Re: The US Postal Service

On 2/13/2025 3:06 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:

I believe at one time the US Postal Service sponsored cycling. Well they sure have been on my bad list as of late. Seems things are much slower than they ever were and shoddy.
 I order a set of different guitar strings from a place in Traverse City Michigan. That is about 8 hour drive from here. Priority mailed out 02/05/25. I got the package today and yes the weather was bad they said it would be delay. It sat in at the post office in my town for 5 days. It showed up with a plastic bag around the mailing envelop and note of package damage. There was nothing in the package and only one set of the 4 string sets I ordered in the plastic bag sealing it all with apology.
 The place is going to send out the remaining strings but I wonder if they file a claim with the post office. Frankly probably not worth the effort. To top that off it took 21 days in December for a letter of mine to get to Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
 Maybe Trump will look  into that too they need something done. Frankly quite allowing junk mail and get the act together.

Yes that's right:
http://www.cyclismas.com/biscuits/us-postal-tour-de-france-squads-1999-2006/
USPS won a lawsuit against Mr Armstrong following his fall from grace:
https://natlawreview.com/article/lance-armstrong-pays-5-million-to-settle-100-million-us-government-law-suit
Yes prices are up, way up, and no end of that in sight. There are a lot of reasons and a lot of players- plenty enough blame to go around. This is not solely on Mr DeJOy who has deep logistics experience but is stymied by the nature of a not private not public structure.  All that on top of freight being fuel+labor plus a markup. These are not good times for the Post Office.
Yes, the vaunted "2 Day" service is now four to ten days and more than double rates ten years ago.
But no, in fairness, loss/damage rates remain steady (I ship a LOT of packages) although always higher than FedEx or UPS.
  A loss/damage claim takes 30 to 90 days, and they do pay when they are at fault, but the process is tedious.
Oh, and there is little a President can do.  It's on Congress to act, which they have not and will not.
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