for those who doubt the efficiency of the post office

[dsc]

I recently had to order a keyboard for my laptop from tiger direct. I was given several options for shipping each with its own costs. 3 were usps, 2 were ups, 2 were fed ex. The two cheapest options were USPS (regular mail, priority mail) and the USPS had the cheapest next day service. In short, the USPS beat both of them on price and choice.

[Hoyt]

1. I too have found their shipping cheaper, and a whole lot cheaper going overseas.

Post office is a bargain.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. But..but..private enterprise! Free market! Big government!

They want to kill the USPS. Its crisis is Congress-made. Raise hell w/your rep and senators. I did.

[Turbineguy]

3. The USPS is arguably the most efficient on the planet.

[Egalitarian Thug]

7. Not even arguable. No other service on earth even comes close. A telling phenomenon

(that carriers kind of hate) is a growing trend for people, when moving to a new state, to mail their stuff to their new house because it gets there faster, in better condition, and cheaper than using a moving company.

[wilsonbooks]

4. Over the last 15 years I have mailed over 50,000

packages via the USPS and they have lost or damaged less than 20 of those.

[Zax2me]

5. Well, maybe that is why the USPS loses 14 billion a year.

Or maybe it's because they continue to make dumb 'business' decisions -
Deep in debt, USPS spends millions at business forum-Documents show the travel, $220,000 in exhibit space, and other incidentals will cost the USPS $2.2 million.
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/21668007/deep-in-debt-usps-spends-million-at-business-forum


But I'm with you.
I use them over the others whenever possible. If they are willing to lose money why not take advantage of them and their lower prices?

[Egalitarian Thug]

9. You really need to start getting your information from sources that are at least familiar

with reality's zip code. It's just embarrassing when you post this kind of garbage, and it happens far too frequently with you.

[hay rick]

10. They don't make dumb business decisions...

congress makes them for them. The Postal Service as a business: http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/03/04/how-the-postal-service-is-being-gutted.aspx

Or you can get your fair and balanced take on the Postal Service from Fox...

[Sheldon Cooper]

6. I put a card in the mail to my niece, who lives about 60 miles away.

The card had $50 cash in it. The letter carrier picked the card up at my door, around noon on a Saturday, and it was delivered to my niece by 1:00 PM on Monday. That's right, just slightly over 48 hours, door to door, for whatever the current price of a first class stamp is.

Try to get that with FedEx or Brown or whomever the Republicans are destroying the USPS for. Assholes.

[Kingofalldems]

8. Please don't send cash in an envelope.

I was a carrier for many years and there are a few bad apples.

[talkingmime]

11. Where the hell else can you deliver something from Maine to Hawaii for 46 cents?

I'm not going to wait for an answer because there isn't one.

[Posteritatis]

12. If I have the option for parcels, I try for USPS when dealing with the States

I'm in Canada, so my usual options are various horrible courier companies, but now and then a site will have USPS as an option - not only does that mean they're cheaper, but they usually interface with Canada Post once they cross the border, making it much, much easier to actually receive packages if I do something crazy like have a day job. It might add a day or two to transit time, but between the price, having to go to the corner post office instead of a depot in the industrial park (if they're open), and not having to deal with arbitrary surcharges, it's more than worth it.