USPS problems maybe

[old2soon]

       Todays mail if you can call it that weighed 26 ozs according to my handy dandy oz scale. I received these envelopes today. 2 of them measured 9" X 12" another 5" X 11.5" another 4" X 90' and the last one 6.5" X 9". 4 of the envelopes were from non profits asking for money. Another was fron an insurance outfit telling me how much I can save if i sign up with them. Fairly certain you and I can NOT ship the big envelopes for what the non profits paid to get it to me. The insurance one probably went ay a bulk rate-again cheaper than you and I can mail the same size and weight for. And last but certainly not least every danged bit of this paper arrived at my house totally completely unsolicited.  26 ozs of paper and cardboard I'm not even gonna look at!  And my 2 booklets of 20 stamps each cost $11.00 each. Yeah-may be a bit of a rant but should these non profits pay the full freight I'm thinkin here Maybe just maybe I would Not be throwing away so much paper and cardboard. Oh B T W-I sent my Brother a C D today-3 day dlvy-$3.90 to send it and it was in a light weight padded envelope. Shoulda weighed it before I sent it! Oh Well!  RIDE SAFE.

[Willow]

For what it's worth our postage is not high cost.  The reason it is not is because the USPS makes its real money one bulk shipping by businesses (profit and non-profit).

I suspect if you choose to ship hundreds of envelopes presorted you could probably also get a discount from the USPS.

FEDEX and UPS compete with the USPS for shipping.  I'm guessing you could get neither of them to ship a CD to Ross for less than $3.90.

[hubcapsc]

Total losses since 2007 run to $78 billion, according to a May report by the Government Accountability Office, which said that the “USPS’s current business model is not financially sustainable.”

-Mike

[Jersey mike]

I seem to remember a lot of joking about how electronic communication (email and such) would impact the postal service in the future but nothing was done about it by the post office to ensure their rates kept up with cost demands. Now the chickens have come home to roost and it’s a disaster.