I stopped using it. I have sent some packages FedEx and they have gotten across country in half the time of USPS. Wondering if Amazon should take over mail delivery?
Iād be curious how UPS and fedex are successful (at least I donāt hear about cash issues and debt from them). What are they doing that USPS is not, or vice versa.
Lettermail. Canada Post will likely go out of business here because they are required by charter to provide lettermail to anyone in Canada. Lettermail postage is the same to send across the street as it is for 4600km away. Parcels they can charge based on location, but not for lettermail. There has been some rumblings to get rid of lettermail all together here to save the post office.
What will people do if they canāt write a letterā¦?
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Iāve posted it here before, USPS was ruined back in the mid 2000s by Congressā¦ go read up on the history, it was all downhill from there because they got fscked hard!
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Itās funny how a service every single American uses somehow ādoesnāt have enough moneyā when an unlimited budget is available for other things.
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There was some talks years ago about Amazon buying either Fedex or Ups.
I mentioned this one in the eBay issues thread too. But this deserves a spot here too.
It is on the slow boat to Baltimore
New York to Florida (passing me) to Georgia back up to New Jersey (passing me again)?
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Iāve been noticing another USPS trend unrelated to these crazy, ridiculous shipping trails.
And that is, I literally donāt get any mail sometimes during the week. And Iām quite sure there is mail to have been delivered because the next day delivery is significantly more mail.
I canāt remember in 50+ years ever having mail not come Monday - Saturday. And now it ājust happensā.
Sigh
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Whatās your normal distribution center? Mine is in another stateā¦so someone a few towns over can mail me something and it takes a few days to leave the state and come backā¦
Not that this is whatās happening to youā¦but curious if itās New Jersey for you. Iād think yours would be closer to Baltimore.
Mail has been super slow after the Christmas rush. Priority packages are taking longer then ground in some cases. I have a priority package that says it has been in transit for two weeks now which I think is lost.
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Sounds like the fiasco about 4 or 5 years ago. I had media mail packages arrving in 2-3 days but Priority packages were taking almost 2 weeks. Different package types impacted differently. Paying more doesnāt always mean faster delivery. I guess I think of it like, if all the elephants in the room are trying to squeeze out the double doors and a few are using the single door, the few make it out much faster. 
And the mice make it out no problem as wellā¦as long as they donāt get stepped on.
Wait, who are the mice in this metaphor?
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Media mailā¦
Well, in my metaphor, the few elephant using the single door were Media Mail or not Priority mailā¦
Didnāt make much sense to me since everything leaves the building through the same door.
I like mouse vs elephant better.
Elephants = Comics
Double Doors = Priority Mail
Single Door = Not Priority Mail
Makes perfect senseā¦ 
Elephant gate
If you have to break it down like that, then itās too complicated.
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