What to do about the USPS? (carry, constitution, security, welfare)

[jdm2008]

Originally Posted by t206

More insults, cool....and apparently I'm a liar too? Just because you disagree with my ideas and my optimistic attitude doesn't automatically make you some all-knowing being.

Now, what about the fact that its currently illegal for anyone besides the USPS to leave something in your mailbox? You don't think that having to make redelivery attempts would impact the cost for some of these other private companies to deliver to remote areas? If UPS could slip a flat envelope in your mail slot or put it in your mailbox instead of making two more attempts to get someone in person, don't you think that would make the business model a bit more manageable? Or am I still not "being honest" according to your thinking?

The UPS and Fed Ex are allowed to sell their own mailboxes to leave their mail in. People can also leave mail slots that go through their door. So no that will not have a significant effect on their ability to service rural areas.

[seeriously]

I'm currently tracking a package that I'm waiting for, sent FedEx but handed over to the USPS for the last leg. Tomorrow the USPS will deliver it to my mailbox. That's the thing people don't realize. UPS and FedEx won't go into rural areas. They'll only take it so far then they rely on the USPS which gets little or no credit.

Also, I remember living in Alexandria, VA and watching from a window while a UPS driver threw my package up about a dozen cement steps to my townhouse door.

[wade52]

The obvious solution:

1. cut redundant services
2. streamline operations to reduce needed manpower
3. increase rates if necessary

What's so hard about this?

[Glitch]

Originally Posted by ipoetry

I'm currently tracking a package that I'm waiting for, sent FedEx but handed over to the USPS for the last leg. Tomorrow the USPS will deliver it to my mailbox. That's the thing people don't realize. UPS and FedEx won't go into rural areas. They'll only take it so far then they rely on the USPS which gets little or no credit.

Also, I remember living in Alexandria, VA and watching from a window while a UPS driver threw my package up about a dozen cement steps to my townhouse door.

Nonsense. You have that completely backwards. I live in rural Alaska, and the ONLY mail service I can get is FedEx or UPS, and they deliver right to my door. I have to go into to town to get my mail from the USPS because they refuse to deliver it where I live.

[kentuckydad95]

Look up a little thing called "last mile" parcels. UPS and FedEx are trying to get OUT of the rural delivery business. I know...I deliver many UPS and FedEx parcels daily. And you think they are going to invest multi-billions into a nationwide delivery system to every door? And you CAN send a letter now through UPS or FedEx. What will it cost you...$20 or $30? You can also send 70 lbs of lead in a flat-rate box through the USPS. How much would it cost with the other two carriers?

Anyway, the USPS will change. People will not be replaced upon retirement or resignation. Smaller, non-profitable offices will close. Layoffs will become part of new contracts for EVERY branch of the USPS. You people can b--ch and complain all you want. We aren't going anywhere.

[kentuckydad95]

Originally Posted by Glitch

Nonsense. You have that completely backwards. I live in rural Alaska, and the ONLY mail service I can get is FedEx or UPS, and they deliver right to my door. I have to go into to town to get my mail from the USPS because they refuse to deliver it where I live.

So no one in the world can send you a letter via the USPS? Somehow I doubt it considering the USPS takes it via dogsled in some parts of Alaska. http://www.alaskadispatch.com/articl...ed-mail-alaska

[Glitch]

Originally Posted by kentuckydad95

So no one in the world can send you a letter via the USPS? Somehow I doubt it considering the USPS takes it via dogsled in some parts of Alaska. Delivering mail in Alaska by dog sled | Alaska Dispatch

Not that the USPS will deliver, no.

You might want to actually read the article you posted.

In 1963, the U.S. Post Office Department honored Chester Noongwook of Savoonga, on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. He was the last mail driver and with his retirement, regular sled dog mail delivery ended in Alaska.

That was 48 years ago.

[jodipper]

I think the post office does a great job. I also think 3 or 4 days a week are enough. If you have a residential or larger size lot they should have their boxes at the street. No door delivery in those areas.

[kentuckydad95]

Originally Posted by Glitch

Not that the USPS will deliver, no.

You might want to actually read the article you posted.



That was 48 years ago.

Then what do you do? Do you have a PO box? Is it delivered by plane and you go pick it up? I find it hard to believe that if UPS and FedEx are delivering to your home, that the USPS isn't.

[Glitch]

Originally Posted by kentuckydad95

Then what do you do? Do you have a PO box? Is it delivered by plane and you go pick it up? I find it hard to believe that if UPS and FedEx are delivering to your home, that the USPS isn't.

As I previously posted, I have to drive into town to pick up my mail. Only FedEx and UPS will deliver right to my door. And I have to pay extra to pick up my mail in town.