[elky] Re: USPS was Murphy's Law
- From: STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:30:54 EDT
After I retired, 29 days, the PO offered 15G to leave. Now the offer is
25G. I can't win. Sigh. The union didn't see it coming.
-Smoky Mt Frank-
In a message dated 4/13/2010 9:04:39 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
jryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
The USPS has features both of a private corporation and of a government
entity. While it can in many ways act as a corporation (it can issue debt to
raise capital, to give one example), the aspect of being a government
entity limits it. A perfect example is that it could save money by closing
some little-used or redundant post offices. Well, no senator or
representative wants to lose a post office in his/her district, so any time
this is
mentioned, some member of Congress threatens to hold hearings on the act that
privatized the USPS (in effect, leading to making it fully government-run
again). It's really in a no-win situation, because it isn't truly free to
compete with FedEx and UPS.
On Apr 13, 2010, at 7:59 AM, Chris Lindh wrote:
It's hard to believe with the boom in internet sales that USPS is hurting,
but I guess the other carriers have reaped more of the rewards? Like you
say, the vast majority of the business must be first class, and less people
are mailing letters, cards, plus you have online bill pay.
USPS has been an integral part of my business. Most businesses in my
industry won't ship USPS, so customers don't have a low-cost shipping option.
Plus the free boxes... I use a lot of free boxes...
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 7:42 AM, <_STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxxx
(mailto:STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx) > wrote:
Yeah, I heard that. Well .............. my two cents .......... Technology
is changing so fast that the Post Office, as we know it, is obsolete. They
are not diversified, and as the way of the dinosaur, natural selection has
sealed it's fate.
I forecast that it will go to privatization, and loose the monopoly on
first class mail. They (the powers in charge) have been trashing the image
of the PO for years so that when privatization came the public would not
cry to save it. Now the PO is going down due to an extreme drop in amount of
mail. It has supported itself entirely on stamp sales, now that has dried
up, and no rain in sight.
The Post office is in it's final days. I got out just in time. The
only ones that will shed a tear are the employees.
-Smoky Mt Frank-
In a message dated 4/12/2010 11:24:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
_johncgg@xxxxxxxxxx (mailto:johncgg@xxxxxxxxx) writes:
LOL .... Ya hear that Frank?
JC
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Ray Buck <_rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
(mailto:rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx) > wrote:
Yeah. The USPS hasn't been the same since Frank left.
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