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ORIGINAL: NeedToUseYou

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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Did anyone take into consideration that businesses are moving progressively away from the USPS. Not to mention that electronic mail has replaced letter writting. There are numerous reasons why the PS is losing money.

Did anyone consider that GM lost so much money because of the drop in volume of cars sold? Did anyone consider that banks lost money because the mortgage market they were forced into couldnt make their payments?

Not on this board they didnt. Apples to apples.

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Did anyone take into consideration that businesses are moving progressively away from the USPS. Not to mention that electronic mail has replaced letter writting. There are numerous reasons why the PS is losing money.

Did anyone consider that GM lost so much money because of the drop in volume of cars sold? Did anyone consider that banks lost money because the mortgage market they were forced into couldnt make their payments?

Not on this board they didnt. Apples to apples.

I wrote those in regards to actually blaming an administration for the loss of income. The USPS may just become a thing of the past unless they find ways to compete.

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Actually the should just get out of that business, and provide the regular mail service where they have protection against competition. Of course that means they will have to fire a good % of their staff.

Too big to fail?

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Actually the should just get out of that business, and provide the regular mail service where they have protection against competition. Of course that means they will have to fire a good % of their staff.

Too big to fail?

Hrmmm, I doubt they could sustain mail service more than a few times a week for regular mail in the not to distant future, if stamp type mail was all they did.

I mean I can bring a couple of hundred dollars in postage for them at a time, versus .35 stamp mail which is going to decrease even further as grandmas and grandpas die off. Who even mails letter type anything anymore? I don't, I don't pay one bill by mail. I still receive a couple courtesy bills before the withdrawal, but I doubt that will last forever. I get like 3 mailers a week for stores, besides that nothing but packages in and out.

No, I just don't see it, especially in rural areas, it would be impossible to maintain a daily presence.

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ORIGINAL: SpinnerofTales
What an interesting citation and a fine comparison of apples and oranges.

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Did anyone take into consideration that businesses are moving progressively away from the USPS. Not to mention that electronic mail has replaced letter writting. There are numerous reasons why the PS is losing money.

Did anyone consider that GM lost so much money because of the drop in volume of cars sold? Did anyone consider that banks lost money because the mortgage market they were forced into couldnt make their payments?

Not on this board they didnt. Apples to apples.

I wrote those in regards to actually blaming an administration for the loss of income. The USPS may just become a thing of the past unless they find ways to compete.

Who was blaming the administration? Prophylactic posting or just paranoid?

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Sanity doesnt usually lose me this quickly. This time its Imus.

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I dont buy it. There is a huge subjective factor in the comparison of severity of injuries for one thing.
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Did anyone take into consideration that businesses are moving progressively away from the USPS. Not to mention that electronic mail has replaced letter writting. There are numerous reasons why the PS is losing money.

Did anyone consider that GM lost so much money because of the drop in volume of cars sold? Did anyone consider that banks lost money because the mortgage market they were forced into couldnt make their payments?

Not on this board they didnt. Apples to apples.

I wrote those in regards to actually blaming an administration for the loss of income. The USPS may just become a thing of the past unless they find ways to compete.

Who was blaming the administration? Prophylactic posting or just paranoid?

Dont know what your problem is.. except maybe lack of sex... which is understandable from what i have seen of you on these boards. But you are too damn stupid to even realize when someone is agreeing with you... and thats pathetically sad.

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I dont buy it. There is a huge subjective factor in the comparison of severity of injuries for one thing.
ORIGINAL: willbeurdaddy

Of course, wilbeur.......comparisons like death rates among trauma victims with like injuries and ages are invalid. Comparisons between health insurance and the post office are far more valid. It all comes down to what's convenient for you to believe it seems.

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I didn't make the comparison. President Obama did.

"Obama compares. I report"

Nice to ring to it, don't you think?

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Sanity doesnt usually lose me this quickly. This time its Imus.

Okay. Obama drew a parallel between the USPS and government run health care. Opponents to government run health care say it will be too costly and will bankrupt the country. The USPS is bleeding red ink.

I can retype it all in caps if that would help.

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Six day a week mail delivery is mandated by law. Congressional action is necessary to make any changes there. As far as "firing a good % of their staff", most of the bargaining unit employees (unionized employees) are covered by a no-layoff clause in their current contracts, and have other protections in place against mass firings.