[elky] Re: USPS was Murphy's Law
- From: Jared Ryan <jryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:32:47 -0500
Oh wow. Just so I'm clear, when you retired, was there any buyout offer, or
did that happen after you were officially gone, as a bit of a final insult?
On Apr 13, 2010, at 8:30 AM, STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 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@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 is changing so fast that the Post Office, as we know it, is obsolete.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@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>> LOL .... Ya hear that Frank?
>>
>> JC
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Yeah. The USPS hasn't been the same since Frank left.
>>
>
> =
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