[slartibartfast01]

It is a SERVICE not a profit center.



Does the Forest SERVICE make money?

Does the IRS make money?

Does the Park SERVICE make money?



Government SERVICE's are not profit centers nor is a Government a business. If you follow your logic then Police, Fire, Water. Roads, Sewers etc. should all either be making money or handing it over to private entities. Just imagine the chaos if every one had to pay private entities for such SERVICE's.

Imagine having to pay private entities for healthcare.

[PDL]

In the US, we do.

[slartibartfast01]

In the US, we do.

That was my point

[Just1MoreDave]

The USPS would be making money, and was making money until 2006. Then Congress passed a law dictating how they had to pre-fund their pension obligations. Had the USPS been "operating like a business", they would have ditched* those obligations like all other corporations. Congress also mandates where and when they deliver mail. The USPS is run by a board of governors appointed by the president with Senate approval. I believe private delivery companies have already sued the USPS for competitive reasons, and they certainly will if the USPS starts reporting record profits.

*OK, found a perfectly legal way 100% within their rights to not pay them, then hired a PR firm to make it sound like an upgrade.

[Racer X 69]

Imagine having to pay private entities for healthcare.

Actually we do.

[Racer X 69]

Looks like we have strayed off topic, and forbidden discussion has crept in, and some bickering has resulted. I’ve cleaned things up a bit.

Let me emphasize that we need to stay on topic, and avoid political discussion.

Thanks everyone.

USPS "Insurance" adventures - PentaxForums.com

[aslyfox]

newest information on mail delivery in the US ( lower 48 )

. . . the amount of time the agency says it should take to deliver a piece of first-class mail, represent the biggest slowdown of mail services in more than a generation, experts say. It involves significant reductions in airmail — a Postal Service tradition dating to 1918 — and geographic restrictions on how far a piece of mail can travel within a day . . . .

USPS mail delays: What it means in your Zip code - Washington Post


you can enter your zip code for specific information

[boriscleto]

you can enter your zip code for specific information

Only if you pay the Washington Post (Bezos)

[aslyfox]

Only if you pay the Washington Post (Bezos)

google can be useful

delays us mail entered -

DeJoy’s USPS slowdown plan will delay the mail. What’s it mean for your Zip code?
June 24, 2021

DeJoy?s USPS slowdown plan will delay the mail. What?s it mean for your Zip code? - Postal Times

[boriscleto]

google can be useful

delays us mail entered -



DeJoy?s USPS slowdown plan will delay the mail. What?s it mean for your Zip code? - Postal Times

That just takes you to an article that links back to the Washington Post.

[aslyfox]

That just takes you to an article that links back to the Washington Post.

sorry about that, I thought you could enter the zip code before going to the Post

Starting today, the USPS is implementing new service standards for its first-class mail and packages, lengthening delivery time for about 30% of its volume. That means some letters, parcels and magazine subscriptions traveling longer distances could take up to five days to arrive, instead of two or three days. That's not all: On top of new price increases implemented in August, the cost to ship a parcel for the holidays temporarily goes up beginning Sunday. . . .

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/usps-slowdown-starts-today-what-to-know-about-de...nd-price-hikes

Under the guidelines of the plan, the USPS will implement new standards for its first-class mail, lengthening delivery time for about 30 percent of its volume. That means letters, packages and magazines traveling longer distances could take up to five days to get to their intended destinations, instead of two or three.

“These new service standards will increase delivery reliability, consistency, and efficiency for our customers and across our network,” said Kim Frum, USPS spokesperson, in a written statement to NBC News, noting one-third of first class mail and seven percent of periodicals will be affected by the changes.

"Standards for single-piece First-Class Mail traveling within a local area will continue to be two days. The Postal Service will increase time‐in‐transit standards by 1 or 2 days for certain mail that are traveling longer distances.”

Expected to be especially hard-hit by the recent changes: residents of rural communities.

According to Kimberly Karol, president of the Iowa Postal Workers Union, recent changes to the way in which the postal service is handling mail under DeJoy’s new system are already resulting in delays for Iowa residents.

“We’re already starting to see the impact,” Karol said. “We’ve had customers expecting medication who have been disappointed because the medications are not being delivered as expected. Some have been very upset.”

DeJoy has made clear he wants more mail delivered by truck, instead of air. As part of his new plan, mail goes through surface transfer centers, or STCs, where the mail is handled and sorted, before it is loaded on to outgoing delivery trucks. But Karol noted there are often delays in the mail leaving the facilities.

“The problem with that system is that there are not enough truck drivers,” said Karol. “We’re moving mail to surface transportation centers and there aren’t enough drivers who can move that mail. They wait until trucks are 100 percent loaded and that could take days before they dispatch it.”

Adding to the frustration postal workers and customers are experiencing with the new system, said Karol, is that when the mail arrives at the STCs, it is difficult, if not impossible, for even postal employees to track.

“We may accept the mail at the counter at a post office, but then when we send it to the surface centers, the mail can’t be tracked. They hold it, sometimes for days. It looks like the postal service is holding that mail but the mail is not even in our hands. It’s very hard for customers to track their mail."

The USPS said in a written statement to NBC News it is “currently expanding the capacity of our STC network and are able to track all containers in and out of the centers” – but did not comment on the inability of postal workers or customers to track specific pieces of mail that go through STCs, or on concerns that the STCs are contributing to mail delays.

Karol warns, under DeJoy’s new system, not even items sent via Priority Mail may get to their intended destination in a timely fashion.

“Under the new system, I’ve seen Priority Mail that used to be a two-day expected delivery time now takes four days,” she said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/more-mail-delays-coming-as-postal-workers-...cid=uxbndlbing

[boriscleto]

The new slower USPS in action.



Tallman is less than 4 hours from Syracuse via 81 and the Quickway. A little more if you use the Thruway. But this package went to NJ, where it sat for 2 days. Then it sat in Syracuse for a day. And why did it take 12 hours to move from the Syracuse Distribution Center to the post office? I'm pretty sure they're in the same building...(My mail comes directly from the central post office 1.4 miles away)

[17dew]

4 states in 4 days and it's further from me than when it shipped.

[Just1MoreDave]

Where are all the news stories about how parcel delivery will be a disaster again this holiday season? I would be surprised if anything got better. The signs for temporary UPS workers now say $20.50/hr, I think 10% more than last year.