relax and give these delivery people/companies some slack. I have also had some packages take many weeks to month's to arrive but it is what it is now.
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Re: What's up with usps
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I see some of these threads and I understand the inconveniences this may have caused. I also beleive people just need to relax and give these delivery people/companies some slack. I have also had some packages take many weeks to month's to arrive but it is what it is now. And just accepting it is why it will never get any better. Accountability is needed and should be expected.
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Re: What's up with usps
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I see some of these threads and I understand the inconveniences this may have caused. I also beleive people just need to relax and give these delivery people/companies some slack. I have also had some packages take many weeks to month's to arrive but it is what it is now. And just accepting it is why it will never get any better. Accountability is needed and should be expected. X 2 This is a completely unacceptable level of service.
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Re: What's up with usps
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USPS has run its course..time to end it and let private enterprise run the mail system.Sorry to you gov. postal workers but it has become totally inefficient.Have a package of traps being shipped to me since Dec 6.Tracking # says in transit for over a week now..total distance from start to my house..200 miles...they are the height of inefficiency Sorry, marathonman but I have to disagree with you saying USPS has run its course and we need to let private enterprise run the mail system. The so called “business” person Trump appointed to run the Post Office was a disaster. Ever since this guy was appointed the USPS service went down hill. All this guy did was eliminate sorting machinery and eliminate o/t of the workers. There is no private enterprise that wants to deliver a letter or newspaper for what USPS gets paid to deliver it. If anything more money needs to be pumped into the USPS to make it more efficient. It is one if not the only government agency that comes close to supporting itself. Yes, it loses money but I doubt there is a mail service in the world that makes money. We should be investing in people and sorting machinery to make our mail system the most efficient in the world. Without USPS there would be no one to keep parcel rates in check. FedX and UPS rates would likely raise even more and faster than they do now. The USPO has been a joke for many years but you blame Trump what a surprise. LOL Just look at what they did to flat rate pricing it was a deal at one time now it has almost doubled. The red tape mess and lack of accountability makes for poor service they charge high prices and can ask for tax money to help with their loses. Ask yourself how UPS and FedEx do the same job and profit from it.
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Re: What's up with usps
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USPS was busy enough but the precious private companies couldn’t handle the volume so they put quotas on how much they would pick up from certain big shippers. Result was a huge influx of packages to the USPS. They don’t have the option to tell Amazon or anyone else your shipping more than we can handle so we are not going to pick it all up like the private companies do. Our carrier went from his standard car load a day to several carloads a day and he is supposed to get it done in same amount of time because of no overtime.
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Re: What's up with usps
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Don't order anything online, go drive some place and buy it off the shelf. Same day and have your item in hand and no waiting. Problem solved! Then if all did that, the processes would speed up for the rest us.
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Re: What's up with usps
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A lot of the cheaper options have been eliminated and replaced by “faster” more expensive options that are no faster in any way.
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Re: What's up with usps
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USPS has run its course..time to end it and let private enterprise run the mail system.Sorry to you gov. postal workers but it has become totally inefficient.Have a package of traps being shipped to me since Dec 6.Tracking # says in transit for over a week now..total distance from start to my house..200 miles...they are the height of inefficiency Sorry, marathonman but I have to disagree with you saying USPS has run its course and we need to let private enterprise run the mail system. The so called “business” person Trump appointed to run the Post Office was a disaster. Ever since this guy was appointed the USPS service went down hill. All this guy did was eliminate sorting machinery and eliminate o/t of the workers. There is no private enterprise that wants to deliver a letter or newspaper for what USPS gets paid to deliver it. If anything more money needs to be pumped into the USPS to make it more efficient. It is one if not the only government agency that comes close to supporting itself. Yes, it loses money but I doubt there is a mail service in the world that makes money. We should be investing in people and sorting machinery to make our mail system the most efficient in the world. Without USPS there would be no one to keep parcel rates in check. FedX and UPS rates would likely raise even more and faster than they do now. Throwing more money at it will fix the problem. That always works. Ask Amtrak.
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Re: What's up with usps
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I went by the outside drop box at the post office yesterday afternoon to drop some Christmas cards and the two LARGE OVERSIZE drop boxes were full and I couldn't even get my cards stuffed into the drop boxes. I'll check again this morning. They are supposed to be emptied every day at 5:00 P.M. probably full of absentee ballots headed to Georgia
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Re: What's up with usps
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Don't order anything online, go drive some place and buy it off the shelf. Same day and have your item in hand and no waiting. Problem solved! Then if all did that, the processes would speed up for the rest us. Problem is you drive to store and they don't have it !!!
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