28 Jun
2012
28 Jun
'12
8:02 a.m.
On 6/26/12 10:57 AM, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 06/26/2012 09:51 AM, Keith Monahan wrote:
It ain't really the government propping up USPS, it's the dead-tree
spammers. A post office manager-type told me recently that bulk mail is
USPS's "primary profit center".
Which is why nobody cares whether you want all that crap or not - you
can't turn it off and you can't request that they deliver mail addressed
only to specific residents.
Doc
If microcode is referring to USPS Media Mail
delivery in the US, be
aware that it can definitely take the better part of a month to be
delivered. I ordered a book from a seller (different service than abe)
and they shipped it media mail. It took upwards of three weeks, and was
not the right book(very similar title, same author/publisher, so mistake
seemed honest enough). Shipped it back, and then they shipped the right
one. It took almost two months to get what I ordered.
I'll always be paying an extra $10 for faster shipping --- whether the
book is a $4.00 book or not.
The shipper was only located a few states away on the East Coast. I
joked about being able to walk the distance in a shorter time.
It continually amazes me that that organization is still in business.
It surely wouldn't be if the gov't wasn't propping it up.