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NeedToUseYou -> RE: USPS posts $3.8B loss for 2009 (11/16/2009 5:22:36 PM)
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I'll tell you why the post office is losing money, its because they think they are gods (the ones that work in the actual office are the worst). We spend alot shipping crap, and get zero respect from them. They bitch if the shipping dates don't conform with their stupid policies, as if the scan time of the package wasn't enough to update their system. UPS, and FEDEX, you print the label and can drop it off whenever.
They also always look at you cross eyed if your delivery guy has to pick up like 30 boxes or something. (Sometimes have them pick up sometimes not) Sorry... Dude, you like to get paid right, they should be happy, fedex and UPS never do that, they actually like getting more business. We don't do enough business with the USPS to get a "big boy" service, but do enough to pay a salary, they handle that market poorly.
The only thing I use the Post office for is flat-rate boxes, or flat rate envelopes, which are progressively becoming less of a good deal all the time.
The money going forward as far as mail is concerned is packages, they are only now trying to play catchup in that regard in terms of tracking and whatnot, there pricing for everything is higher except in some instances when you can use flat rate boxes or envelopes, even their parcel post (ultra slow) is most of the time more expensive than UPS.
If the USPS with its massive infrastructure, huge embedded footprint can't figure out how to deliver "large" packages at the same or lower price than UPS they'll go broke. They should be able to do it, UPS does it, FEDEX does it.
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