> >I am aware of this Amerikaan Mannerism but in my >experience I always heard something like - " I would >have done this " instead of "I will ..." . Learning never ends.
*** I wrote on 4/25/08: "I would compile the facts, and send it to my Congressman. And follow up with him/her in two weeks or so." And in reply to the private note the same day I wrote : >Would you suggest sending a complaint to PMG ? *** I will start with the Post Master of the particular post office, or of the metro area. They usually respond. I would have taken the name of the clerk who hung up on you. *** I could have written " I would have ----" had the action been something that is already past, not being contemplated, as was the case in this instance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Yes of course, Fedex could be expected to be a better service provider than the USPS, and that's why they also cost a whole lot more. I saw a big poster in our neighborhood, by no means a high-rent district, that showed the various services USPS provides , including the FedEx collaborated Guaranteed three( ?) business days service, which cost the same ( $ 75.00 ??) as FedEx. Under the circumstances, why would one want to go the USPS route, if the cost is same as FedEx's? I used the USPS International Express service that guarantees seven business days delivery, which cost $ 27.00-- a big saving from the $ 75.00 Fedex collaborated three bus. days guaranteed svc. > >..... stick to UPS for time sensitive international mail. *** Did you mean Fedex? or UPS ( as opposed to USPS) ? At 8:14 AM -0700 4/28/08, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote: >My bad. I forgot that you are an Amerikaan and not an >Assamese :) Or may be , I thought you have taken up >the arduous task of fixing flaws of USPS :-) > >I am aware of this Amerikaan Mannerism but in my >experience I always heard something like - " I would >have done this " instead of "I will ..." . >Learning never ends. > >Going to the top indeed help as have been my >experience with MTNL, Mumbai (new phone activated in >less then 30 minutes once I met the DGM). > >The good news is, Fedex turned to be much better then >USPS in customer Service. They have rectified the >duplicate billing issue. Yet to work out the Service >Guarantee refund but I am hopeful that Fedex will work >it out. > >I have found a simpler solution than writing to Post >Master or Congressman ..... stick to UPS for time >sensitive international mail. > > > > >>*** When I wrote "I will write to my Congressman" or > "--- to my >>Post Master --- " , it is a polite way of saying "you >should be doing >>that". It is an American mannerism, 'kothaar maat'. > >>I wish I could help. But I am too bust with too many >different >>things. I am sure you are quite able to pursue it on >your on. Good >>luck. > >>If the Post Master gives you the run-around, which I >don't expect >>him to, a call to the elected rep. does wonders. A >few years back, we >>could not get cable in our house. After two years of >getting the run >>around from the cable company ( because the house >sets back more than >>the 200 feet or so that they are required to string >cables to) I >>called our County Councilman's office. The clerk made >one call and we >>got cable within the next two weeks. Did not even >have to pay the >>extra fees for 200 yards of cable laying that I >anticipated paying. > >>I told the story to my fellow Board Members of our >large neighborhood >>association about a a year or so back. Our leader >remembered it. He >>too had been having the same problem. So he inquired >again how >>exactly I got results. Told him again. He called the >same >>Councilman's office, and voila--a month later he had >cable. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >At 12:35 PM -0700 4/25/08, Krishnendu Chakraborty >wrote: >>Thanks C'da. I have sent all details (dates, > >locations etc) to you separately. Please keep us >>posted on the progress/response. >> >>USPS domestic service is great but for International >>Service I found UPS to be more reliable. >>An occassional miss (by USPS, Fedex, UPS , any body) >>is perfectly understandable but the attitude of >>passing the buck is definitely not acceptable ... >>particularly when you are paying such a high service >>charge. >> >>Did you use the same service (GXG) or the regular >>Postal Service? How was the delivery ? Did they >stick >>to commitment? >> >>> >>> >>> >I would compile the facts, and send it to my >>> Congressman. And follow >>> up with him/her in two weeks or so. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Be a better friend, newshound, and >know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. >http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >assam@assamnet.org >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
