Care to not cherry pick and quote the whole quote? How is this saying I think they should turn a profit. I merely used someone else's ideology because he says the reason for it is they shouldn't. Read several other posts where I have maintained a consistency that they aren't here to make a profit, but they should be able to change in order to not rely on fed suppliments. I said because someone else thinks they shouldnt get a profit they shouldnt update to be efficient is flawed logic. Nice try at twisting my words around SLy, I thought more of you than to stoop to the common denominator that most members already do here. Maybe include the post I was responding to for context??? Is there anyone in here left who debates with common sense without twisting things around?
nope....they're using our debt money to buy Canada.....we're like renters paying for their house....for decades you could buy a Canadian passport for about 150k and purchase of a house...you needed that investment to get in the door...They're also buying Latin America and Africa.....(I'm sensationalizing here)
3rd party company offering you rates. Not one ship[ping company provides rates for the competition. Your screen shot is irrelevant because it has third party info . Here is a real valid link to the USPS page for charges...Looks like your third party entity robbed you.... https://www.usps.com/ship/priority-mail.htm#flatrate
Thank you...USPS does not need to "quadruple" their rates, that would absolutely kill their market share with Fedex and UPS, and no one would use them...I certainly wouldn't. I ship 5-10 packages a week and I alternate between Fedex/USPS/UPS depending on the size and weight of the package as well as where it is being shipped to. I can't speak for everyone's post office but walking into the one nearest to me is like walking into the DMV license center...their labor force is about as laughable as the post office...so raising the rates alone won't solve the problem ...cut the fat first. Also, Fedex.UPS both charge for scheduling pickups, USPS does not, which doesn't help their bottom line. But your point about USPS pensions is a valid one. https://www.nonprofitmailers.org/four-usps-myths/
willing to bet my savings though that if Obama had done this long needed change, it would have been perfectly fine from the DNC and Anti Trumpers. But Since Trump made the call... anything is bad that he does... even if it makes sense. LOL.
lol...USPS does not offer flat rate boxes that measure 4x5x43". Ebay shipping is about 15% cheaper than using my separate USPS/UPS/Fedex business accounts.
I shipped 100-150 packages a week for the last ten years. How do you expect the post office to pay for the retirement pensions? Through tax payer dollars from people who may not use the service, or by raising rates to those who do? Edit: Or should they go without, because you know, Trump brought this up, so anything he says is wrong. Don't raise the rates. Let the people go without their pensions... Anything to argue against Trump, right?
Ebay, and amazon, eat some of the costs incurred for shipping depending on the product and options because you are using thier service. you aren't this naive are you? Do you really think Amazon ships things for free?
The thread title says Trump made a call on a current news item....some people support it, others don't ...somebody is politicizing the topic here ...the post office has struggled pretty much all of my life..it was a real service to rural americans that has raised prices since inception....it has been failing financially forever.....not since "Obama" dude...they need to restructure if they are going to survive the internet...that's been a given since George Bush Senior was president...just like phone companies that still mail you a phone book...they are the Sears ad JC Penny's of their sector and I don't know if the USPS will survive...neither does our mail lady...I just asked her last week
Sure. When I buy something on Amazon and i can select free shipping, then yes, they are sahipping my item to ME for FREE.
Somebody is going to come along with a robot self driving car delivery service in the near future that will bring everything you need to your door
River, I didnt say its been failing since "Obama"... go back and reread the posts before I give the rest of this serious thought please..... Tired of the spin. I specifically said its been failing for a long long time... 30 years..... Fuck me....
I was covering western Canada when the Chinese were leaving Hong Kong in mass and you are correct they needed to invest in a business or properties. Canada has about 12-15% of our population so they want bodies, but ones that can invest and provide fro themselves. They were buying single dwelling beautiful homes tearing them down and building multi family dwellings. They wouldn't touch a property if it had a 7, I think? in the address or would try and get it changed.
I guess the military could use a nuclear missile silo as collateral for the loan they'd need to fund the invasion. Or they could get buyers to invest in the outcome of the invasion on spec, investors get paid out of the sale price of Canada.
Around here when I was shipping approx 450 packages a day UPS was by far the bench mark for superb service, they would drop a trailer off everyday and pick it up. FedX for overnight was good, thats how they established themselves but when they started contracting with independent drivers out here they were not real great. Customers didn't want us to use them even though we negotiated a better rate than UPS. DHL out here was a joke. We went back to UPS for most of our parcel business but still used FedX too. With small parts and or accounts mailings we used USPS because of the cost.
I was only commenting that yes, Amazon does ship things for free as do many etailers. Never said anything about what it costs them and neither did you.