Michoud quetion

"Jeff Findley" wrote in message
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On Sep 13, 10:39 am, Jeff Findley wrote:
In article 619e750d-3222-4c57-ade4-
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its close and the crash of pork has begun on many levels, even the
post office is hurting......

The post office is "hurting" because of faxes, cell phones (free long
distance, text, and data), email, the Internet, and other technologies
that allow far faster transmission of data than snail mail. Not to
mention direct competitors like FedEx, UPS, and the like.

no the post office is hurting because congress has kept it from
modernizing..

things like central neighborhood mailboxes, not moving to delivery
just a few days a week.not closing redundant close by post offices,
not allowing the post office to permit mini post offices in grocery
stores.

the post office is federal agency that could and should made efficent
if congress just got out of the way

Efficiency gains don't do *anything* for the decreased demand for snail
mail. 99% of what I receive in the mail is junk mail and bills. The
junk mail goes straight into the trash. I don't think most people would
miss junk mail if it simply stopped arriving.

Yes and no. If you can deliver things more efficiently, the money made from
junk-mail can more effectively cover the costs.


Bills are starting to go electronic. I get my Sprint bill through email
and their website and I pay through their website too. No more checks
"in the mail" or simply lost in the mail is a good thing. It's a real
p.i.t.a. to find out that bill you thought you paid isn't because the
check never arrived (it's happened to me a few times over the years).

As far as packages go, like I said previously, the USPS has got
competition for that. How long will it be before we wake up and realize
that it's stupid for the government to continue to compete with private
industry in this marketplace?


You mean like the 1970s when the USPS stopped being a truly government
agency. ;-)

When UPS and Fedex can guarantee 1st class delivery anywhere, then we can
talk.

That said, the USPS is finding ways to compete. In fact it's not uncommon
these days for UPS or Fedex to ship stuff to my house via USPS.

They pick it up at the manufacturer, ship it across country and deliver it
to the local post-office who then delivers it. This strikes me as a
reasonable compromise. They get the value and efficiencies of their
cross-country delivery system without having to worry about the last mile.

Jeff

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