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Mon Feb 20, 2012, 02:46 PM

RebelOne (26,844 posts)

42. I would use USPS only for mailing out bill payments.

But since I have had online banking, I very seldom use USPS. I bought a book of stamps 2 years ago and still have most of them left.

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74 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why the Post Office is doomed to failure. [View all]	Snake Alchemist	Feb 2012	OP
I vote by mail and get medications by mail.	Liberal Veteran	Feb 2012	#1
I don't want to see it fail either.	Snake Alchemist	Feb 2012	#2
It cant dissapear. It is needed to cram trash into our mails. Direct mail, is a huge lobby.	WingDinger	Feb 2012	#8
Well, I certainly get more than my share of junk mail.	Liberal Veteran	Feb 2012	#12
It doesn't have to fail	Yupster	Feb 2012	#73
Well it doesn't help when the GOP wants the PO to fail.	Rex	Feb 2012	#3
Clearly you don't have to mail many packages.	TheWraith	Feb 2012	#4
True. I mail packages from time to time, but they tend to be very time sensitive so I use FedEx.	Snake Alchemist	Feb 2012	#11
Exactly right	mindem	Feb 2012	#13
Agreed. USPS provides a quality product at a good price.	Liberal Veteran	Feb 2012	#20
Exactly & postman/women are getting that message out on their beats.	Historic NY	Feb 2012	#33
All they need to do, is charge for narcing.	WingDinger	Feb 2012	#5
You are sooooo fortunate	jehop61	Feb 2012	#6
Yes, but I think as time goes on more and more people will catch up with the 21st century. nt	Snake Alchemist	Feb 2012	#9
You make it sound like the people referred to here don't WANT to "catch up with the 21st century."	The Genealogist	Feb 2012	#24
Not sure where you got that.	Snake Alchemist	Feb 2012	#26
And not everyone today has indoor plumbing	The Genealogist	Feb 2012	#30
Yes, I'm talking about a continuing trend. nt	Snake Alchemist	Feb 2012	#31
Not unless we elect a Congress that will invest in infrastructure....	prairierose	Feb 2012	#25
That is definitely part of it. We also need more people living closer to cities.	Snake Alchemist	Feb 2012	#27
I have no desire to live closer to a city....	prairierose	Feb 2012	#70
Luckily, high gas prices will make it a natural phenomenon. nt	Snake Alchemist	Feb 2012	#72
Overstated	zipplewrath	Feb 2012	#7
OP is libertarian{Ron Paul supporter}, I believe.	WingDinger	Feb 2012	#10
ROFL.	Snake Alchemist	Feb 2012	#17
Why it'll succeed:	TransitJohn	Feb 2012	#14
It does not have a constitutional mandate to exist.	former9thward	Feb 2012	#44
I believe I first heard that the Post Office was doomed in 1978.	LanternWaste	Feb 2012	#15
Yes, it is my personal experience.	Snake Alchemist	Feb 2012	#57
Speak for yourself. I and everyone I know use the post office almost daily.	PSPS	Feb 2012	#16
You could be right.	Snake Alchemist	Feb 2012	#19
You used the word "I" ten times	sketchy	Feb 2012	#18
Helps when talking about my personal experience.	Snake Alchemist	Feb 2012	#21
Post Office is actually completing the final leg of delivery for many FedX and UPS packages.	hlthe2b	Feb 2012	#22
I support it 100%	Snake Alchemist	Feb 2012	#23
Many people are selling over the web to eek out a living	flamingdem	Feb 2012	#28
So then UPS or FED EX..... must be cheaper	Historic NY	Feb 2012	#38
Not to the individual fulfilling orders	flamingdem	Feb 2012	#39
I know...but check out the flat rates	Historic NY	Feb 2012	#43
The Post Office is reliable	flamingdem	Feb 2012	#50
Funny you say that........	Historic NY	Feb 2012	#53
International mail is a big deal.	girl gone mad	Feb 2012	#69
Yes. I'm worried. What a boon for Fedex	flamingdem	Feb 2012	#71
I buy and sell items online	They_Live	Feb 2012	#29
How do you get your auto registration papers?	Speck Tater	Feb 2012	#32
True. Those were both delivered via USPS.	Snake Alchemist	Feb 2012	#34
Did you have e-mail then?	Historic NY	Feb 2012	#40
No and I listed that as one of the causes. nt	Snake Alchemist	Feb 2012	#58
That's true. Last week I received a total of 3 items in the mail.	Speck Tater	Feb 2012	#52
I don't think so. More than likely it's this...	ProfessionalLeftist	Feb 2012	#35
That is you.	blue ivy schlotsky	Feb 2012	#36
Well, good for you. I rely on the Post Office daily.	morningfog	Feb 2012	#37
I don't need it, therefore it's doomed	tkmorris	Feb 2012	#41
I just see a lot of others like me and the number keeps growing.	Snake Alchemist	Feb 2012	#59
I would use USPS only for mailing out bill payments.	RebelOne	Feb 2012	#42
The Post Office should go to three day delivery.	former9thward	Feb 2012	#45
I use the USPS all the time.	savalez	Feb 2012	#46
It's doomed to failure because of republican mandates	thelordofhell	Feb 2012	#47
I thought they had fixed that problem by stopping pension contributions	Snake Alchemist	Feb 2012	#55
YEP!	Omaha Steve	Feb 2012	#67
As some here have mentioned	customerserviceguy	Feb 2012	#48
Thinking back...	laundry_queen	Feb 2012	#49
What if you have to ship a package? (nt)	Shankapotomus	Feb 2012	#51
There is only one reason the USPS is in trouble.	Brigid	Feb 2012	#54
I thought they had fixed that problem by stopping pension contributions	Snake Alchemist	Feb 2012	#56
because congress doomed it....read	spanone	Feb 2012	#60
Yet their package business increases every year, including during the recession	bhikkhu	Feb 2012	#61
I wonder if it makes up for the lack of mail.	Snake Alchemist	Feb 2012	#64
If you look at net revenue, its pretty close	bhikkhu	Feb 2012	#68
Only 4 out of 10 people making under 25k have internet access	TheKentuckian	Feb 2012	#62
Actually, I think it will be privatized. n/t	cherokeeprogressive	Feb 2012	#63
I hope that is not the case.	Snake Alchemist	Feb 2012	#65
That has always been the plan.	lonestarnot	Feb 2012	#66
I love the USPS.	newspeak	Feb 2012	#74

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