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Re: The U.S. Postal Service stikes again!
« Reply #30 on: May 02, 2025, 02:31:20 PM »
Quote from: PegLeg45 on May 02, 2025, 12:44:32 PM
Back in the days before you just zip a file electronically, we shipped documents, blueprints, and some small parts via UPS overnight to our sister plant in Louisiana. Always got there on time.
I bet it's a gamble now even for UPS.

I live in Louisville, which is UPS's main hub. They have announced they are cutting up to 20,000 jobs worldwide because they signed a contract with Amazon to only ship 1/2 as much as they have been. This was by UPS's choice. I think they have been overloaded with Amazon shipments that they don't make very much profit from, and have realized they can't/won't carry that load for the little bit of profit they are making.

I think in the long term this will probably help UPS's response time for "normal" smaller shipments since it will relieve the pressure on the system they are using. IMHO.
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Re: The U.S. Postal Service stikes again!
« Reply #31 on: May 02, 2025, 06:39:24 PM »
Quote from: Jim Kennedy-ar154me on May 02, 2025, 02:31:20 PM
I live in Louisville, which is UPS's main hub. They have announced they are cutting up to 20,000 jobs worldwide because they signed a contract with Amazon to only ship 1/2 as much as they have been. This was by UPS's choice. I think they have been overloaded with Amazon shipments that they don't make very much profit from, and have realized they can't/won't carry that load for the little bit of profit they are making.

I think in the long term this will probably help UPS's response time for "normal" smaller shipments since it will relieve the pressure on the system they are using. IMHO.

Both UPS and USPS took on Last Mile contracts. They both do for Amazon, and USPS also does some UPS and FedEx. For both the Last Mile work overloaded them and harmed their main business. The difference is that UPS is run like a business, they will drop the Last Mile, they will restructure, and they will do fine. USPS is in such financial trouble from lack of business management that they need the cash from this service.

Have you ever wondered why Amazon, UPS, and FedEx would go to others for Last Mile? The profits are in the first 95% of the shippment, and the highest overhead is in the last 5%. If they can find a sucker to do the crap work for them, it is SMART.
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Re: The U.S. Postal Service stikes again!
« Reply #32 on: May 02, 2025, 10:55:11 PM »
Any shipping company can get hundreds of packages to your local post office a lot cheaper than they can deliver directly to you and hundreds of your neighbors. I don't blame them for letting USPS handle the last mile, but that doesn't mean I like it. One package is still MIA, presumed KIA. The other one was "expected" today, but arrived in Detroit yesterday with no update since then. Maybe tomorrow, if it gets to Flint by 6 am.
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Re: The U.S. Postal Service stikes again!
« Reply #33 on: May 06, 2025, 02:12:35 AM »
I got my replacement package Monday afternoon, and the original package is no longer listed on my Informed Delivery. I guess they finally admitted it was lost and beyond reasonable hope of ever being recovered. Like a ship that disappears in the middle of the ocean.
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Re: The U.S. Postal Service stikes again!
« Reply #34 on: May 06, 2025, 07:53:22 AM »
I had 3 packages to ship yesterday.  I went with the USPS.  I sent a package UPS a month and a half ago...I sent all three with the USPS for less than the one for UPS.  And that included the price of insurance at $100, $500 and $1,200 for the packages.  So...I'm going to continue to ship with the USPS.  If they screw up then OK...I'm still saving money over UPS. 

I'm just sayin'....when it comes to me shipping things out of my pocket the $$$'s matter.
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Re: The U.S. Postal Service stikes again!
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Re: The U.S. Postal Service stikes again!
« Reply #35 on: May 06, 2025, 07:36:43 PM »
$$$ ALWAYS matter. Especially when you don't have a lot to spare.
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Re: The U.S. Postal Service stikes again!
« Reply #36 on: May 13, 2025, 12:46:39 AM »
May 09, 2:15 am, Arrived at USPS Regional Facility DETROIT MI DISTRIBUTION CENTER.

May 12, In Transit to Next Facility, Arriving Late.

Delivery Date Unknown.

The post office is so messed up they could ruin the perfect wet dream. My package from Wisconsin was an hour drive away from here 4 DAYS AGO, and they STILL don't have a &^%$#@! clue when it will be here!
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Re: The U.S. Postal Service stikes again!
« Reply #37 on: May 18, 2025, 10:51:23 AM »
Metro Atlanta is still has the worst delivery rates in the US.  Only 71% of first class letters are delivered on time.  AND THIS, according to the article, IS A VAST IMPROVEMENT.

Atl Journal Constitution article in today's paper.  I've included the link below but it could be paywalled.  I'm a subscriber automatically logged in, so it's hard to tell.


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Re: The U.S. Postal Service stikes again!
« Reply #38 on: May 18, 2025, 11:22:49 AM »
There's still no trace of the package that went missing 9 days ago, but it's replacement "should" be here Tuesday. It made it from ALBANY, WI to OAK CREEK, WI to MILWAUKEE, WI to CHICAGO, IL to ELK GROVE VILLAGE IL, so far.  It only took a couple of days to travel 238 miles. My best guess is it will make a stop or 2 in Indiana, and probably not go east into Ohio, but straight into Michigan. If it keeps taking short trips it may go to Gary, IN and South Bend, IN, then make a few stops in Michigan before getting here. It's been circling around and zigzagging like there's a drunk behind the wheel of a mail truck.
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Re: The U.S. Postal Service stikes again!
« Reply #39 on: May 27, 2025, 03:41:50 PM »
The first package from Dead Foot Arms, shipped 20 days ago, has finally resurfaced. It arrived in Detroit May 9th, and Pontiac May 24th. Why did it take 15 days to go 30 miles? Heck if I know! A chicken can cross the road at 9 MPH, but my mail was only going 2 MPH. House Cats, Kangaroos, Grizzly bears, Wart hogs, and White-tailed deer can all run 30 MPH, but one little package takes over 2 weeks to cover that distance. 30 miles down, and 40 miles to go. Another 27 days to get here, maybe? Yesterday it was in transit to the next facility and arriving late. No, duh!

The replacement package Dead Foot Arms sent May 16th after that one was lost, is still lost. On May 19th, it left Chicago, then it was in transit to the next facility. It arrived in Detroit, arrived in Detroit again 28 minutes later, left Detroit 20 minutes after that, and arrived in Detroit again 18 minutes after that. It had a busy day, but keeps circling Detroit like the black hole in space I always knew it was. Six days later, on Sunday, it was "in transit to the next facility" and arriving late.
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THE RIGHT TO BUY WEAPONS IS THE RIGHT TO BE FREE - A. E. van Vogt, The Weapon Shops of Isher
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