[meteorite-list] Extreme Canada Mail Slow Down

From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:44:51 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <8CE751B9A0BE7E6-1670-B47DD_at_webmail-m022.sysops.aol.com>

"the Postal Service will cease to be reliable and the bulk of mailings
wil be carried by private contractors"

Hi Count Guido,

Hasn't that happened yet for Priority Mail? I thought all non-area
Priority Mail packages were handled by Fedex already. Nothing sacred
aboput the USPS in my opinion, I'd rather see them out of business and
back up running with a different business model.

These days most of what they deliver is junk mail to tip off crooks
when you're out of town and unfortunately they don't have a "do not
spam me" filter. If they wanted to earn their keep instead of fighting
everything tooth and nail, they'd automate the scanning of images of
all of our mail and send it to our email inbox and allow us to check
off what they should destroy or return to the sender instead.

Instead, they weigh down local landfills, recycle bins and providing
people with sensitive financial account numbers, addresses and other
key information from banks that are sending the latest super mortgage
yourself to the hilt, take this or that cash advance on these
unsolicited checks we have the nerve to send you; stc., that when not
properly shredded is breeding ground for other identity thieves.

Really not rocket science and if they weren't counting on delivering
all that trash for keeping them afloat financially and supplying
recycle programs enough trash to say "look how much we've recycled' ,
we're saving the planet; it would be a good idea.

Kindest wishes
Doug


-----Original Message-----
From: Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net>
To: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>; Meteorite
List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sat, Nov 19, 2011 3:15 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Extreme Canada Mail Slow Down


Hi MikeG and List,

It is a shame things have come to this. There was a lot of wisdom in
the old
prohibition of collective bargaining and unionization of critical
service
employees. History has shown that placing this kind of power in the
hands of a
force that can act on politicians re-election chances has never been
good for
anyone.

Take note, that we here in the United States will soon be suffering the
same
disruptions in the postal service as Canada. It's just around the
corner. I
wouldn't be surprised that within a couple of years, perhaps a few
months with
this administation, the Postal Service will cease to be reliable and
the bulk of
mailings wil be carried by private contractors.

Best,

Count Deiro
IMCA 3536 MetSoc



-----Original Message-----
>From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
>Sent: Nov 19, 2011 9:28 AM
>To: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Extreme Canada Mail Slow Down
>
>Hi List,
>
>Has anyone else noticed that mail to and from Canada has been
>excruciatingly slow since the Canadian postal strike a few months
>back?
>
>Prior to the strike, a package mailed via First Class International
>took an average of 10-12 business days to arrive. After the strike,
>this has become 21-30 days. The same can be said for packages coming
>from Canada into the US. The last two packages I had coming from
>Canada have been agonizingly slow. The first took a full month to get
>here and I am still waiting on a package that was mailed over 3 weeks
>ago. This is killing me, because there is something in that package I
>really need, and I am tired of checking my PO box to see aggravating
>emptiness staring back at me when I open it.
>
>After this latest package arrives (if it arrives at all), I am firing
>off a letter to Canada Post and USPS and telling them to get their act
>together. There is no excuse for this, especially from USPS where
>they get 100 days off a year for Arbor Day, St. Swivens Day, and every
>odd-numbered day that starts with a "T". (Can you tell I am PISSED?)
>LOL
>
>I understand that the strike may have backlogged our northern
>neighbors, but it has been months since the strike and this is getting
>downright silly and inexcusable. Is this the new norm now? Are we
>ever going to see reasonable delivery times again? Is this some new
>secret policy to force frustrated people into paying more for Priority
>or Express service? Are Canadian workers being spiteful because all
>of their terms were not met during the strike? What the heck is going
>on? Or do I just have rotten luck?
>
>Also, it seems that USPS is to blame as well, because packages I am
>mailing north are taking longer as well. I've had a couple seem to go
>AWOL and then suddenly show up right before I was about to refund the
>customer's money or ship a replacement.
>
>If this keeps up, I am going to start sending all packages to Canada
>via Registered Mail and passing along the increased cost to the
>customer. That way, at least I can get decent tracking of where the
>package is at.
>
>Best regards,
>
>MikeG
>
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