Re: [MOPO] Aw: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW
Fellow lovers of fine cinematic art; Google "Postmaster General". Draw your own conclusions. Greg Douglass PS-It's been awhile since I sold anything on Ebay. I just let go of a few posters and when I saw their new fee structure I felt like my throat had been cut. I'm trying to downsize by selling some of my posters in the $10-$50 range. Any suggestions? Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2021 at 1:37 AM From: "Helmut Hamm" To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW Has anyone heard of Covid-19 yet? There is hardly any air traffic at the moment, and USPS is piggybacking on commercial flights. Fedex and UPS have their own fleets, and they have adjusted fairly well by now. Still, they also face frequent delays. @Adam: Due the Brexit, millions and millions of additional customs declarations have to be filed, both for imports to the UK and for exports to the UK. Helmut Gesendet: Samstag, 24. Juli 2021 um 11:35 Uhr Von: "Adam Kennedy" An: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Betreff: Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW I can’t add much more than to agree with everything being said. The time to get things to the UK from the US with USPS is absolutely ridiculous. Even when they arrive in the UK, they often sit with USPS for weeks before they hand them over to the Royal Mail for delivery, which is even more frustrating! ART OF THE MOVIES Original vintage and contemporary movie posters ArtoftheMovies.co.uk 07724 253119 On 24 Jul 2021, at 03:40, MPB warehouse wrote: if it sat in London, that has nothing to do with USPS, that's all Royal Post. but it's regular now for foreign mail services to be taking this long and longer On 7/23/2021 7:36 PM, Susan Heim wrote: I had a customer in November order a poster for his wife for Christmas. He paid for 3 day International Express shipping via USPS. The poster sat in London for months and he finally received the poster at the end of March. I refunded his money and shipping as I felt horrible about it. Luckily it was only a $125 poster. Sue Hollywood Poster Frames From: MoPo List on behalf of Moviemem Original Movie Posters Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2021 2:29 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW Hi Bruce It’s hard to understand how USPS could damage your packages because you certainly pack well. I am finding USPS International Mail is incredibly slow at the moment and the tracking often shows packages going via Japan and even London. I now ask for UPS for shipping. They take around a week from the US to Australia and are very reliable (so far). Regards John John Reid Moviemem Original Movie Posters www.moviemem.com Like Us on Facebook PO Box 92 Elanora Qld 4221 Australia Phone: 0414 720 369 From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Bruce Hershenson Sent: 24 July, 2021 12:07 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW The U.S. Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years, and that slide is accelerating dramatically. Packages sent Priority Mail now routinely take a week or more to arrive in the U.S., as opposed to 2 to 5 days a couple of years ago. Packages sent outside the U.S. fare far worse. They often take a month or more, and usually there is no tracking during that time (or sometimes false tracking of places it has never been). But worst of all is the DAMAGE. Anyone who has ordered from my company, eMoviePoster.com, KNOWS we use the strongest tubes of anyone. Until last year, we only had two or three damaged packages each year, out of the 25,000 or so we send each year! In the past year, we have had around ten times that. It still is a VERY tiny percentage of the total we send (around one tenth of one percent), which is a tribute to how strong our tubes and boxes are), but when the rate goes up ten times after 30 years of no change, you KNOW they are doing something VERY wrong in how they handle tubes and packages. We sent a tube back in March. The customer received it crushed, and worse yet, the mailman dropped the crushed tube off at the customer's front door, rang the doorbell and left. He later that day received an email saying that he had accepted the tube and had signed for it, and that was a lie (the customer has the ring video doorbell that proves otherwise). He sent us pictures of the crushed tube, and we filed the claim. First the Post Office said we needed pictures of the damage, and we sent pictures of the tube and damaged posters. Next they said we needed to prove the customer had pai
Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW
I get that Helmut, but (unsympathetic me here), both of those events started over a year ago. Across the world individuals, households and businesses have had to adapt. I am fed up with receiving an email or listening to a recorded message from a multi-million pound / dollar / euro business telling me that they are busy due to COVID or Brexit. If they were being managed well, they would be reacting - chartering their own-flights - automating their processes - taking on new staff etc. We have all had to do it in our own small ways, but many organisations, run by people receiving ludicrous fat-cat salaries seem unable to do so, and, we are all suffering because of it. People have been and continue to die, so receiving a tube late isn’t the end of the world, but there are lots of other examples. Regards, Adam. ART OF THE MOVIES Original vintage and contemporary movie posters ArtoftheMovies.co.uk 07724 253119 On 25 Jul 2021, at 09:37, texasmu...@web.de wrote: Has anyone heard of Covid-19 yet? There is hardly any air traffic at the moment, and USPS is piggybacking on commercial flights. Fedex and UPS have their own fleets, and they have adjusted fairly well by now. Still, they also face frequent delays. @Adam: Due the Brexit, millions and millions of additional customs declarations have to be filed, both for imports to the UK and for exports to the UK. Helmut Gesendet: Samstag, 24. Juli 2021 um 11:35 Uhr Von: "Adam Kennedy" An: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Betreff: Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW I can’t add much more than to agree with everything being said. The time to get things to the UK from the US with USPS is absolutely ridiculous. Even when they arrive in the UK, they often sit with USPS for weeks before they hand them over to the Royal Mail for delivery, which is even more frustrating! ART OF THE MOVIES Original vintage and contemporary movie posters ArtoftheMovies.co.uk 07724 253119 On 24 Jul 2021, at 03:40, MPB warehouse wrote: if it sat in London, that has nothing to do with USPS, that's all Royal Post. but it's regular now for foreign mail services to be taking this long and longer On 7/23/2021 7:36 PM, Susan Heim wrote: I had a customer in November order a poster for his wife for Christmas. He paid for 3 day International Express shipping via USPS. The poster sat in London for months and he finally received the poster at the end of March. I refunded his money and shipping as I felt horrible about it. Luckily it was only a $125 poster. Sue Hollywood Poster Frames From: MoPo List <mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> on behalf of Moviemem Original Movie Posters <mailto:johnr...@moviemem.com> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2021 2:29 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW Hi Bruce It’s hard to understand how USPS could damage your packages because you certainly pack well. I am finding USPS International Mail is incredibly slow at the moment and the tracking often shows packages going via Japan and even London. I now ask for UPS for shipping. They take around a week from the US to Australia and are very reliable (so far). Regards John John Reid Moviemem Original Movie Posters www.moviemem.com<http://www.moviemem.com/> Like Us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/moviememmovieposters/?hc_ref=SEARCH=nf> PO Box 92 Elanora Qld 4221 Australia Phone: 0414 720 369 From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Bruce Hershenson Sent: 24 July, 2021 12:07 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Subject: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW The U.S. Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years, and that slide is accelerating dramatically. Packages sent Priority Mail now routinely take a week or more to arrive in the U.S., as opposed to 2 to 5 days a couple of years ago. Packages sent outside the U.S. fare far worse. They often take a month or more, and usually there is no tracking during that time (or sometimes false tracking of places it has never been). But worst of all is the DAMAGE. Anyone who has ordered from my company, eMoviePoster.com, KNOWS we use the strongest tubes of anyone. Until last year, we only had two or three damaged packages each year, out of the 25,000 or so we send each year! In the past year, we have had around ten times that. It still is a VERY tiny percentage of the total we send (around one tenth of one percent), which is a tribute to how strong our tubes and boxes are), but when the rate goes up ten times after 30 years of no change, you KNOW they are
[MOPO] Aw: Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW
Has anyone heard of Covid-19 yet? There is hardly any air traffic at the moment, and USPS is piggybacking on commercial flights. Fedex and UPS have their own fleets, and they have adjusted fairly well by now. Still, they also face frequent delays. @Adam: Due the Brexit, millions and millions of additional customs declarations have to be filed, both for imports to the UK and for exports to the UK. Helmut Gesendet: Samstag, 24. Juli 2021 um 11:35 Uhr Von: "Adam Kennedy" An: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Betreff: Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW I can’t add much more than to agree with everything being said. The time to get things to the UK from the US with USPS is absolutely ridiculous. Even when they arrive in the UK, they often sit with USPS for weeks before they hand them over to the Royal Mail for delivery, which is even more frustrating! ART OF THE MOVIES Original vintage and contemporary movie posters ArtoftheMovies.co.uk 07724 253119 On 24 Jul 2021, at 03:40, MPB warehouse wrote: if it sat in London, that has nothing to do with USPS, that's all Royal Post. but it's regular now for foreign mail services to be taking this long and longer On 7/23/2021 7:36 PM, Susan Heim wrote: I had a customer in November order a poster for his wife for Christmas. He paid for 3 day International Express shipping via USPS. The poster sat in London for months and he finally received the poster at the end of March. I refunded his money and shipping as I felt horrible about it. Luckily it was only a $125 poster. Sue Hollywood Poster Frames From: MoPo List on behalf of Moviemem Original Movie Posters Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2021 2:29 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW Hi Bruce It’s hard to understand how USPS could damage your packages because you certainly pack well. I am finding USPS International Mail is incredibly slow at the moment and the tracking often shows packages going via Japan and even London. I now ask for UPS for shipping. They take around a week from the US to Australia and are very reliable (so far). Regards John John Reid Moviemem Original Movie Posters www.moviemem.com Like Us on Facebook PO Box 92 Elanora Qld 4221 Australia Phone: 0414 720 369 From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Bruce Hershenson Sent: 24 July, 2021 12:07 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW The U.S. Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years, and that slide is accelerating dramatically. Packages sent Priority Mail now routinely take a week or more to arrive in the U.S., as opposed to 2 to 5 days a couple of years ago. Packages sent outside the U.S. fare far worse. They often take a month or more, and usually there is no tracking during that time (or sometimes false tracking of places it has never been). But worst of all is the DAMAGE. Anyone who has ordered from my company, eMoviePoster.com, KNOWS we use the strongest tubes of anyone. Until last year, we only had two or three damaged packages each year, out of the 25,000 or so we send each year! In the past year, we have had around ten times that. It still is a VERY tiny percentage of the total we send (around one tenth of one percent), which is a tribute to how strong our tubes and boxes are), but when the rate goes up ten times after 30 years of no change, you KNOW they are doing something VERY wrong in how they handle tubes and packages. We sent a tube back in March. The customer received it crushed, and worse yet, the mailman dropped the crushed tube off at the customer's front door, rang the doorbell and left. He later that day received an email saying that he had accepted the tube and had signed for it, and that was a lie (the customer has the ring video doorbell that proves otherwise). He sent us pictures of the crushed tube, and we filed the claim. First the Post Office said we needed pictures of the damage, and we sent pictures of the tube and damaged posters. Next they said we needed to prove the customer had paid what we said. We sent a copy of the invoice, and they said that was not sufficient. We sent the a copy of his payment, and they accepted that. But now they sent a new letter stating they looked at our images of the crushed tube and have determined we did not use a strong enough tube, so they are denying our claim, and suggest we double tube all orders in the future! I KNOW we used a tube stronger than 99% of the tubes anyone else does, and that they simply never want to pay any insurance claims, even though they love taking the insurance money. So the Post Office crushed a super-s
Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW
yes it can be slower for domestic Too I had no recent experience with International but assume it would be longer with pandemic, and slow down in all sectors of commerce, other users like Bruce do volunteer,e sales and have more experience best, Tom Hollywood dream factory® since 1977 \ On 2021-07-24 06:02, Tommy Barr wrote: I have sent posters to the U.S. from U.K. for several years without any problems, but one I sent to Texas on 3rd June appears, according to tracking, to have been in Chicago since 7th June. I assumed it had been lost and refunded the buyer, but from what I read here it seems possible that it might still turn up! Haven't experienced too many problems getting items from the States. Tommy On Sat, 24 Jul 2021 at 10:35, Adam Kennedy wrote: I can’t add much more than to agree with everything being said. The time to get things to the UK from the US with USPS is absolutely ridiculous. Even when they arrive in the UK, they often sit with USPS for weeks before they hand them over to the Royal Mail for delivery, which is even more frustrating! ART OF THE MOVIES Original vintage and contemporary movie posters ArtoftheMovies.co.uk [1] 07724 253119 On 24 Jul 2021, at 03:40, MPB warehouse wrote: if it sat in London, that has nothing to do with USPS, that's all Royal Post. but it's regular now for foreign mail services to be taking this long and longer On 7/23/2021 7:36 PM, Susan Heim wrote: I had a customer in November order a poster for his wife for Christmas. He paid for 3 day International Express shipping via USPS. The poster sat in London for months and he finally received the poster at the end of March. I refunded his money and shipping as I felt horrible about it. Luckily it was only a $125 poster. Sue Hollywood Poster Frames - FROM: MoPo List on behalf of Moviemem Original Movie Posters SENT: Saturday, July 24, 2021 2:29 AM TO: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU SUBJECT: Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW Hi Bruce It’s hard to understand how USPS could damage your packages because you certainly pack well. I am finding USPS International Mail is incredibly slow at the moment and the tracking often shows packages going via Japan and even London. I now ask for UPS for shipping. They take around a week from the US to Australia and are very reliable (so far). Regards John John Reid MOVIEMEM ORIGINAL MOVIE POSTERS www.moviemem.com [2] Like Us on Facebook [3] PO Box 92 Elanora Qld 4221 Australia Phone: 0414 720 369 FROM: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] ON BEHALF OF Bruce Hershenson SENT: 24 July, 2021 12:07 PM TO: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU SUBJECT: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW The U.S. Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years, and that slide is accelerating dramatically. Packages sent Priority Mail now routinely take a week or more to arrive in the U.S., as opposed to 2 to 5 days a couple of years ago. Packages sent outside the U.S. fare far worse. They often take a month or more, and usually there is no tracking during that time (or sometimes false tracking of places it has never been). But worst of all is the DAMAGE. Anyone who has ordered from my company, eMoviePoster.com, KNOWS we use the strongest tubes of anyone. Until last year, we only had two or three damaged packages each year, out of the 25,000 or so we send each year! In the past year, we have had around ten times that. It still is a VERY tiny percentage of the total we send (around one tenth of one percent), which is a tribute to how strong our tubes and boxes are), but when the rate goes up ten times after 30 years of no change, you KNOW they are doing something VERY wrong in how they handle tubes and packages. We sent a tube back in March. The customer received it crushed, and worse yet, the mailman dropped the crushed tube off at the customer's front door, rang the doorbell and left. He later that day received an email saying that he had accepted the tube and had signed for it, and that was a lie (the customer has the ring video doorbell that proves otherwise). He sent us pictures of the crushed tube, and we filed the claim. First the Post Office said we needed pictures of the damage, and we sent pictures of the tube and damaged posters. Next they said we needed to prove the customer had paid what we said. We sent a copy of the invoice, and they said that was not sufficient. We sent the a copy of his payment, and they accepted that. But now they sent a new letter stating they looked at our images of the crushed tube and have determined we did not use a strong enough tube, so they are denying our claim, and suggest we double tube all orders in the future! I KNOW we used a tube stronger than 99% of the tubes anyone else does, and that they simply never want to pay any insurance claims, even though
Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW
I have sent posters to the U.S. from U.K. for several years without any problems, but one I sent to Texas on 3rd June appears, according to tracking, to have been in Chicago since 7th June. I assumed it had been lost and refunded the buyer, but from what I read here it seems possible that it might still turn up! Haven't experienced too many problems getting items from the States. Tommy On Sat, 24 Jul 2021 at 10:35, Adam Kennedy wrote: > I can’t add much more than to agree with everything being said. The time > to get things to the UK from the US with USPS is absolutely ridiculous. > > Even when they arrive in the UK, they often sit with USPS for weeks before > they hand them over to the Royal Mail for delivery, which is even more > frustrating! > > ART OF THE MOVIES > Original vintage and contemporary movie posters > ArtoftheMovies.co.uk > 07724 253119 > > On 24 Jul 2021, at 03:40, MPB warehouse wrote: > > > > if it sat in London, that has nothing to do with USPS, that's all Royal > Post. > > > but it's regular now for foreign mail services to be taking this long and > longer > > > > > On 7/23/2021 7:36 PM, Susan Heim wrote: > > I had a customer in November order a poster for his wife for Christmas. > He paid for 3 day International Express shipping via USPS. The poster sat > in London for months and he finally > received the poster at the end of March. I refunded his money and > shipping as I felt horrible about it. Luckily it was only a $125 poster. > > Sue > Hollywood Poster Frames > > -- > *From:* MoPo List > on behalf of Moviemem Original Movie > Posters > *Sent:* Saturday, July 24, 2021 2:29 AM > *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the > past few years especially NOW > > > Hi Bruce > > It’s hard to understand how USPS could damage your packages because you > certainly pack well. I am finding USPS International Mail is incredibly > slow at the moment and the tracking often shows packages going via Japan > and even London. I now ask for UPS for shipping. They take around a week > from the US to Australia and are very reliable (so far). > > > > Regards > > > > John > > > > John Reid > > *Moviemem Original Movie Posters* > > www.moviemem.com > > Like Us on Facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/moviememmovieposters/?hc_ref=SEARCH=nf> > > PO Box 92 > > Elanora > > Qld 4221 > > Australia > > Phone: 0414 720 369 > > > > *From:* MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > ] *On Behalf Of *Bruce Hershenson > *Sent:* 24 July, 2021 12:07 PM > *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > *Subject:* [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past > few years especially NOW > > > > The U.S. Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years, and > that slide is accelerating dramatically. Packages sent Priority Mail now > routinely take a week or more to arrive in the U.S., as opposed to 2 to 5 > days a couple of years ago. > > Packages sent outside the U.S. fare far worse. They often take a month or > more, and usually there is no tracking during that time (or sometimes false > tracking of places it has never been). > > But worst of all is the DAMAGE. Anyone who has ordered from my company, > eMoviePoster.com, KNOWS we use the strongest tubes of anyone. Until last > year, we only had two or three damaged packages each year, out of the > 25,000 or so we send each year! > > In the past year, we have had around ten times that. It still is a VERY > tiny percentage of the total we send (around one tenth of one percent), > which is a tribute to how strong our tubes and boxes are), but when the > rate goes up ten times after 30 years of no change, you KNOW they are doing > something VERY wrong in how they handle tubes and packages. > > We sent a tube back in March. The customer received it crushed, and worse > yet, the mailman dropped the crushed tube off at the customer's front door, > rang the doorbell and left. > > He later that day received an email saying that he had accepted the tube > and had signed for it, and that was a lie (the customer has the ring video > doorbell that proves otherwise). > > He sent us pictures of the crushed tube, and we filed the claim. First the > Post Office said we needed pictures of the damage, and we sent pictures of > the tube and damaged posters. > > Next they said we needed to prove the customer had paid what we said. We > sent a copy of the invoice, and they said that was not sufficient. We sent > the a copy of his payment, and they accepted that. > &g
Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW
I can’t add much more than to agree with everything being said. The time to get things to the UK from the US with USPS is absolutely ridiculous. Even when they arrive in the UK, they often sit with USPS for weeks before they hand them over to the Royal Mail for delivery, which is even more frustrating! ART OF THE MOVIES Original vintage and contemporary movie posters ArtoftheMovies.co.uk 07724 253119 On 24 Jul 2021, at 03:40, MPB warehouse wrote: if it sat in London, that has nothing to do with USPS, that's all Royal Post. but it's regular now for foreign mail services to be taking this long and longer On 7/23/2021 7:36 PM, Susan Heim wrote: I had a customer in November order a poster for his wife for Christmas. He paid for 3 day International Express shipping via USPS. The poster sat in London for months and he finally received the poster at the end of March. I refunded his money and shipping as I felt horrible about it. Luckily it was only a $125 poster. Sue Hollywood Poster Frames From: MoPo List <mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> on behalf of Moviemem Original Movie Posters <mailto:johnr...@moviemem.com> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2021 2:29 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW Hi Bruce It’s hard to understand how USPS could damage your packages because you certainly pack well. I am finding USPS International Mail is incredibly slow at the moment and the tracking often shows packages going via Japan and even London. I now ask for UPS for shipping. They take around a week from the US to Australia and are very reliable (so far). Regards John John Reid Moviemem Original Movie Posters www.moviemem.com<http://www.moviemem.com/> Like Us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/moviememmovieposters/?hc_ref=SEARCH=nf> PO Box 92 Elanora Qld 4221 Australia Phone: 0414 720 369 From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Bruce Hershenson Sent: 24 July, 2021 12:07 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Subject: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW The U.S. Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years, and that slide is accelerating dramatically. Packages sent Priority Mail now routinely take a week or more to arrive in the U.S., as opposed to 2 to 5 days a couple of years ago. Packages sent outside the U.S. fare far worse. They often take a month or more, and usually there is no tracking during that time (or sometimes false tracking of places it has never been). But worst of all is the DAMAGE. Anyone who has ordered from my company, eMoviePoster.com, KNOWS we use the strongest tubes of anyone. Until last year, we only had two or three damaged packages each year, out of the 25,000 or so we send each year! In the past year, we have had around ten times that. It still is a VERY tiny percentage of the total we send (around one tenth of one percent), which is a tribute to how strong our tubes and boxes are), but when the rate goes up ten times after 30 years of no change, you KNOW they are doing something VERY wrong in how they handle tubes and packages. We sent a tube back in March. The customer received it crushed, and worse yet, the mailman dropped the crushed tube off at the customer's front door, rang the doorbell and left. He later that day received an email saying that he had accepted the tube and had signed for it, and that was a lie (the customer has the ring video doorbell that proves otherwise). He sent us pictures of the crushed tube, and we filed the claim. First the Post Office said we needed pictures of the damage, and we sent pictures of the tube and damaged posters. Next they said we needed to prove the customer had paid what we said. We sent a copy of the invoice, and they said that was not sufficient. We sent the a copy of his payment, and they accepted that. But now they sent a new letter stating they looked at our images of the crushed tube and have determined we did not use a strong enough tube, so they are denying our claim, and suggest we double tube all orders in the future! I KNOW we used a tube stronger than 99% of the tubes anyone else does, and that they simply never want to pay any insurance claims, even though they love taking the insurance money. So the Post Office crushed a super-strong tube, lied about the customer signing for it, delayed my rightful claim for months, and then denied it and told me to use double tubes! I am thinking a FAR better suggestion is that we switch ALL our business (15,000 to 25,000 tubes and packages a year) to UPS and Fed Ex! If anyone else reading this wonders WHY the Post Office is goi
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well folks I agree about election time the mails slowed to a trickle I mailed a small deposit to my bank thats very close to me..they send to Detroitand back as the sorting facility closed Toledo however many are not aware the Usps has no Planes..so they job out to fed expand commercial flights and UPs.. so when got order for best little whorehouse inTexas about 3 weeks ago of eBay I freaked as I didn't know weeny son moved it. lucky it was in a board and bag..so we found stand I showed him how I pack..I use a larger priority box that accommodates over 11 x 14i put 2 corrugated sheets m wrap in foam and I seal the postern welded shrink wrap..I did it part blind and in my prosthetic.. got the order on a Monday had it shipped 2 day priority by tues..the poster was delivered to Austin Texas by Thursday u did feel I would be so lucky so I froze my ads..called time away.. I will start over as my son moved all my items and cannot find almost anything that I had staged for eBay its ok in the big picture as I've looked one by one at all the posters animi getting refreshed as to what I have like my inserts folded one sheets and evenrolled I have over 5-6000 oldest 40-50s and most 70s - 90s some reprints, see video but I've had stored since my divorce and moves from 2000 now my son had a serious stress problem..his gf broke up about 2 years ago his mom has MSand then dad got his eyes screwed up end a foot amputated, then corona,politics etc...2019 and 2020 rough so I need to sell my stuff oft bail out mason..he got froze from ebayand PayPal as he didn't deliver..thenUtilities shut his car brakes failed.. so I gave him my car a 2006 Toyota Matrix WITH ABOUT 90 K MILES.. ENABLED HIM???SURE DONTALL PARENTS HELP THEM ORLET FLOUNDER,,THE STRESS HAS MADE HIM SO I F ANYONE NEED VOLUME STUFF I HAVE PROJECTORS..BOOKS GALORE, MOVIE MAGS , LOBBIE AND STILLS JERRY WEINTRAUB AT END OF HIS LIFE SAID HIS LESSON WAS GOD FAMILYAND FRIENDS IS WHATLIFE ALL ABOUT I AGREE. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW ILL DO IT..THE PHYSICAL THERAPY GUY SAID WELL YOURLEFT FOOT IS FUSED AND NO MOVEMENT THE RIGHT IS IN A PROSTHETIC SO YOU WILL WALK LIKE A PENGUIN.. EVEN IF YOU WALK ILL BE 65 AUG 11..SO I OFERED MY TRADEMARK TO AMPAS FOR THE MUSEUM AND TODD FISHER BUT DISNEYAND ALL HAVE BEN MUM.. I F SOMEONR WOULD CONSIDER BUYING THE TRADEMARK I MAY BE OPEN TO THAT...46 YEARS MAY 24 ,1977 IVE ASKED GOD TO DIRECT ME.. RIGHT NOW I NEED TO SAVE MY SON THANKS FOR ALL THE YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP FOLKS WHAT I TELL ALL THE KIDS IS WHAT MEL BLANC AND ADAM WEST TOLD ME AND MYMENTORS TREAT OTHERS WITH KINDNESS, HONESTYAND DO YOUR BEST THERE ARE SOME GOOD GUYS AND NOT SO GOOD TRY TO NETWORK BEST WITH THE GOOD GUYS IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE AS WE ALL DO..TRY TO MAKE IT RIGHT...WE CAN IMPROVE, BE RESTORED AND HELP OTHERS I AM TAKING BABY STEPS..WAX ON WAX OFF I ALSO LEARNED RECEMTLY FORGIVE ALL AS WHEN CHINA TRYED TO TAKE THE TRADEMARK I WAS HURT AND ANGERED,,,BUT I HAD TO FORGIVE THEMAS THE WHOLE WORLD IS SUFFERING..MENTAL HEALTH,FINANCIAL ETC..ITS BEEN HARD FOR US ALL I PRAY AMD POMDER POSITIVE AND WAIT ON GOD..IF I DIE SOON I AM GOOD WITH IT..I GOT MORE THENI EVER IMAGINED I WOULD Adam said Tom we all just guess what to do..noone really knows anything I have not knowing down to a science it will be truly miracle if I get through the next hurdles of life suffering has taught me to understand those who suffered that a blessing others have so much worse themn me... ella fitsgerald lost both legs so it can happen to us all. be well folks and count your blessings ..things move so fast perhaps slow down bit and smell the flowers life is so short this ground,,by the time we get the right ideas its time to move on help the kids learn empathy and peace and love they are so confused by life and scared..as leaders have misled them and confused them with negative info..onall sides of the fence\ I wish you'll peace and love my mailman is stellar and post office it was named after John F Kennedy in like 1961 I like to see the beautyinothersand the positive but I get frustrated too when se others anger or not helping those in need... I know its hard when we get poor service..just don't be like that we get poor service..I tell them why I say treat the customers like you would like your family. mom dad.grandfather treated. best TOM Hollywood dream factory® since 1977 On 2021-07-23 22:07, Bruce Hershenson wrote: The U.S. Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years, and that slide is accelerating dramatically. Packages sent Priority Mail now routinely take a week or more to arrive in the U.S., as opposed to 2 to 5 days a couple of years ago. Packages sent outside the U.S. fare far worse. They often take a month or more, and usually there is no tracking during that time (or sometimes false tracking of places it has never been). But worst of all is the DAMAGE. Anyone who has ordered from my company,
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This week the temporary local delivery postperson. Dumped five neighbors worth of mail at one address.We live on a cul de sac. Good thing we are all friendly neighbors. My neighbor ended up delivering it all. And thank you Bruce for wrapping everything in plastic. Because my usual postman walks the whole neighborhood to deliver. and when it rains. My mail gets soaked.But not my posters. :). Ira Sent via mobile.Please excuse typos and autocorrects. On Jul 23, 2021, at 10:46 PM, Susan Heim wrote: CAUTION: This email originated from outside of PBS. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. By the way, I put in a claim for at least the shipping costs to be refunded and was told there are no guarantees on shipping time. While the representative I spoke with agreed almost 5 months when I paid for 3 day is a bit much, she told me the policy is there are no guarantees on shipping time. Sue From: MPB warehouse Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2021 2:39 AM To: Susan Heim ; MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW if it sat in London, that has nothing to do with USPS, that's all Royal Post. but it's regular now for foreign mail services to be taking this long and longer On 7/23/2021 7:36 PM, Susan Heim wrote: I had a customer in November order a poster for his wife for Christmas. He paid for 3 day International Express shipping via USPS. The poster sat in London for months and he finally received the poster at the end of March. I refunded his money and shipping as I felt horrible about it. Luckily it was only a $125 poster. Sue Hollywood Poster Frames From: MoPo List <mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> on behalf of Moviemem Original Movie Posters <mailto:johnr...@moviemem.com> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2021 2:29 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW Hi Bruce It’s hard to understand how USPS could damage your packages because you certainly pack well. I am finding USPS International Mail is incredibly slow at the moment and the tracking often shows packages going via Japan and even London. I now ask for UPS for shipping. They take around a week from the US to Australia and are very reliable (so far). Regards John John Reid Moviemem Original Movie Posters www.moviemem.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.moviemem.com_=DwMGaQ=QX2OfGk7aRC3kh1nmtbeQQ=1ABCRTqq8ZKdvyai6WoqCObnYf2li9myHFS5WHeM88A=kyNLBLXtbS7cwBcY8LISjjLpk1DVIreL51ACI2l6r_E=ulKJy9SlK74g4JXaRDC5MLxzjTiLLVjKqOl1N7TPdgc=> Like Us on Facebook<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_moviememmovieposters_-3Fhc-5Fref-3DSEARCH-26fref-3Dnf=DwMGaQ=QX2OfGk7aRC3kh1nmtbeQQ=1ABCRTqq8ZKdvyai6WoqCObnYf2li9myHFS5WHeM88A=kyNLBLXtbS7cwBcY8LISjjLpk1DVIreL51ACI2l6r_E=Tuye7_ItYb1fjWmhq8Vsx31bGdO7CSFxJkrVkTw-KXU=> PO Box 92 Elanora Qld 4221 Australia Phone: 0414 720 369 From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Bruce Hershenson Sent: 24 July, 2021 12:07 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Subject: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW The U.S. Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years, and that slide is accelerating dramatically. Packages sent Priority Mail now routinely take a week or more to arrive in the U.S., as opposed to 2 to 5 days a couple of years ago. Packages sent outside the U.S. fare far worse. They often take a month or more, and usually there is no tracking during that time (or sometimes false tracking of places it has never been). But worst of all is the DAMAGE. Anyone who has ordered from my company, eMoviePoster.com, KNOWS we use the strongest tubes of anyone. Until last year, we only had two or three damaged packages each year, out of the 25,000 or so we send each year! In the past year, we have had around ten times that. It still is a VERY tiny percentage of the total we send (around one tenth of one percent), which is a tribute to how strong our tubes and boxes are), but when the rate goes up ten times after 30 years of no change, you KNOW they are doing something VERY wrong in how they handle tubes and packages. We sent a tube back in March. The customer received it crushed, and worse yet, the mailman dropped the crushed tube off at the customer's front door, rang the doorbell and left. He later that day received an email saying that he had accepted the tube and had signed for it, and that was a lie (the customer has the ring video doo
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By the way, I put in a claim for at least the shipping costs to be refunded and was told there are no guarantees on shipping time. While the representative I spoke with agreed almost 5 months when I paid for 3 day is a bit much, she told me the policy is there are no guarantees on shipping time. Sue From: MPB warehouse Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2021 2:39 AM To: Susan Heim ; MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW if it sat in London, that has nothing to do with USPS, that's all Royal Post. but it's regular now for foreign mail services to be taking this long and longer On 7/23/2021 7:36 PM, Susan Heim wrote: I had a customer in November order a poster for his wife for Christmas. He paid for 3 day International Express shipping via USPS. The poster sat in London for months and he finally received the poster at the end of March. I refunded his money and shipping as I felt horrible about it. Luckily it was only a $125 poster. Sue Hollywood Poster Frames From: MoPo List <mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> on behalf of Moviemem Original Movie Posters <mailto:johnr...@moviemem.com> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2021 2:29 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW Hi Bruce It’s hard to understand how USPS could damage your packages because you certainly pack well. I am finding USPS International Mail is incredibly slow at the moment and the tracking often shows packages going via Japan and even London. I now ask for UPS for shipping. They take around a week from the US to Australia and are very reliable (so far). Regards John John Reid Moviemem Original Movie Posters www.moviemem.com<http://www.moviemem.com/> Like Us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/moviememmovieposters/?hc_ref=SEARCH=nf> PO Box 92 Elanora Qld 4221 Australia Phone: 0414 720 369 From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Bruce Hershenson Sent: 24 July, 2021 12:07 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Subject: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW The U.S. Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years, and that slide is accelerating dramatically. Packages sent Priority Mail now routinely take a week or more to arrive in the U.S., as opposed to 2 to 5 days a couple of years ago. Packages sent outside the U.S. fare far worse. They often take a month or more, and usually there is no tracking during that time (or sometimes false tracking of places it has never been). But worst of all is the DAMAGE. Anyone who has ordered from my company, eMoviePoster.com, KNOWS we use the strongest tubes of anyone. Until last year, we only had two or three damaged packages each year, out of the 25,000 or so we send each year! In the past year, we have had around ten times that. It still is a VERY tiny percentage of the total we send (around one tenth of one percent), which is a tribute to how strong our tubes and boxes are), but when the rate goes up ten times after 30 years of no change, you KNOW they are doing something VERY wrong in how they handle tubes and packages. We sent a tube back in March. The customer received it crushed, and worse yet, the mailman dropped the crushed tube off at the customer's front door, rang the doorbell and left. He later that day received an email saying that he had accepted the tube and had signed for it, and that was a lie (the customer has the ring video doorbell that proves otherwise). He sent us pictures of the crushed tube, and we filed the claim. First the Post Office said we needed pictures of the damage, and we sent pictures of the tube and damaged posters. Next they said we needed to prove the customer had paid what we said. We sent a copy of the invoice, and they said that was not sufficient. We sent the a copy of his payment, and they accepted that. But now they sent a new letter stating they looked at our images of the crushed tube and have determined we did not use a strong enough tube, so they are denying our claim, and suggest we double tube all orders in the future! I KNOW we used a tube stronger than 99% of the tubes anyone else does, and that they simply never want to pay any insurance claims, even though they love taking the insurance money. So the Post Office crushed a super-strong tube, lied about the customer signing for it, delayed my rightful claim for months, and then denied it and told me to use double tubes! I am thinking a FAR better suggestion is that we switch ALL our business (15,000 to 25,000 tubes and packages a
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UPS/DHL and Fedex are really the only INTL services to be using now unless you want to give product away because you can count on an average USPS delivery rate of a month with some taking 3 months+. - Original Message - From: "MPB Warehouse" To: "MoPo-L" Sent: Friday, July 23, 2021 9:39:06 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW if it sat in London, that has nothing to do with USPS, that's all Royal Post. but it's regular now for foreign mail services to be taking this long and longer On 7/23/2021 7:36 PM, Susan Heim wrote: > I had a customer in November order a poster for his wife for > Christmas. He paid for 3 day International Express shipping via > USPS. The poster sat in London for months and he finally > received the poster at the end of March. I refunded his money and > shipping as I felt horrible about it. Luckily it was only a $125 poster. > > Sue > Hollywood Poster Frames > > > *From:* MoPo List on behalf of Moviemem > Original Movie Posters > *Sent:* Saturday, July 24, 2021 2:29 AM > *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill > the past few years especially NOW > > Hi Bruce > > It’s hard to understand how USPS could damage your packages because > you certainly pack well. I am finding USPS International Mail is > incredibly slow at the moment and the tracking often shows packages > going via Japan and even London. I now ask for UPS for shipping. They > take around a week from the US to Australia and are very reliable (so > far). > > Regards > > John > > John Reid > > *Moviemem Original Movie Posters* > > www.moviemem.com <http://www.moviemem.com/> > > Like Us on Facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/moviememmovieposters/?hc_ref=SEARCH=nf> > > PO Box 92 > > Elanora > > Qld 4221 > > Australia > > Phone: 0414 720 369 > > *From:*MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] *On Behalf Of > *Bruce Hershenson > *Sent:* 24 July, 2021 12:07 PM > *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > *Subject:* [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the > past few years especially NOW > > The U.S. Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years, > and that slide is accelerating dramatically. Packages sent Priority > Mail now routinely take a week or more to arrive in the U.S., as > opposed to 2 to 5 days a couple of years ago. > > Packages sent outside the U.S. fare far worse. They often take a month > or more, and usually there is no tracking during that time (or > sometimes false tracking of places it has never been). > > But worst of all is the DAMAGE. Anyone who has ordered from my > company, eMoviePoster.com, KNOWS we use the strongest tubes of anyone. > Until last year, we only had two or three damaged packages each year, > out of the 25,000 or so we send each year! > > In the past year, we have had around ten times that. It still is a > VERY tiny percentage of the total we send (around one tenth of one > percent), which is a tribute to how strong our tubes and boxes are), > but when the rate goes up ten times after 30 years of no change, you > KNOW they are doing something VERY wrong in how they handle tubes and > packages. > > We sent a tube back in March. The customer received it crushed, and > worse yet, the mailman dropped the crushed tube off at the customer's > front door, rang the doorbell and left. > > He later that day received an email saying that he had accepted the > tube and had signed for it, and that was a lie (the customer has the > ring video doorbell that proves otherwise). > > He sent us pictures of the crushed tube, and we filed the claim. First > the Post Office said we needed pictures of the damage, and we sent > pictures of the tube and damaged posters. > > Next they said we needed to prove the customer had paid what we said. > We sent a copy of the invoice, and they said that was not sufficient. > We sent the a copy of his payment, and they accepted that. > > But now they sent a new letter stating they looked at our images of > the crushed tube and have determined we did not use a strong enough > tube, so they are denying our claim, and suggest we double tube all > orders in the future! > > I KNOW we used a tube stronger than 99% of the tubes anyone else does, > and that they simply never want to pay any insurance claims, even > though they love taking the insurance money. > > So the Post Office crushed a super-strong tube, lied about the > customer sign
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if it sat in London, that has nothing to do with USPS, that's all Royal Post. but it's regular now for foreign mail services to be taking this long and longer On 7/23/2021 7:36 PM, Susan Heim wrote: I had a customer in November order a poster for his wife for Christmas. He paid for 3 day International Express shipping via USPS. The poster sat in London for months and he finally received the poster at the end of March. I refunded his money and shipping as I felt horrible about it. Luckily it was only a $125 poster. Sue Hollywood Poster Frames *From:* MoPo List on behalf of Moviemem Original Movie Posters *Sent:* Saturday, July 24, 2021 2:29 AM *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW Hi Bruce It’s hard to understand how USPS could damage your packages because you certainly pack well. I am finding USPS International Mail is incredibly slow at the moment and the tracking often shows packages going via Japan and even London. I now ask for UPS for shipping. They take around a week from the US to Australia and are very reliable (so far). Regards John John Reid *Moviemem Original Movie Posters* www.moviemem.com <http://www.moviemem.com/> Like Us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/moviememmovieposters/?hc_ref=SEARCH=nf> PO Box 92 Elanora Qld 4221 Australia Phone: 0414 720 369 *From:*MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Bruce Hershenson *Sent:* 24 July, 2021 12:07 PM *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU *Subject:* [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW The U.S. Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years, and that slide is accelerating dramatically. Packages sent Priority Mail now routinely take a week or more to arrive in the U.S., as opposed to 2 to 5 days a couple of years ago. Packages sent outside the U.S. fare far worse. They often take a month or more, and usually there is no tracking during that time (or sometimes false tracking of places it has never been). But worst of all is the DAMAGE. Anyone who has ordered from my company, eMoviePoster.com, KNOWS we use the strongest tubes of anyone. Until last year, we only had two or three damaged packages each year, out of the 25,000 or so we send each year! In the past year, we have had around ten times that. It still is a VERY tiny percentage of the total we send (around one tenth of one percent), which is a tribute to how strong our tubes and boxes are), but when the rate goes up ten times after 30 years of no change, you KNOW they are doing something VERY wrong in how they handle tubes and packages. We sent a tube back in March. The customer received it crushed, and worse yet, the mailman dropped the crushed tube off at the customer's front door, rang the doorbell and left. He later that day received an email saying that he had accepted the tube and had signed for it, and that was a lie (the customer has the ring video doorbell that proves otherwise). He sent us pictures of the crushed tube, and we filed the claim. First the Post Office said we needed pictures of the damage, and we sent pictures of the tube and damaged posters. Next they said we needed to prove the customer had paid what we said. We sent a copy of the invoice, and they said that was not sufficient. We sent the a copy of his payment, and they accepted that. But now they sent a new letter stating they looked at our images of the crushed tube and have determined we did not use a strong enough tube, so they are denying our claim, and suggest we double tube all orders in the future! I KNOW we used a tube stronger than 99% of the tubes anyone else does, and that they simply never want to pay any insurance claims, even though they love taking the insurance money. So the Post Office crushed a super-strong tube, lied about the customer signing for it, delayed my rightful claim for months, and then denied it and told me to use double tubes! I am thinking a FAR better suggestion is that we switch ALL our business (15,000 to 25,000 tubes and packages a year) to UPS and Fed Ex! If anyone else reading this wonders WHY the Post Office is going broke, the above surely is instructive as to why. And please feel free to share this with anyone and everyone who ever mails or receives any packages or tubes through the USPS. To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L=1 <https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L=1> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click
Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW
Just to echo what Bruce said... After a recent auction win it was requested I should sign for my posters due to a lot of theft. I did. The package was left without my signing anything! So it really doesn't matter what you want or do. I used to have great faith in the post office not so much anymore. And as a side note I went to my local PO last Saturday. A sign said the windows were closed due to technical issues. I asked my mail carrier about it and she told me what I truly suspected all along... *THERE WERE NO EMPLOYEES AVAILABLE TO WORK!* How that's possible I don't know. This is a very busy post office location. I can only imagine it's going to get worse. On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 7:07 PM Bruce Hershenson wrote: > The U.S. Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years, and > that slide is accelerating dramatically. Packages sent Priority Mail now > routinely take a week or more to arrive in the U.S., as opposed to 2 to 5 > days a couple of years ago. > Packages sent outside the U.S. fare far worse. They often take a month or > more, and usually there is no tracking during that time (or sometimes false > tracking of places it has never been). > But worst of all is the DAMAGE. Anyone who has ordered from my company, > eMoviePoster.com, KNOWS we use the strongest tubes of anyone. Until last > year, we only had two or three damaged packages each year, out of the > 25,000 or so we send each year! > In the past year, we have had around ten times that. It still is a VERY > tiny percentage of the total we send (around one tenth of one percent), > which is a tribute to how strong our tubes and boxes are), but when the > rate goes up ten times after 30 years of no change, you KNOW they are doing > something VERY wrong in how they handle tubes and packages. > We sent a tube back in March. The customer received it crushed, and worse > yet, the mailman dropped the crushed tube off at the customer's front door, > rang the doorbell and left. > He later that day received an email saying that he had accepted the tube > and had signed for it, and that was a lie (the customer has the ring video > doorbell that proves otherwise). > He sent us pictures of the crushed tube, and we filed the claim. First the > Post Office said we needed pictures of the damage, and we sent pictures of > the tube and damaged posters. > Next they said we needed to prove the customer had paid what we said. We > sent a copy of the invoice, and they said that was not sufficient. We sent > the a copy of his payment, and they accepted that. > But now they sent a new letter stating they looked at our images of the > crushed tube and have determined we did not use a strong enough tube, so > they are denying our claim, and suggest we double tube all orders in the > future! > I KNOW we used a tube stronger than 99% of the tubes anyone else does, and > that they simply never want to pay any insurance claims, even though they > love taking the insurance money. > > So the Post Office crushed a super-strong tube, lied about the customer > signing for it, delayed my rightful claim for months, and then denied it > and told me to use double tubes! > I am thinking a FAR better suggestion is that we switch ALL our business > (15,000 to 25,000 tubes and packages a year) to UPS and Fed Ex! > > If anyone else reading this wonders WHY the Post Office is going broke, > the above surely is instructive as to why. And please feel free to share > this with anyone and everyone who ever mails or receives any packages or > tubes through the USPS. > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L=1 > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW
I had a customer in November order a poster for his wife for Christmas. He paid for 3 day International Express shipping via USPS. The poster sat in London for months and he finally received the poster at the end of March. I refunded his money and shipping as I felt horrible about it. Luckily it was only a $125 poster. Sue Hollywood Poster Frames From: MoPo List on behalf of Moviemem Original Movie Posters Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2021 2:29 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW Hi Bruce It’s hard to understand how USPS could damage your packages because you certainly pack well. I am finding USPS International Mail is incredibly slow at the moment and the tracking often shows packages going via Japan and even London. I now ask for UPS for shipping. They take around a week from the US to Australia and are very reliable (so far). Regards John John Reid Moviemem Original Movie Posters www.moviemem.com<http://www.moviemem.com/> Like Us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/moviememmovieposters/?hc_ref=SEARCH=nf> PO Box 92 Elanora Qld 4221 Australia Phone: 0414 720 369 From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Bruce Hershenson Sent: 24 July, 2021 12:07 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW The U.S. Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years, and that slide is accelerating dramatically. Packages sent Priority Mail now routinely take a week or more to arrive in the U.S., as opposed to 2 to 5 days a couple of years ago. Packages sent outside the U.S. fare far worse. They often take a month or more, and usually there is no tracking during that time (or sometimes false tracking of places it has never been). But worst of all is the DAMAGE. Anyone who has ordered from my company, eMoviePoster.com, KNOWS we use the strongest tubes of anyone. Until last year, we only had two or three damaged packages each year, out of the 25,000 or so we send each year! In the past year, we have had around ten times that. It still is a VERY tiny percentage of the total we send (around one tenth of one percent), which is a tribute to how strong our tubes and boxes are), but when the rate goes up ten times after 30 years of no change, you KNOW they are doing something VERY wrong in how they handle tubes and packages. We sent a tube back in March. The customer received it crushed, and worse yet, the mailman dropped the crushed tube off at the customer's front door, rang the doorbell and left. He later that day received an email saying that he had accepted the tube and had signed for it, and that was a lie (the customer has the ring video doorbell that proves otherwise). He sent us pictures of the crushed tube, and we filed the claim. First the Post Office said we needed pictures of the damage, and we sent pictures of the tube and damaged posters. Next they said we needed to prove the customer had paid what we said. We sent a copy of the invoice, and they said that was not sufficient. We sent the a copy of his payment, and they accepted that. But now they sent a new letter stating they looked at our images of the crushed tube and have determined we did not use a strong enough tube, so they are denying our claim, and suggest we double tube all orders in the future! I KNOW we used a tube stronger than 99% of the tubes anyone else does, and that they simply never want to pay any insurance claims, even though they love taking the insurance money. So the Post Office crushed a super-strong tube, lied about the customer signing for it, delayed my rightful claim for months, and then denied it and told me to use double tubes! I am thinking a FAR better suggestion is that we switch ALL our business (15,000 to 25,000 tubes and packages a year) to UPS and Fed Ex! If anyone else reading this wonders WHY the Post Office is going broke, the above surely is instructive as to why. And please feel free to share this with anyone and everyone who ever mails or receives any packages or tubes through the USPS. To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L=1 To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L=1 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SI
Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW
Hi Bruce It’s hard to understand how USPS could damage your packages because you certainly pack well. I am finding USPS International Mail is incredibly slow at the moment and the tracking often shows packages going via Japan and even London. I now ask for UPS for shipping. They take around a week from the US to Australia and are very reliable (so far). Regards John John Reid Moviemem Original Movie Posters www.moviemem.com<http://www.moviemem.com/> Like Us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/moviememmovieposters/?hc_ref=SEARCH=nf> PO Box 92 Elanora Qld 4221 Australia Phone: 0414 720 369 From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Bruce Hershenson Sent: 24 July, 2021 12:07 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW The U.S. Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years, and that slide is accelerating dramatically. Packages sent Priority Mail now routinely take a week or more to arrive in the U.S., as opposed to 2 to 5 days a couple of years ago. Packages sent outside the U.S. fare far worse. They often take a month or more, and usually there is no tracking during that time (or sometimes false tracking of places it has never been). But worst of all is the DAMAGE. Anyone who has ordered from my company, eMoviePoster.com, KNOWS we use the strongest tubes of anyone. Until last year, we only had two or three damaged packages each year, out of the 25,000 or so we send each year! In the past year, we have had around ten times that. It still is a VERY tiny percentage of the total we send (around one tenth of one percent), which is a tribute to how strong our tubes and boxes are), but when the rate goes up ten times after 30 years of no change, you KNOW they are doing something VERY wrong in how they handle tubes and packages. We sent a tube back in March. The customer received it crushed, and worse yet, the mailman dropped the crushed tube off at the customer's front door, rang the doorbell and left. He later that day received an email saying that he had accepted the tube and had signed for it, and that was a lie (the customer has the ring video doorbell that proves otherwise). He sent us pictures of the crushed tube, and we filed the claim. First the Post Office said we needed pictures of the damage, and we sent pictures of the tube and damaged posters. Next they said we needed to prove the customer had paid what we said. We sent a copy of the invoice, and they said that was not sufficient. We sent the a copy of his payment, and they accepted that. But now they sent a new letter stating they looked at our images of the crushed tube and have determined we did not use a strong enough tube, so they are denying our claim, and suggest we double tube all orders in the future! I KNOW we used a tube stronger than 99% of the tubes anyone else does, and that they simply never want to pay any insurance claims, even though they love taking the insurance money. So the Post Office crushed a super-strong tube, lied about the customer signing for it, delayed my rightful claim for months, and then denied it and told me to use double tubes! I am thinking a FAR better suggestion is that we switch ALL our business (15,000 to 25,000 tubes and packages a year) to UPS and Fed Ex! If anyone else reading this wonders WHY the Post Office is going broke, the above surely is instructive as to why. And please feel free to share this with anyone and everyone who ever mails or receives any packages or tubes through the USPS. To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L=1 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
[MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years especially NOW
The U.S. Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years, and that slide is accelerating dramatically. Packages sent Priority Mail now routinely take a week or more to arrive in the U.S., as opposed to 2 to 5 days a couple of years ago. Packages sent outside the U.S. fare far worse. They often take a month or more, and usually there is no tracking during that time (or sometimes false tracking of places it has never been). But worst of all is the DAMAGE. Anyone who has ordered from my company, eMoviePoster.com, KNOWS we use the strongest tubes of anyone. Until last year, we only had two or three damaged packages each year, out of the 25,000 or so we send each year! In the past year, we have had around ten times that. It still is a VERY tiny percentage of the total we send (around one tenth of one percent), which is a tribute to how strong our tubes and boxes are), but when the rate goes up ten times after 30 years of no change, you KNOW they are doing something VERY wrong in how they handle tubes and packages. We sent a tube back in March. The customer received it crushed, and worse yet, the mailman dropped the crushed tube off at the customer's front door, rang the doorbell and left. He later that day received an email saying that he had accepted the tube and had signed for it, and that was a lie (the customer has the ring video doorbell that proves otherwise). He sent us pictures of the crushed tube, and we filed the claim. First the Post Office said we needed pictures of the damage, and we sent pictures of the tube and damaged posters. Next they said we needed to prove the customer had paid what we said. We sent a copy of the invoice, and they said that was not sufficient. We sent the a copy of his payment, and they accepted that. But now they sent a new letter stating they looked at our images of the crushed tube and have determined we did not use a strong enough tube, so they are denying our claim, and suggest we double tube all orders in the future! I KNOW we used a tube stronger than 99% of the tubes anyone else does, and that they simply never want to pay any insurance claims, even though they love taking the insurance money. So the Post Office crushed a super-strong tube, lied about the customer signing for it, delayed my rightful claim for months, and then denied it and told me to use double tubes! I am thinking a FAR better suggestion is that we switch ALL our business (15,000 to 25,000 tubes and packages a year) to UPS and Fed Ex! If anyone else reading this wonders WHY the Post Office is going broke, the above surely is instructive as to why. And please feel free to share this with anyone and everyone who ever mails or receives any packages or tubes through the USPS. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
