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limpyhobbler

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12. I get mail every day.

Sun Aug 5, 2012, 12:53 PM

Aug 2012

Also have a PO Box there and send some mail, especially bills for some who don't take over the phone or online payments. If it's any kind of official document sometimes you need to mail things. I like to use their certified or registered mail services. You can request the receiver to sign for the letter. I use that when I mail in my health insurance payments so I have proof that they received it.

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Should protecting the US Postal Service be an issue in the presidential campaign? [View all] limpyhobbler Aug 2012 OP

yes.they're talking -- what is it? 34,000 usps jobs are on the line. xchrom Aug 2012 #1

YES! Obama needs to explain exactly how the Bush Administration screwed the post office Justice wanted Aug 2012 #2

Bingo , Why are "Conservatives" working to kill the USPS? Vincardog Aug 2012 #35

YES nt abelenkpe Aug 2012 #3

Yes RegieRocker Aug 2012 #4

probuably not such a big issue as it would have been at one time loli phabay Aug 2012 #5

One example HockeyMom Aug 2012 #7

and that effects a percentage of the population, probuably fed ex or something would take over loli phabay Aug 2012 #8

Small number of people get Driver's Licenses? HockeyMom Aug 2012 #20

no if you look the question was would it be a good idea as part of the campaign loli phabay Aug 2012 #23

I guess union busting and privatization of a service nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #50

I ship my merchandise via USPS every week. Fedex/UPS almost twice the price. robinlynne Aug 2012 #68

Maybe the junk mailers customerserviceguy Aug 2012 #47

Well, how nice for you. There are millions of people who DO depend on USPS Doremus Aug 2012 #58

well people will always order stuff maybe the business plan will change loli phabay Aug 2012 #61

"The same is also true for our military overseas. " former9thward Aug 2012 #45

i loved getting mail.when i wss in but now my friends still in use skype and email. loli phabay Aug 2012 #62

FYI I got email with hubby from a sub nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #48

Yes senseandsensibility Aug 2012 #6

I can't see any downsides. Starry Messenger Aug 2012 #9

do people actually still use it, i ask this in all innocence as i cant remember the last time i used loli phabay Aug 2012 #11

I get mail every day. limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #12

therefore it would be an issue for you, i just wonder what the percentage of the country would even loli phabay Aug 2012 #13

There always seem to be customers in the post office when I go there. limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #18

not sure how they will survive the tech advances, i would never have believed ten years ago loli phabay Aug 2012 #19

I ordered some shoes online and they came by mail limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #29

erm thats the question, there are companys that will bring them to you ie fedex etc loli phabay Aug 2012 #32

I feel like the American people love the US Postal Service. limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #39

good point, just wonder if the new generations will feel the same as those who grew up with it. loli phabay Aug 2012 #41

Packages nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #57

40 � percent of the world�s mail volume handled by the Postal Service Johonny Aug 2012 #40

actually in the context of the question it is very convincing, as i stated that to me its not an loli phabay Aug 2012 #42

It's not even a question of it being gone customerserviceguy Aug 2012 #49

The so called funding crisis has been manufactured by the Republicans as an excuse to cut services . limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #59

While it might be part of the problem customerserviceguy Aug 2012 #73

Postal Facts Starry Messenger Aug 2012 #16

number of pieces of mail in my mailbox this week that i want zero loli phabay Aug 2012 #17

Only 19% of households making $25,000 or under have internet access. Starry Messenger Aug 2012 #25

okay so a lot of people have internet, and a lot of them probuably use email rather than snail mail loli phabay Aug 2012 #27

A lot of them don't actually. Starry Messenger Aug 2012 #28

lol even if its 20% thats still a lot of people, i dont know the number loli phabay Aug 2012 #33

You have to concede that the world has not moved on for nearly 2/3rds of people in poverty. Starry Messenger Aug 2012 #34

bazinga lol i was just looking, not to good with the google im afraid loli phabay Aug 2012 #37

Yes, and I have Internet and I am good with the google nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #52

you know in ten twenty or thirty years it will probuably be gone loli phabay Aug 2012 #60

Because you think so, does not make it so nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #65

just an opinion. probuably lots of businesses failed due to tech making them obselete loli phabay Aug 2012 #66

Stop thinking only about yourself. Occulus Aug 2012 #26

no this is about self, and the perception of people and the importance of the post office loli phabay Aug 2012 #30

Can you agree that while the PO is no longer important TO YOU there are people to whom it is? Vincardog Aug 2012 #36

never said it wasnt, just the world is moving on and something like this is personal loli phabay Aug 2012 #38

So you would agree. Vincardog Aug 2012 #43

yes sorry i missed your reply but i think as tech advances and time loli phabay Aug 2012 #64

Good I was concerned that you agreed with the GOP and wanted to privatize every good thing Vincardog Aug 2012 #70

May I ask how much of it customerserviceguy Aug 2012 #51

I had a half a dozen things I wanted show up in my mail this week. TeamPooka Aug 2012 #54

It should be a campaign issue.... Wounded Bear Aug 2012 #10

It is good to keep in mind that at its heart the assault on the post office is an assault on labor. 1-Old-Man Aug 2012 #14

Absolutely. Stop wall street style disaster capitalism/privatization! Fire Walk With Me Aug 2012 #15

My husband subscriptions to a lot of magazines HockeyMom Aug 2012 #21

FedEx is not allowed to put packages in the mailbox. former9thward Aug 2012 #46

That's the trend with magazines, too customerserviceguy Aug 2012 #53

yeah i prefer my magazines etc online as well. always accessible and easier to store. loli phabay Aug 2012 #63

Yes Solly Mack Aug 2012 #22

Absolutely. The way Republicans have gone after it is pretty "un-American." DirkGently Aug 2012 #24

YES YES YES!! Thank you for bringing it up. loudsue Aug 2012 #31

Hell yes! Low informative republican B Calm Aug 2012 #44

YES! And Protecting the USPS should be much More than a campaign issue. peacebird Aug 2012 #55

Fuck yes no_hypocrisy Aug 2012 #56

YES! robinlynne Aug 2012 #67

Obama says the Post Office should end Saturday deliveries. Nye Bevan Aug 2012 #69

That was in February but Teamster Jeff Aug 2012 #71

He can still support the USPS there are bigger issues than Saturday delivery... limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #72

Okay, but it's a Constitutional issue. Festivito Aug 2012 #74