Please help save the USPS!
brianlux
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The United States Postal Service is under attack from the Trump administration at a time when it is greatly needed. The USPS has been very helpful to my wife and I and very likely to some of you as well in providing affordable means of securing some of the goods we need that we receive via the USPS mail.
The USPS also provides a valuable service through its Media Mail system which makes it possible to both receive, as buyers, and send, as sellers, media items such as books, records, CD's, DVDs, etc. If Trump has his way and increases USPS shipping costs, those services may become unaffordable for sellers like myself, and buyers like many of us here.
You can help support the USPS by sending a letter to you Senator and asking her or him to favor funding for the USPS, or, at the very least, to ask the current administration to back off of its attack on the USPS.
Thanks for considering this request!
Here is a link that provides some information on such a letter writing campaign.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.
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For sure! Very handy for those who want to minimize trips into the post office.
That said, I like my delivery guy and my father in law spent time as a mail carrier, as did his father
The USPS is a necessity in America.
I am not a conspiracy theory nutter, but I do think there could be something to the claims that the timing is fishy and Trump could be up to something here.
The folks at the facilities themselves? They're pretty good, know their shit. But, on a local delivery level, our mailperson blows - misdirects mail on a regular basis.
Heres what I never understood about the post office. They are an entity of the government, right? Being that they are there to provide a service and not turn a profit. So how can they be more expensive than a for-profit company like fedex? I had an Etsy shop for a few years and shipped boxes out regularly. A 30x18x4” box weighing 15 pounds was less than $20 to ship to California via FedEx. It would be over $30 if I used the post office. But the post office is going to your house every day dropping off junk mail, how is it more expensive than a for profit company who outherwise wont even be going to your street? It was also faster and better insured too. That’s what I don’t understand about Usps.
Nice- well done, Jose!
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Good questions. I would guess your assumptions are correct although I'm not sure. Letters going from the continental US to both Alaska and Hawaii cost the same as letters being sent from one address in San Francisco to another in the same town. Packages, on the other hand- even media mail packages- do cost more when shipped that far, but with the exception of Priority Mail packages which are a flat rate that are the same cost sent anywhere in the U.S.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
i don’t often ship records or other media, but when I do I’m asked what’s in it (even though it’s a record mailer) and when I say a record they usually roll their eyes and act like I’m abusing the system.
I’ve heard of people being denied media mail on the grounds it’s original purpose was for education and legal stuff. So I’m always paranoid they’ll deny it.
You ever been denied medial mail, and if so what did you do about it?
It both pains me and angers me to see some responses to this above. Letter mail, is still very important. Ask the old lady who is dying in the nursing home right now and her only contact with her family is through the USPS. Oh, that and the medicine she receives in the mail, that keeps her around long enough to hopefully see her family again before she dies. This is one story of millions upon millions who rely on USPS for that letter. That normalcy, that contact. A smiling face to look forward to every day.
My reply was based on experience and honesty. I would hope that doesn’t anger you (then again, anger - justified or not - is rife these days). Can’t offer much more than that!
Well-wishes from here.