I hesitated to chime in about this because of its inescapable political content, but yes, Greg. DeJoy was appointed by you know who the first time around. Postmaster Generals are appointed by the President, but cannot be removed by him. It is my belief that DeJoy's real ambition has been to degrade the post office to such an extent that the population will welcome privatization. This is accomplished by bleeding USPS of funds, while raising postage rates over and over. This has been a fever dream of the Republicans for years, since they believe that private is better, no matter what. They've been on the rag about making the post office behave like a for profit business. USPS is not a business. It is a service of and a department of the Federal Government. One of the tools that the congress used to enhance this privatization idea is to require the Post Office to fund their own pensions. Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't know of any other federal agency that is required to do this. Just the Post Office. That's a huge expense that the Post Office should not be required to pay. Underfunded and understaffed, that's it. And I agree with Greg that if you ask the postal clerks about DeJoy, you would get a negative response. Because they know.
We send everything we ship by Priority Mail. Our shipping for items whether they are $15 items or $1500 items is $15.00. Cheaper is not always better, and I'm sure that some people would balk at our shipping. But in the long run, Priority Mail is better for us and better for our customers. Sometimes, if the order is generous we pay for all this shipping. But it still goes by Priority Mail. And everything is insured. We do use FedEx for some shipments and we will use UPS if the customer insists on it. UPS have their own issues, for sure. Happy Hunting, Mopolistas! Kirby McDaniel MovieArt Original Film Posters Austin 512 479 6680 > On Feb 6, 2025, at 11:56 AM, Greg Douglass > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, here have been a number of weather related circumstances that have > caused delays recently but things have become gradually worse since Louis > DeJoy became postmaster. Inexperienced and incompetent. Talk to the folks > behind the desk at your local USPS facility about him. > Greg Douglass > Coos Bay,OR > > > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2025 at 2:16 AM > From: "Tony Calvert" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Anyone having delivery issues with USPS Ground Advantage? > Good information, I hope that is the case, and not the norm. It is so > erratic, I will have to check locations, but mine have been about 1 in 8 get > hung up and the rest get through. During early Dec. on the same day I > ordered an item from CA and one from OK (I am in TX), so I border OK. Both > delayed over 2 1/2 weeks and arrived a day apart. I expected some delay > especially close to Christmas, but this was a little odd. > > On Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM David Kusumoto <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Unpredictable. However, no one has mentioned that for about 10-14 scattered >> days in January, deliveries were "backed up" by mountains of packages from >> coast to coast - because of a deep freeze and dangerous conditions in the >> Midwest and South. I sent a Priority package from San Diego to Dallas last >> month that took 9 days to arrive. Missed a friend's birthday. I always >> suspected extreme weather was the cause. -d. >> >> >> From: MoPo List <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Scott Burns >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 1:59 PM >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Subject: Re: Anyone having delivery issues with USPS Ground Advantage? >> >> That’s a big yes! >> >> >> A recent eBay purchase which shipped USPS Ground Advantage on January 17th >> coming from Mississippi to Ohio really went astray. Tracking completely >> stopped on January 20th. Then just when I thought the package was lost, >> tracking magically reappeared on January 31st in Nashville TN, finally >> making it to my mailbox on February 3rd. 17 days to deliver a package is >> nuts. I’ve also recently had tracking just stop on mail order prescriptions >> causing delayed delivery. I thought RX’s got priority handling from USPS. >> >> >> Pay more—get less. Today’s unreliable package delivery reminds me of the >> Postal Service’s “cheap” Media Mail back when I was in college. That >> “service” could take weeks for a book/record/CD to arrive. I don’t think the >> postal service should be proud of their current delivery stats. >> >> >> Something is up that’s for sure. >> >> >> Scott >> >> MoPo List Owner >> >> >> From: MoPo List <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Tony Calvert >> Sent: Tuesday, February 4, 2025 11:06 AM >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: [MOPO] Anyone having delivery issues with USPS Ground Advantage? >> >> >> Not to start a post on which carrier is best, but I use them for cost. I am >> mainly selling rolled posters for under $10, so I hate to have to charge >> quite a bit more for the other carriers, etc. >> >> Lately I am having about 1 in 8 or a little less get really delayed, >> tracking just stops, etc. This seems to only be tubes, the flats don't seem >> to have issues. Just wondering if it is a regional issue? 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