posted on June 20, 2002 11:04:59 PM new
Why on earth would the post office limit the amount of packages that a person could mail in a day? Aren't they making money on the packages? What are people who have large amount of mailings supposed to do, seeing any package over a pound has to be taken to a counter instead of thrown in the bin? I am totally puzzled on this!
posted on June 22, 2002 09:14:20 AM new
goodbuys2: During the UPS strike a couple of years ago, USPS instituted a temporary rule that no person could ship more than 10 packages at a time. The rule went away when the strike ended.
Human laziness being what it (unfortunately) is, those postal clerks who hate doing parcels have decided to tell people this is a real USPS regulation.
I second the advice earlier in this thread: if you're getting lousy or rude service in your post office, go up the management chain. Keep complaining until you find someone who listens.
Our main PO is awful; the other POs in town are quite good. Go figure. I had to go to Main one day with six bubble mailers. (Six!) First the clerk asks me if they are all the same weight. I said no. Then she weighs each one and counts out stamps for each. I watch this, speechless. Then she pushes the stamps towards me and says, "You'd better start sticking these on." (And no, her strip printer wasn't broken.)
I went straight from there to the manager's office and complained. The manager didn't want to hear it and kept trying to cut me off. I took her out in the lobby and pointed out the clerk. She promised something would be done. Who knows if it ever was.
posted on June 22, 2002 09:16:48 AM new
Just one more thing:
FedEx and Airborne, two of the three largest airfreight shippers, are moving right along with their ground service. Many people are choosing less expensive ground delivery over air express.
I use Airborne for second-day delivery now, and I like their service. Hope to start using ground delivery soon.
