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Last time I went to the Post office to apply for passports we were met promptly and treated courteously. Our passports arrived two weeks later and ahead of schedule. We have has no delivery problems with regular mail that I can remember. Privatizing the Post office would be unconstitutional and a waste of money.
The USPS doesnt process passports, they are actually contracted out to a private entity. Mellon Bank used to do them, not sure who won the latest contract..
That has always been my understanding. Someone had posted info showing otherwise in another usps thread. I never actualy read it so cant say what the deal is.
The USPS is self funded and self sufficient. They receive taxpayer money, only to the extent that the federal law requires the USPS offer free and reduced postage for the blind and libraries.
In fact, the only reason the USPS is in the hole, is because the federal government bombarded them with unfunded pension liabilities.
UPS routinely leaves my packages outside my door....in New York City! Even with packages that were supposed to require a signature!
I usually request that people ship things to me via USPS whenever possible.
I'll never forget the time I ordered 100 digital picture frames at $300 a piece, and the USPS left them all on my front porch, no signature, no nothing. I came home and found them all over the place and was astounded that no one seen what they were and walked away with them..
A package was sent to me from Nashville, TN by UPS.
It was trucked to their terminal in Memphis, TN the next day, then ground transported to Dallas, Tx that night.
The next day, it was sent to the local UPS terminal where it stayed for.....5 days. Over the next 2 days, they "tried" to deliver it to my house twice, but I wasn't home so they took it back.
I finally went to the local UPS terminal and picked it up myself. Total transit time from Nashville, TN to my house in Denison, TX (just over 600 miles).....8 days.
Location: where people are either too stupid to leave or too stuck to move
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I run my business with USPS and they have never left a package outside my house , they ring the door bell or leave a slip if I'm not home to sign . But UPS? They left my 100 dollar box on my lawn, they never ring the bell, give it to random neighbors , leave it in the door in the rain,it's always a hassle with UPS . Fed Ex I don't know because they aren't that near to me nor do I use them
The USPS doesnt process passports, they are actually contracted out to a private entity. Mellon Bank used to do them, not sure who won the latest contract..
Never ceases to amaze me that for less than 50 cents, I can drop a letter in the box and somebody in rural northern California or New York has it within 2 days. I think the USPS is great.
What's it cost for UPS or Fedex........ oh wait they can't legally deliver first class mail.
That has always been my understanding. Someone had posted info showing otherwise in another usps thread. I never actualy read it so cant say what the deal is.
They are operating witha deficit and have been for years, currently something like a 12 billion annually and have to "borrow" money from the government.
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Even with packages that were supposed to require a signature!
