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Path: ...!news.misty.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Zen Cycle <funkmaster@hotmail.com> Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: The US Postal Service Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:08:47 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 72 Message-ID: <volu1v$32rug$3@dont-email.me> References: <volmrv$32o3b$1@dont-email.me> <vols18$33maa$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:08:47 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="72c2a50d2d35fb01f1da54c1c9d3a338"; logging-data="3239888"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+rDFJFG7NDicla0PvOH5q9MwfU7RLDMbs=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:f96v0eU+VRUOLgLaI0JFgIpTdjI= In-Reply-To: <vols18$33maa$1@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 4150 On 2/13/2025 5:34 PM, AMuzi wrote: > On 2/13/2025 3:06 PM, Mark J cleary wrote: >> I believe at one time the US Postal Service sponsored cycling. Well >> they sure have been on my bad list as of late. Seems things are much >> slower than they ever were and shoddy. >> >> I order a set of different guitar strings from a place in Traverse >> City Michigan. That is about 8 hour drive from here. Priority mailed >> out 02/05/25. I got the package today and yes the weather was bad they >> said it would be delay. It sat in at the post office in my town for 5 >> days. It showed up with a plastic bag around the mailing envelop and >> note of package damage. There was nothing in the package and only one >> set of the 4 string sets I ordered in the plastic bag sealing it all >> with apology. >> >> The place is going to send out the remaining strings but I wonder if >> they file a claim with the post office. Frankly probably not worth the >> effort. To top that off it took 21 days in December for a letter of >> mine to get to Philadelphia Pennsylvania. >> >> Maybe Trump will look into that too they need something done. Frankly >> quite allowing junk mail and get the act together. > > Yes that's right: > http://www.cyclismas.com/biscuits/us-postal-tour-de-france- > squads-1999-2006/ > > USPS won a lawsuit against Mr Armstrong following his fall from grace: > https://natlawreview.com/article/lance-armstrong-pays-5-million-to- > settle-100-million-us-government-law-suit > > Yes prices are up, way up, and no end of that in sight. There are a lot > of reasons and a lot of players- plenty enough blame to go around. This > is not solely on Mr DeJOy who has deep logistics experience but is > stymied by the nature of a not private not public structure. All that > on top of freight being fuel+labor plus a markup. These are not good > times for the Post Office. > > Yes, the vaunted "2 Day" service is now four to ten days and more than > double rates ten years ago. > > But no, in fairness, loss/damage rates remain steady (I ship a LOT of > packages) although always higher than FedEx or UPS. > > A loss/damage claim takes 30 to 90 days, and they do pay when they are > at fault, but the process is tedious. > > Oh, and there is little a President can do. Seems like the presidents been doing an awfully lot of things a president is prohibited by law from doing - rescinding guaranteed constitutional rights by executive order, firing employees without due cause, appointing a political donor to shut down departments with no oversight, freezing congressionally approved funds... > It's on Congress to act, > which they have not and will not. > If trump wants the USPS dissolved, it will be dissolved by the spineless republican majority. Remember, it's now considered treason to disagree with this "president's" policies. Not just any president, just _this_ president. fuck the working class. -- Add xx to reply