I have been told, but have no proof, that the USPS first class postage 
subsidizes the parcel business.

Since Fedex took over the package shipment from DHL when DHL left 
Wilmington, Ohio (between Columbus and Cincinnati) leaving 4000 people 
without jobs, the priority with tracking has deteriorated. It used to be 
I would reliably get 2 day service from anywhere in the USA, today, 
rarely 2 day, mostly 3 day, and sometimes more.

The local post office does scan in and out (at my box), and if Fedex 
misses the local carriers (we are rural motor routes), they try to send 
a vehicle out to deliver those packages same day they received.

Note that USPS has a special low cost book rate for Books, Cd's, etc., 
but it is slow.


On 4/9/2010 10:18 PM, John Gardner wrote:
>> FYI , those using USPS are charging costs to me...
>>      
> Care to explain? I'm not a big fan of the "public sector", but Priority
> Mail gets me coast-to-coast service at about half the rate,&  half the
> time, of UPS, where shippers offer it unencumbered by premiums.
>
> As well, UPS has abandoned servicing low-volume customers,&  their
> guaranties are worth what they cost to disseminate...
>
> best regards,
>
> Jack
>
> p.s. - I'm willing to listen - This ain't a troll...
>
> On 4/9/10, YES NOPE9<yes@nope9.com>  wrote:
>    
>>> On Apr 9, 2010, at 2:51 PM, Chris Smolinski wrote:
>>>
>>>        
>>>> was Re: [AVR] use a PICKit2 to program AVRs!
>>>>
>>>> Funny NYPD wrote:
>>>>          
>>>>> wow, that's a duty preventing people from importing.
>>>>>            
>>>> We run into this all the time. The worst situation is when the
>>>> customer gets
>>>> the package, refuses to pay customs fees, and the carrier charges
>>>> them to
>>>> our account.
>>>>          
>>> This is why I absolutely refuse to use FedEx any more. They did this
>>> to me too many times. Now I ship USPS exclusively.
>>>
>>> Chris Smolinski
>>> Black Cat Systems
>>> http://www.blackcatsystems.com
>>>        
>> FYI , those using USPS are charging costs to me.
>> http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2009/pr09_066.htm
>> Gus
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