Comments on: Warning: Post Office not offering First Class Mail

By: Colleen

Colleen — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:43:42 +0000

With respect to shipping via Media Mail, in my experience it sometimes takes more than two weeks, especially if it is shipped from the east to west coast and vice-versa. In addition, when I have purchased the the delivery confirmations in order to track the book, many times it is not tracked so you never know where the book is in transit. It is definitely the cheapest way to go when you can do it though.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:32:10 +0000

I have also stopped mailing bills and started using media mail for books.

Warning I did have a book that was packaged in a rigid photo envelope and mailed media mail disappear. The envelope was delivered but the small paperback book was gone.

I have though signed up for Netflix like many other Americans, I am sure on an individual level the money they make off of my Netflix mailings more than makes up for a couple of bills a month.

By: Top CD Rates

Top CD Rates — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:40:32 +0000

The USPS is quasi-gov’t. The gov’t approves / disapproves their price increases. One has never been denied.

If they were purely private they would have gone out of business. However, as having a mail system in place serves the public good, we don’t have much choice when it comes to day-to-day mail.

By: philip

philip — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:44:47 +0000

@Tony, USPS is not run by the government anymore. It is now a private business.

Honestly other than sending out regular envelopes it is pretty rare that I send anything USPS but I will certainly keep this in mind when I do.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:28:06 +0000

They should come up with a more effective way to do business, just like you and I would have to, but I assume that as the USPS loses profits then the US gov will get our money another way, things that make you go hmmm.