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With the PO in default, will there soon be great oppurtunity for UPS to take over???
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<blockquote data-quote="bluehdmc" data-source="post: 1003063" data-attributes="member: 18471"><p><strong>Re: With the PO in default, will there soon be great oppurtunity for UPS to take over</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The USPS doesn't get any public monies, yet they still need the congressional approvals before they can do anything...........</p><p></p><p>The wanted to close/(consolidate) some post office, but people complained to their representatives and the only thing they can do is shorten the hours they're open. They have a mandate to run it like a business, and it's supposed to be self sustaining but their hands seem to be tied when they try to make sound business changes. </p><p></p><p>They service every address in the country for the same price for a first class letter. With the internet and online bill paying 1st class mail volume has dropped tremendously. All my creditors but one take online payments, so I don't have to put a check in an envelope and put a stamp on it. The ones that do take online payments seem to all want you to sign up for paperless billing. Discover currently has something about winning a free ipad a month or something for people who sign up. </p><p></p><p>The post office, the infrastructure, etc, etc. The country (and it seems most of the rest of the world, Greece, Spain, et al) is going to hell in a handbasket, yet no one seems to be able to make any hard decisions about anything because some special interest group is gonna start a letter writing campaign. </p><p></p><p>The first duty of a politician is to get elected, the second is to get reelected.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bluehdmc, post: 1003063, member: 18471"] [b]Re: With the PO in default, will there soon be great oppurtunity for UPS to take over[/b] The USPS doesn't get any public monies, yet they still need the congressional approvals before they can do anything........... The wanted to close/(consolidate) some post office, but people complained to their representatives and the only thing they can do is shorten the hours they're open. They have a mandate to run it like a business, and it's supposed to be self sustaining but their hands seem to be tied when they try to make sound business changes. They service every address in the country for the same price for a first class letter. With the internet and online bill paying 1st class mail volume has dropped tremendously. All my creditors but one take online payments, so I don't have to put a check in an envelope and put a stamp on it. The ones that do take online payments seem to all want you to sign up for paperless billing. Discover currently has something about winning a free ipad a month or something for people who sign up. The post office, the infrastructure, etc, etc. The country (and it seems most of the rest of the world, Greece, Spain, et al) is going to hell in a handbasket, yet no one seems to be able to make any hard decisions about anything because some special interest group is gonna start a letter writing campaign. The first duty of a politician is to get elected, the second is to get reelected. [/QUOTE]
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