For what it's worth, I saw an article on the USPS financial problems and they speculated Amazon may try to buy them.
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My beef with the PO is that I have to pay over $100 a year for a PO Box because I don't get delivery to my home....If I want delivery it's to a Rural Route on the road 2 blocks from my house.....no way I'm leaving my mail sit that far away from my house. My neighbors have tried to get them to make curbside delivery for years....the mail truck would only have to loop around my block of maybe 15 homes but they won't.
The problem with having a PO Box besides cost is that it often makes it difficult or impossible to make online purchases because my mailing address is a PO Box (I assume the credit card companies are worried about fraud).....it just happened yesterday when I tried to buy some parts from fordparts.com....I couldn't make the purchase. It costs me an extra $100+ a year to be treated like a 2nd class citizen...
The problem with having a PO Box besides cost is that it often makes it difficult or impossible to make online purchases because my mailing address is a PO Box (I assume the credit card companies are worried about fraud).....it just happened yesterday when I tried to buy some parts from fordparts.com....I couldn't make the purchase. It costs me an extra $100+ a year to be treated like a 2nd class citizen...
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They have had financial problems for years now.
Right now is the time to be supportive of your family, friends and looking out for our own health and well being.
Right now is the time to be supportive of your family, friends and looking out for our own health and well being.
Originally Posted by meadows
I initiated this post because a lot of people on another post were talking that they didn't need the check from the USA. I also do not need it. I think in times like this we need to give back.
We didn't need the check. We already have some to the church and are looking for other things to give to. The chances of the USPS going under are exactly at zero. I'm not giving them extra.
I initiated this post because a lot of people on another post were talking that they didn't need the check from the USA. I also do not need it. I think in times like this we need to give back.
We didn't need the check. We already have some to the church and are looking for other things to give to. The chances of the USPS going under are exactly at zero. I'm not giving them extra.
Can't believe the changes I've lived thru. When I was 12 growing up in jersey I had a pen pal who lived in St. Paul MN. We would write one another. Had a mailbox on the corner. Stamps cost 4 cents. I still remember how amazed I was that the flimsy envelope that I dropped into that box would arrive without fail thousands of miles away. I thought it was the greatest thing.
The post office is one of the most basic bits of a country's infrastructure, along with roads, power, phone, and internet. Even if we operate it at a loss*, it's worthwhile to have around because it supports our citizens and commerce.
*which I'm not arguing yay or nay with their unique pension obligations
*which I'm not arguing yay or nay with their unique pension obligations
The usps should be doing great right now since amazon ships most everything through them that they don't deliver themselves.
I gave my carrier an al pastor taco from the local taqueria.
They are awesome sauce.
And he is a good guy.
He tells me he makes enough to pay for his ex-wife, his other ex-wife and his girlfriend. Lotta overtime...
He enjoyed the taco.
They are awesome sauce.
And he is a good guy.
He tells me he makes enough to pay for his ex-wife, his other ex-wife and his girlfriend. Lotta overtime...
He enjoyed the taco.
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Originally Posted by RazorsEdge
They have had financial problems for years now.
Right now is the time to be supportive of your family, friends and looking out for our own health and well being.
That's the truth
They have had financial problems for years now.
Right now is the time to be supportive of your family, friends and looking out for our own health and well being.
That's the truth
Originally Posted by meadows
Buy some postage stamps to help with the crisis!
So are you buying them and then throwing them away? If you're saving them for future use, I really don't see how this helps in the long run. You'll either pay the post office now when you mail an envelope or you'll pay the post office later when you mail an envelope.
Buy some postage stamps to help with the crisis!
So are you buying them and then throwing them away? If you're saving them for future use, I really don't see how this helps in the long run. You'll either pay the post office now when you mail an envelope or you'll pay the post office later when you mail an envelope.
Originally Posted by 53' Stude
Originally Posted by RazorsEdge
They have had financial problems for years now.
Right now is the time to be supportive of your family, friends and looking out for our own health and well being.
That's the truth
Certainly.
I would humbly add, we are all in this together.
Originally Posted by RazorsEdge
They have had financial problems for years now.
Right now is the time to be supportive of your family, friends and looking out for our own health and well being.
That's the truth
Certainly.
I would humbly add, we are all in this together.
Do this instead -- take every "No Postage required" piece of junk mail and fill it out with BS info and drop it in your mailbox......the solicitor company pays the postage!
When I used to get credit card applications I would take the envelops and put in junk mail from AARP or life insurance crap and send it back to them......Screw them, if they are going to waste my time then I'm going to cost them money.
When I used to get credit card applications I would take the envelops and put in junk mail from AARP or life insurance crap and send it back to them......Screw them, if they are going to waste my time then I'm going to cost them money.
Originally Posted by CatCam2
Do this instead -- take every "No Postage required" piece of junk mail and fill it out with BS info and drop it in your mailbox......the solicitor company pays the postage!
Better yet, attach the envelope to a brick or other heavy object!
Guess I'm in the minority here - I still pay all bills via U.S. mail and even buy money orders on occasion.
Do this instead -- take every "No Postage required" piece of junk mail and fill it out with BS info and drop it in your mailbox......the solicitor company pays the postage!
Better yet, attach the envelope to a brick or other heavy object!
Guess I'm in the minority here - I still pay all bills via U.S. mail and even buy money orders on occasion.
Originally Posted by NormanBuntz
Originally Posted by gman2304
Zero tax dollars go to the usps! A common misconception.
And for those who think privatizing the Postal Service is the answer, obviously you don't live in the hinterlands of the USA where the Postal Service delivers six days a week, sometimes by boat, seaplane or snowmobile. A private or public corporation could never do that.
UPS and Fedex can and will if they were paid to
Originally Posted by gman2304
Zero tax dollars go to the usps! A common misconception.
And for those who think privatizing the Postal Service is the answer, obviously you don't live in the hinterlands of the USA where the Postal Service delivers six days a week, sometimes by boat, seaplane or snowmobile. A private or public corporation could never do that.
UPS and Fedex can and will if they were paid to
Originally Posted by hatt
Support you local small business that might actually fail. Buying stamps to prop up the USPS is literally one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.
Exactly. I'm more concerned and pathetic to the locally owned small business where community members (and their families) depend on it for a living. No thanks to forking out money to an outdated government subsidized company that will be bailed out with my tax money if it fails.
Support you local small business that might actually fail. Buying stamps to prop up the USPS is literally one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.
Exactly. I'm more concerned and pathetic to the locally owned small business where community members (and their families) depend on it for a living. No thanks to forking out money to an outdated government subsidized company that will be bailed out with my tax money if it fails.
Originally Posted by pbm
My beef with the PO is that I have to pay over $100 a year for a PO Box because I don't get delivery to my home....If I want delivery it's to a Rural Route on the road 2 blocks from my house.....no way I'm leaving my mail sit that far away from my house. My neighbors have tried to get them to make curbside delivery for years....the mail truck would only have to loop around my block of maybe 15 homes but they won't.
The problem with having a PO Box besides cost is that it often makes it difficult or impossible to make online purchases because my mailing address is a PO Box (I assume the credit card companies are worried about fraud).....it just happened yesterday when I tried to buy some parts from fordparts.com....I couldn't make the purchase. It costs me an extra $100+ a year to be treated like a 2nd class citizen...
Dumb question, but I have to ask; are you sure?
I had to rent a PO Box earlier this year due to having to help out a family member in a different state and them fussing about their mailbox not being big enough to handle the extra mail I wanted to forward there for security
. I rented a PO box and the post office I use has "Premium Services" where you get an actual street address for UPS/Fedex delivery, so if your address is PO Box 123, and the post office you're using is at 100 Main Street, you'd have access to an address along the lines of 100 Main St #123 and that solves the "no delivery to a PO box" problem. At least it does provided the carrier isn't too lazy to get out of the truck and deliver it properly. So far, UPS has worked with that option on my deliveries, FedEx hasn't been as cooperative.
Since you mentioned you'd have to use a Rural Route address otherwise, the PO may not be big enough to offer the Premium Service, but it's worth asking if you haven't already. It doesn't cost any extra if it's available.
My beef with the PO is that I have to pay over $100 a year for a PO Box because I don't get delivery to my home....If I want delivery it's to a Rural Route on the road 2 blocks from my house.....no way I'm leaving my mail sit that far away from my house. My neighbors have tried to get them to make curbside delivery for years....the mail truck would only have to loop around my block of maybe 15 homes but they won't.
The problem with having a PO Box besides cost is that it often makes it difficult or impossible to make online purchases because my mailing address is a PO Box (I assume the credit card companies are worried about fraud).....it just happened yesterday when I tried to buy some parts from fordparts.com....I couldn't make the purchase. It costs me an extra $100+ a year to be treated like a 2nd class citizen...
Dumb question, but I have to ask; are you sure?
I had to rent a PO Box earlier this year due to having to help out a family member in a different state and them fussing about their mailbox not being big enough to handle the extra mail I wanted to forward there for security
Since you mentioned you'd have to use a Rural Route address otherwise, the PO may not be big enough to offer the Premium Service, but it's worth asking if you haven't already. It doesn't cost any extra if it's available.
Originally Posted by Saabist
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Guess I'm in the minority here - I still pay all bills via U.S. mail and even buy money orders on occasion.
You and me both, at least on the bill payment part.
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Guess I'm in the minority here - I still pay all bills via U.S. mail and even buy money orders on occasion.
You and me both, at least on the bill payment part.
Originally Posted by Kira
Isn't having the USPS as an alternative for shipping packages HUGE?
And that's just one feature.
They must be doing something right since I've received both UPS and FedEx packages where they handed off to the USPS for the final step to my house.
Isn't having the USPS as an alternative for shipping packages HUGE?
And that's just one feature.
They must be doing something right since I've received both UPS and FedEx packages where they handed off to the USPS for the final step to my house.
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