[rescue] FedEx Ground

[vraptor at employees.org]

On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Eric Dittman wrote:

>> > I am a firm believer that we get exceptional value for our
>> > money from the USPS.  There are areas that can do with some
>> > improvement, though, like having the counters properly manned
>>
>> I completely disagree.  Stated working hours at the local post office
>> are 8:30-4:30 pm.  What happens is that the workers will close the
>> post office at 4:20 or 4:25 (lock the doors) in order to serve the
>> last customer at precisely 4:30.
>
>The standard postal rates are very competitive.  I've talked to
>people that live in other countries and they spend a lot more to
>send letters and small packages than we do with the USPS.  The
>2-3 day delivery of Priority Mail covers the whole US, which is
>quite a distance.

I don't recall the exact rate to send letters in India, but *all*
mail is hand sorted and at most, letters are 2 days from any other
place in India (packages are a different story, for a number of
reasons).  Mail is about the only efficient thing in the whole
country as far as I was able to tell.

Now Canada, is a different story.  Since we have Canadians on the
list, I'll let them rant about it except to say:  Three days from
one side of Vancouver to the other (consitently) is shameful for
a westernized country's postal service.

=Nadine=