I do, and as far as I am concerned, the USPS is still the best deal around. Priority and Express compare favorably on most measures with FedEx, UPS, DHL, etc. First class is above and beyond ANYTHING the for-profit carriers can deliver. Less than a buck to send an ounce from Los Angeles to New York in 3-4 days?
Try and get UPS to match that.
Service can be uneven at times. But I have always had better--even superlatively good--service from experienced, knowledgeable counter staff who go out of their way to find me cheaper ways to ship effectively, deal with customs forms, etc. Compared to the here-today-gone-tomorrow college students at Fedex/Kinkos, they are customer care EXPERTS.
My carrier has gone out of her way more than once to help me receive a delivery in good condition and in a timely manner.
USPS has been plagued by bad management and a budget that has been devastated by bizarre Congressional demands to fully-fund their pensions for decades beyond what any federal agency or private business is required to.
In spite of that, they are modernizing as fast as they can, and offering new services to mailers and shippers all the time.
If the management would just work with the Unions to re-align job assignments based on the new service profile, rather than demanding endless RIFs and then hiring cheap-ass contractors and temps, you'd see much better service. And if Congress would rescind that stupid pension-funding demand, it would be a long, LONG time before you'd see another rate increase, too.
Anyway, I LIKE getting junk mail, especially from corporations who are part of the problem. There's nothing more fun that filling those pre-paid reply envelopes with all the heavy crap I can stuff into them and sending them cheerfully on their expensive way back to their corporate masters.
amusedly,
Bright
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