A word about postal service

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I was just blown away today by something and just wanted to mention it.

Usually when we think of the post office we think of long lines, rude tellers, short hours and inneficient service that delivers mangled boxes. But in this day and age when we expect everything to happen literally overnight, often things do!

I dropped off several postage paid Priority mail boxes at a post office Saturday morning in White Settlement, a small outlying town on the west side of Ft. Worth, Texas.

Keep in mind the post office was closed and I just dropped them off thinking they would probably be routed out this morning… WRONG!

I received emails from over half the recipients that they received their boxes today! These folks were in Virginia, Kentucky, Oregon, Idaho and Colorado.

I got to thinking of the system the post office has and how they obviously keep things moving seven days a week, not just the 9-5 that we see at the post office windows. Instead of leaving the post office her this morning, one box was being loaded onto a truck out for daily delivery in a small town in Oregon, 1,800 miles away.

Hat’s off to the Post office!
 
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I also am lucky enough to have a very good post office between my house and office. the Postmaster is always onsite and usually out in front of the counter making sure everyone has what they need or are in the right line. I went in Saturday morning with a 68lb package that I made out of cardboard and plywood to ship a heavy ebay sale, no flinch, no questions, and i got the email today from the guy in NY who bought it that it was delivered this morning in perfect shape!
 
Our post office is pretty good. It's the carriers that need help. We've had 6 or 7 new carriers since Jan.
 
Our local P.O. is pretty good, if they know your looking for a package, they will call about 60% of the time, since we just bought the property in front of us, and it will no longer be a roach infested trailer park, I'll give up my P.O. Box in town it's about an 18 mile rnd. trip and us Old Folks on a fixed income, (I sure as heck want to know who the jack A$$ was that fixed it) I think we've had the same carrier for the past 5 years.
 
I have had very good service from the PO of late, as well. Priority to many areas is a reliable two days, and sometimes even next day. It probably helps that I send most of it out from the terminal center here in Orlando, which is where most of the mail leaves town from, and is also open till midnight, 7 days a week.
 
My post office is great too. Like you said, I can drop something off on friday afternoon and it'll be delivered on monday, coast-to-coast. My regular mail carrier also does a great job delivering packages to my door. Hip hip, hurray for the post office. :)
 
I use USPS Priority for all of my pen and accessory shipping. I can print labels online and have my wife drop the package at work and never have to enter a post office. I have found them to be very prompt and accurate as well.
 
We have a small post office near us and 2 bigger ones a little further away. We always get great service.

On the other hand, my last pen kit order that arrived UPS Ground at my house took 9 days to get here... yes, 9 days and UPS couldn't even tell me anything about the package. They also sounded like robots on the phone. They also told me they "don't move packages over the weekend".

I like the post office better.
 
what better deal can you get than to hand someone a letter (or whatever it may be) and say, "Can you get this across the country in 2 or 3 days? Oh, and here's 41 cents to cover your costs."
 
Originally posted by RussFairfield

Tea Clipper, before you get too carried away, we do have proof that the USPS makes Snakewood pens crack.
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[B)] You know, you're right about that. Perhaps I was a bit too hasty with my praise. [}:)]
 
I think the USPS is amazing! I've thought that ever since I got to the states over ten years ago. Whenever I hear someone complaining about the postal service here I just laugh and say "Try the postal service in Africa!"

I spoke to my sister in South Africa this weekend and she told me that Amazon will no longer ship to South Africa. It appears that the postal workers have figured out that boxes with the Amazon logo are "redirecting".
 
I happen to admire the USPS. In over 3 years of selling and shipping miniatures that I sell on EBAY I've had 2 problems. The first was not the USPS fault----a person in Spain gave me a faulty adress and after shipping to the corrected address it got there. The 2nd was apparently a USPS problem with a new carrier as it was sent to the correct addres and for some reason returned to me---I resent it and hopefully it's made it by now---not too shabby for over 3,000 items I've sent out.
 
I have had great service with the post office. They send me boxes for free, and I can ask them to pick up my packages at the front door. There is an office close to the shop I work at with a couple of wonderful people. Used to love to go there, until the had to start doing pass ports. Now the times I like to get there are full of people getting pass ports. They have to take pictures, make sure the documents are filled out correctly, etc.....Makes them very frustrated, but they still keep a good attitude. They have been given no extra help for this either. (That is my only gripe with the USPS).
 
Seems from here that you really do have a great service. I buy from several suppliers in the US, including people on IAP, and the service has always been very impressive. You also seem to be getting that service at a reasonable price.

I know that the usual flat rate envelope I get from kit suppliers ($13.50 USD) which holds around 30 kits, would cost me double to send back after having paid for an equivalent box, that you guys get supplied free.
 
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