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The best thing is to buy a BOOK and save yourself a headache.
It is cheaper for me to throw 1 or 2 extra stamps on the oversized envelope then to stand in a line for 20 mins to save .020 cents or whatever. Time is more important for me then what extra pennies I put on the envelope or pkg.
People spend more money for a burger and coke or a drink at 7/11...whats the big deal?
there is a flat $1 service charge regardless of the amount ordered and you get them in the mail in a couple days. Your local PO also gets the credit for the sell, which is important if, like me, you live in an area with a smaller facility that might be on the chopping block.
I have several stores that sale stamps near me at their courtesy booths. Might want to check.I know that some places have a hard time keeping machines that will work because of basically people beating on them. Some areas they are removing them for just this reason plus being broken into ;I am told.
I love reading people whine and complain about the USPS when they have NO CLUE how things really operate. I work for the USPS and just LOVE when a person buys 3 or 4 stamps at a time and comes back two days later and buys another 3 or 4 stamps. Why the hell not buy a book of 10 or book of 20 and be done with it instead of complaining? God-forbid the customers do something that makes sense.
And as for going to Mail Boxes Etc or something like that for your stamps or shipping, guess who still gets the money for postage and stamps? The USPS. And the reports of the "USPS going broke" are far from accurate. The USPS will ALWAYS be in business and ALWAYS be the one's who will deliver your mail. If you can remember, that was challenged at one time and the USPS won, as expected seeing as they are a federal government operation. Oh, and before you start complaining about them going to 5-day a week delivery, they have been talking about that for 35 years. It's not going to happen.
And as far as service, I hustle everyday to deliver mail to my customers. I make sure I do the job right for an UNGRATEFUL public. A public that I wish for ONE day could work with us and see what we actually have to do. The facts will always remain the same. In one day the USPS delivers more packages than UPS does in a week. And we are the ONLY one's who will deliver a letter from New York to LA for less than 50 cents! You find another company that will do that. Won't happen.
I love my job, even though I have to deliver to a world full of ingrates.
I love reading people whine and complain about the USPS when they have NO CLUE how things really operate. I work for the USPS and just LOVE when a person buys 3 or 4 stamps at a time and comes back two days later and buys another 3 or 4 stamps. Why the hell not buy a book of 10 or book of 20 and be done with it instead of complaining? God-forbid the customers do something that makes sense.
And as for going to Mail Boxes Etc or something like that for your stamps or shipping, guess who still gets the money for postage and stamps? The USPS. And the reports of the "USPS going broke" are far from accurate. The USPS will ALWAYS be in business and ALWAYS be the one's who will deliver your mail. If you can remember, that was challenged at one time and the USPS won, as expected seeing as they are a federal government operation. Oh, and before you start complaining about them going to 5-day a week delivery, they have been talking about that for 35 years. It's not going to happen.
And as far as service, I hustle everyday to deliver mail to my customers. I make sure I do the job right for an UNGRATEFUL public. A public that I wish for ONE day could work with us and see what we actually have to do. The facts will always remain the same. In one day the USPS delivers more packages than UPS does in a week. And we are the ONLY one's who will deliver a letter from New York to LA for less than 50 cents! You find another company that will do that. Won't happen.
I love my job, even though I have to deliver to a world full of ingrates.
For less than 50 cents I beg to differ with you . I send my sister letters who lives in boston and I fold over the paper so it will fit in the envelope and then the letter comes back marked that it cant go in the machine , excuse me then that .42 becomes .65 cents . so what you are stating is untrue and I have such a bone to pick with the post office why my letters to hawaii to my brother are always classified as .94 cents !!! so tell me why that makes any sense huh ? I am sorry we seem like an ungratefull bunch but really you all should try to make people understand why postage is going up every three months .
For less than 50 cents I beg to differ with you . I send my sister letters who lives in boston and I fold over the paper so it will fit in the envelope and then the letter comes back marked that it cant go in the machine , excuse me then that .42 becomes .65 cents . so what you are stating is untrue and I have such a bone to pick with the post office why my letters to hawaii to my brother are always classified as .94 cents !!! so tell me why that makes any sense huh ? I am sorry we seem like an ungratefull bunch but really you all should try to make people understand why postage is going up every three months .
How many pages are in your "letters"? I implore you to send an envelope to Hawaii via FedEx or UPS for the 94 cents you state. Good luck with that. As far as the postage going up, it is NOT every three months, so get your facts right. As usual, the public makes up what they want. I also implore you look up the UPS price increases for the past year or two. I am betting that it is alot more than a penny or two. And why does the price go up? Gee, no one seems to mind that a can of corn now costs around $1, when it was around 50 cents four years ago. Everything is skyrocketing and what do people whine about? A couple of PENNIES!!! I guess you don't realize the mass logistics it takes to run the USPS? Here is a good idea for revenue for the USPS. How about we charge you a fee of 5 cents per piece of mail that you receive at home in your mailbox. That way, we can charge you for all those junk catalogs and ad's you crurently receive FOR FREE!!! Like I said...ingrates.
Oh, and be sure and call and complain on your mailcarrier as often as you can. It's always a good idea to upset the people who handle your mail everyday. BTW, we have 6 unions in the USPS. The ONLY way we get fired is for stealing mail or stamps or money orders. Your complaints go nowhere.
Guess there is something to living rural we never had any postage machines at our PO just Carl. Park walk in might have to wait for one person ahead of me but usually know them so we shoot the breeze.
If I can't make into town I just leave my money in an envelope in my mailbox my carrier leaves me stamps.
Thanks for your thread I just found another thing to be grateful for living in the stress free country.
I do have to say the PO could cut costs just by down sizing some of the stamps. They have gotten way over board on size IMHO. Waste of ink, paper and trees. I don't care for the sheets of stamps instead of the books either seems that is more the norm now.
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