Ok..let me get this right...the USPS is losing billions of taxpayer dollars a year....so the goverment is going to let UPS, FEDEX make all the profit picking up the parcels and let the taxpayers lose all the money delivering them?
Ok..let me get this right...the USPS is losing billions of taxpayer dollars a year....so the goverment is going to let UPS, FEDEX make all the profit picking up the parcels and let the taxpayers lose all the money delivering them?
Even the Post Office can't screw this one up. We do all of the leg work and all they have to do is make a delivery to an address that they are already going to.
I am curious as to whether the P.O. will accept the deliveries as P-man described above (UPS driver scans barcode on forever bag only) or will they insist that the bags be emptied and each package scanned, which would defeat the purpose from our point of view.
Even the Post Office can't screw this one up. We do all of the leg work and all they have to do is make a delivery to an address that they are already going to.
P.S. Hoax,
Not that I have anything against Corporate but I disagree with one of your comments.
The SUCCESSFUL District Manager always kept his or her finger on the pulse.
For them being in a center before dispatch,bs'ing with the drivers at the coffee wagon or in the cafeteria was a real +.
Today with only 20 Districts I hope that in between meetings and visiting customers the District Manager would take time to "smell the package dust"
There are not too many customers they can visit at 7;30 to 8;30 in the morning or during the driver check in pm.
Ok..let me get this right...the USPS is losing billions of taxpayer dollars a year....so the goverment is going to let UPS, FEDEX make all the profit picking up the parcels and let the taxpayers lose all the money delivering them?
When the losses reach 10, 15, maybe 20 billion a year I think the american people and maybe some congressman will want to know why UPS is making billions off the us taxpayer?
Sure they do, even when Im ordering online or over the phone I am giving an option. You dont see many customers being loyal to any one shipping customer
Hoke, I think you may be confusing carrier with service level. The consignee most definitely makes the determination of which carrier they prefer when they place their order--the larger the consignee,
Yes, I love it when its sitting out in the rain or snow before their site shows it has shipped.I dont know who you guys are ordering through but shippers definitely dictate carrier to the consignee. If you go online you definitely get forced to use their choice. In some cases you can dictate ups as your choice in the remarks column when you order online.
if you want to use UPS with fdx sites then you generally have to call it in and request ups. Even then some shippers refuse to do so.
Those shippers that use the post office tend to be the most rigid when it comes to offering other carriers. I had a nice email battle going with one guy who sells fantasy football draft kits but refuses to ship them ups. He had the better product but I would not buy from him due to his refusing to ship ups.
to me its one of those quirks that drives me nuts. I have to pay for shipping but they dictate the carrier if you let them. I'm not sure why anyone would pay for the post office when the only tracking service you recieve is the delivery scan.
The USPS hasn't run on taxpayer dollars since the early 1980's.Ok..let me get this right...the USPS is losing billions of taxpayer dollars a year....so the goverment is going to let UPS, FEDEX make all the profit picking up the parcels and let the taxpayers lose all the money delivering them?
Island, can you come back out of retirement? Your kind is missing from this company. Not a knock at Pman, I like as well, but your attitude was one that helped make this company successful.
Uh Hoaxster...what planet are you on?...from the usps own website....$8.5 billion 2010 year loss.
who do you think makes up the difference?
Last time I checked the usps has no stock or bond holders.
and since the usps IS a goverment operation the us tresuary pays the difference...thats you the taxpayer.
Uh Hoaxster...what planet are you on?...from the usps own website....$8.5 billion 2010 year loss.
who do you think makes up the difference?
Last time I checked the usps has no stock or bond holders.
and since the usps IS a goverment operation the us tresuary pays the difference...thats you the taxpayer.
Wow. This myth that the Postal Service receives yearly subsidies from the taxpayer to cover their losses has appparently got a tight hold on you. The myth has been circulating since 1983, and here you are still keeping it alive in 2011.
Maybe you could cite some official sources that document the dollar amounts of the mythical subsidies and the years they were supposedly paid.
Im still waiting for a answer on who makes up the loss every year??
Im still waiting for a answer on who makes up the loss every year??
From my Post #74 above:
"The USPS hasn't run on taxpayer dollars since the early 1980's.
The Postal Service is an independent organization mandated by Congress to break even over time. If they loose money, they have to cut expenses or services or raise prices to bring their books into balance. There is no yearly taxpayer bailout. Costs are paid by mailers who purchase stamps. The taxpayer subsidy was slowly eliminated by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970."