YGBSM
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FearlessFreep said:Having drop boxes in front of the post office is a great idea. I walk right past them into the office and send it Express Mail. Guess what, it's just flat cheaper to send stuff Express Mail - Thank you Fedex for the glaring disparity in prices! If it does not have to be guaranteed to get there in one single day but still needs expeditious handling I will send it Express Mail. Try getting a settlement/refund from Fedex/UPS when they drop the ball.
Just watch the way you all crow about the Postal contract. Contracts are won and lost on a daily basis. That means furloughs! Just talk to anyone that has worked for the myriad of companies that had/have postal contracts. The Fedex postal contract is just such a small part of the postal system it is nearly inconsequential.
When you purple and brown guys finally get your pilot contracts re-negotiated and settled upon, your companies are going to start to lose money on the postal contracts and they will then drop them of their own volition.
The vaunted Fedex & UPS systems combined couldn't handle not even half of the volume the postal system does.
As derided as the postal system has been at times if anyone would put any thought into the logistics involved in moving the mail they would understand just how amazing a system it is. It is absolutely mind-boggling that you hand scrawl a barely ledgible address and zip code on an envelope, drop it in a box for 37 cents, it becomes one small piece of millions of tons of other envelopes, gets sorted out, and in the matter of a few days it will with great reliability (for the most part) arrive at the most remote locations in the country. No one puts any thought into that when you drop all your bills in the mail. How many times has anyone really truly had any problem with the mail? With what frequency? With the sheer volume and overwhelming logistics involved you now can understand why Post Office employees "go postal"!
In contrast with Fedex & UPS I have problems with them at least 5 to 10% of the time - Damaged/lost freight, late deliveries, etc. When you take into consideration how often these services are utilized in comparison to how much I use the good ol' U.S. Mail, I'll take the mail any day! Fedex & UPS still have a lot to learn. Statisically Fedex & UPS service sux! I would be very afraid if UPS and Fedex got anything more than just a few crumbs of the mail system.
Oh, and one more thing - One Christmas morning I watched a U.S. Postal truck pull up to the neighbor's house with a Express Mail delivery. You couldn't pay Fedex & UPS enough to do that!
Better get your app in with USPS. They sound AWESOME!