Im ready to rip USPS's head off...

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by blugill

A great way to keep costs down is by competition. If you have a monopoly on something like mail then you are able to be as unaccountable as you want to be.

There is a reason the post office loses tons of money each year.
I'm not a hater, just someone who got fed up with bad service and won't do business with them anymore than is absolutely necessary.

The reason the monopoly was created is to provide universal service to every U.S customer. If mail service was privatized, UPS/Fed Ex/Joe Blow's Mail service would only pick up major metropolitan areas....while snubbing rural areas. For that reason alone you will never see Congress lift the first class mail monopoly. Also, the Post Office hasn't lost "tons of money" each year. Up until 2006 the Postal service wasn't allowed to make a profit. It was a break even operation. In 2006 new laws require the Postal Service to pre fund the retirement fund to the tone of 5 billion a year. That means a 5 billion payment each year required by congress gets dumped into the US general fund. Do you think Congress is going to give that up for the sake of competition?

Originally Posted by stevieray

The reason the monopoly was created is to provide universal service to every U.S customer. If mail service was privatized, UPS/Fed Ex/Joe Blow's Mail service would only pick up major metropolitan areas....while snubbing rural areas. For that reason alone you will never see Congress lift the first class mail monopoly. Also, the Post Office hasn't lost "tons of money" each year. Up until 2006 the Postal service wasn't allowed to make a profit. It was a break even operation. In 2006 new laws require the Postal Service to pre fund the retirement fund to the tone of 5 billion a year. That means a 5 billion payment each year required by congress gets dumped into the US general fund. Do you think Congress is going to give that up for the sake of competition?

UPS delivers to every address

If that was true they would probaly not do it now. A quick Google search returned:

UPS ground service reaches every address, urban and rural throughout the 48 contiguous states.

Chas

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by ChasDen

UPS delivers to every address

If that was true they would probaly not do it now. A quick Google search returned:

UPS ground service reaches every address, urban and rural throughout the 48 contiguous states.

Chas

They also charge extra for residential delivery

True

But being a believer in the free market, if they had a larger portion of the market you should see that shrink or diminish all together.

Chas

[kydsid]

Originally Posted by ChasDen

UPS delivers to every address

If that was true they would probaly not do it now. A quick Google search returned:

UPS ground service reaches every address, urban and rural throughout the 48 contiguous states.

Chas

I will let the residents of Alaska, Hawaii, USMI, and Puerto Rico know that they are SOL now.

Seriously though it is a government service. Ask for a manger when you have a problem. I only have good experiences with the Postal Service and even if I didnt' a free, orderly and efficient mail service is a conerstone of our democracy as much as the right to bear arms. You don't need a search warrant to open a package at UPS or FedEx.