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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1654009" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>USPS is doomed to fail without some changes. Income and operating costs have to match up. They are losing so much money. Probably some inefficiencies. They deliver to most anyone 6 days a week - in most cases direct to the house or mailbox. Do we really need delivery 6 days a week? I think I am OK with getting mail delivery 2 days a week or even one day. They could eliminate some of the delivery people with the remainder of the delivery people alternating routes depending on the day of the week. Could charge the receiver for delivery to their house as opposed to pickup at the post office. Need to cut costs or raise rates. You can send a letter across the country for 55 cents. Seems very cheap compared to UPS and Fedex rates.</p><p>They deliver some of the Amazon orders. I hope they are making a profit from those, but have heard that might not be the case. </p><p>Years ago, my son was working on a cattle ranch (station in local terms) in the outback of Australia, 250 miles from the nearest town. He wore out his pair of Ariat boots and asked us to send him a new pair. UPS and Fedex shipping was going to be over $150. USPS would ship for $50. I don't see how they could make money on that.</p><p></p><p>I have sometimes suspected that USPS tracking information is not updated very often. But 3 weeks seems like a problem. I also think that "accepted shipment" may not mean physical possession. They may have the "paperwork", but have not received the item.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1654009, member: 40418"] USPS is doomed to fail without some changes. Income and operating costs have to match up. They are losing so much money. Probably some inefficiencies. They deliver to most anyone 6 days a week - in most cases direct to the house or mailbox. Do we really need delivery 6 days a week? I think I am OK with getting mail delivery 2 days a week or even one day. They could eliminate some of the delivery people with the remainder of the delivery people alternating routes depending on the day of the week. Could charge the receiver for delivery to their house as opposed to pickup at the post office. Need to cut costs or raise rates. You can send a letter across the country for 55 cents. Seems very cheap compared to UPS and Fedex rates. They deliver some of the Amazon orders. I hope they are making a profit from those, but have heard that might not be the case. Years ago, my son was working on a cattle ranch (station in local terms) in the outback of Australia, 250 miles from the nearest town. He wore out his pair of Ariat boots and asked us to send him a new pair. UPS and Fedex shipping was going to be over $150. USPS would ship for $50. I don't see how they could make money on that. I have sometimes suspected that USPS tracking information is not updated very often. But 3 weeks seems like a problem. I also think that "accepted shipment" may not mean physical possession. They may have the "paperwork", but have not received the item. [/QUOTE]
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