Comments for Postal Journal http://postaljournal.com Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:30:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Return to Sender; No, Return to Congress: Reforms for the Failing Postal Service Policy by robert l lightsey http://postaljournal.com/2011/11/return-to-sender-no-return-to-congress-reforms-for-the-failing-postal-service-policy/#comment-710 robert l lightsey Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:30:11 +0000 http://postaljournal.com/?p=2996#comment-710 you got it right you got it right

]]> Comment on Return to Sender; No, Return to Congress: Reforms for the Failing Postal Service Policy by robert l lightsey http://postaljournal.com/2011/11/return-to-sender-no-return-to-congress-reforms-for-the-failing-postal-service-policy/#comment-709 robert l lightsey Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:28:49 +0000 http://postaljournal.com/?p=2996#comment-709 bullshit bullshit

]]> Comment on Return to Sender; No, Return to Congress: Reforms for the Failing Postal Service Policy by so sad http://postaljournal.com/2011/11/return-to-sender-no-return-to-congress-reforms-for-the-failing-postal-service-policy/#comment-701 so sad Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:12:16 +0000 http://postaljournal.com/?p=2996#comment-701 Everyone all of a sudden is beating up the Postal Service. Obviously all of you who have expressed your opinons including the govement has forgotten the most important part of the Postal Service. Yes there is internets, other means of having parcels sent. But you forget there are people in this world who look forward to getting letters from their love ones across the world for a fraction of the cost. In this world there are still people who do not have a computer, so guess who they depend on, the Postal Service. The Postal Service is still the lowest prices to mail items. Everyone is quick to complain if their mail isn't at their houses on time. You try doing this work I bet 95% would walk away after one day if they could even get through the day. The goverment is quick to tell people what to do and how to do it, not taking in consideration of peoples lives, because they can sit up on their high horses and know that they will go home fat and happy on pay day. Dude is right, by privitiatizing the Postal Service goverment or other companies could make you pay what ever they want, now doesn't that make a lot of sense? Dude is also right about our vets. There are so many veterans in the Postal Service which are proud to work for the Postal Service. Goverment I guess would rather make the Postal Service Fail and have more people on unenployement than work with the Postal Service to succeed, now that makes sense. Who knows one of these fast speaking people in goverment might of had a relative who started the mail service, if these people only knew they would be turning over in their grave. Why to go Congress, it would be interesting to see what our goverment would do if they didn't have a job. Everyone all of a sudden is beating up the Postal Service. Obviously all of you who have expressed your opinons including the govement has forgotten the most important part of the Postal Service. Yes there is internets, other means of having parcels sent. But you forget there are people in this world who look forward to getting letters from their love ones across the world for a fraction of the cost. In this world there are still people who do not have a computer, so guess who they depend on, the Postal Service. The Postal Service is still the lowest prices to mail items. Everyone is quick to complain if their mail isn’t at their houses on time. You try doing this work I bet 95% would walk away after one day if they could even get through the day. The goverment is quick to tell people what to do and how to do it, not taking in consideration of peoples lives, because they can sit up on their high horses and know that they will go home fat and happy on pay day. Dude is right, by privitiatizing the Postal Service goverment or other companies could make you pay what ever they want, now doesn’t that make a lot of sense? Dude is also right about our vets. There are so many veterans in the Postal Service which are proud to work for the Postal Service. Goverment I guess would rather make the Postal Service Fail and have more people on unenployement than work with the Postal Service to succeed, now that makes sense. Who knows one of these fast speaking people in goverment might of had a relative who started the mail service, if these people only knew they would be turning over in their grave. Why to go Congress, it would be interesting to see what our goverment would do if they didn’t have a job.

]]> Comment on Return to Sender; No, Return to Congress: Reforms for the Failing Postal Service Policy by Dude http://postaljournal.com/2011/11/return-to-sender-no-return-to-congress-reforms-for-the-failing-postal-service-policy/#comment-686 Dude Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:32:12 +0000 http://postaljournal.com/?p=2996#comment-686 Certian of those in Congress wish to cause the service to fail so that privitization would be the answer. There is much money to be made beyond the HQ level salaries. No more universal service and the cost of mailing would go through the roof or I mean into some executives pocket while lowering the wages of the working people. Don't forget you would not have to deal with veterans preferance issues either, meaning providing jobs to disabled vets with a living wage as is now! It goes on and on........ Certian of those in Congress wish to cause the service to fail so that privitization would be the answer. There is much money to be made beyond the HQ level salaries. No more universal service and the cost of mailing would go through the roof or I mean into some executives pocket while lowering the wages of the working people. Don’t forget you would not have to deal with veterans preferance issues either, meaning providing jobs to disabled vets with a living wage as is now! It goes on and on……..

]]> Comment on Return to Sender; No, Return to Congress: Reforms for the Failing Postal Service Policy by max http://postaljournal.com/2011/11/return-to-sender-no-return-to-congress-reforms-for-the-failing-postal-service-policy/#comment-685 max Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:15:50 +0000 http://postaljournal.com/?p=2996#comment-685 Anyone can see that these ideas will only help the post office spiral further into oblivion. The PO has been nothing but a cash cow for the top execs for years. They have bled the system dry with their self serving ways and now it's time for them to pay the piper. What Congress should be investigating is the salaries, benefits and perks enjoyed by Postal HQ. Anyone can see that these ideas will only help the post office spiral further into oblivion. The PO has been nothing but a cash cow for the top execs for years. They have bled the system dry with their self serving ways and now it’s time for them to pay the piper. What Congress should be investigating is the salaries, benefits and perks enjoyed by Postal HQ.

]]> Comment on Rethinking the Mailbox Monopoly by Carl Chapman http://postaljournal.com/2010/08/rethinking-the-mailbox-monopoly/#comment-553 Carl Chapman Tue, 05 Oct 2010 03:32:56 +0000 http://postaljournal.com/?p=514#comment-553 How about just unlock all mailboxes and let anyone have access to all of them nationwide. Then make everyone put stickers on their mailboxes that say "Authorized deliveries only. Please do not steal my important mail...but it isn't a federal crime if you do." The author of this article obviously wants to have more mailstream revenue...look at who he represents. He could care less about the mail delivery itself than about how HE and HIS people can get more of the money spent in the process. If his ideas are so grand, why not pursue them independently of talking about USPS. Perhaps he should think about streamilining all alternate mail delivery companies by downsizing employees, management and CEOs, and rethinking their buisiness model to increase efficiency ....all while shipping LESS mail instead of more. And give some of their deliveries away to other companies for no reason. This is EXACTLY the idiotic nonsense he proposes of the USPS! How about just unlock all mailboxes and let anyone have access to all of them nationwide. Then make everyone put stickers on their mailboxes that say “Authorized deliveries only. Please do not steal my important mail…but it isn’t a federal crime if you do.”

The author of this article obviously wants to have more mailstream revenue…look at who he represents. He could care less about the mail delivery itself than about how HE and HIS people can get more of the money spent in the process.

If his ideas are so grand, why not pursue them independently of talking about USPS. Perhaps he should think about streamilining all alternate mail delivery companies by downsizing employees, management and CEOs, and rethinking their buisiness model to increase efficiency ….all while shipping LESS mail instead of more. And give some of their deliveries away to other companies for no reason. This is EXACTLY the idiotic nonsense he proposes of the USPS!

]]> Comment on Rethinking the Mailbox Monopoly by jim k retired letter carrier http://postaljournal.com/2010/08/rethinking-the-mailbox-monopoly/#comment-552 jim k retired letter carrier Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:12:05 +0000 http://postaljournal.com/?p=514#comment-552 leave that mail box alone. my private information is in that box. if any one is allowed to go into that box, my privacy can be invaded by any one walking down the street. with all the concern about idenity thief, any change in the use of my mail bos is a bad idea. security of the mail should be first and for most, the concern for everyone. leave that mail box alone. my private information is in that box. if any one is allowed to go into that box, my privacy can be invaded by any one walking down the street. with all the concern about idenity thief, any change in the use of my mail bos is a bad idea. security of the mail should be first and for most, the concern for everyone.

]]> Comment on Rethinking the Mailbox Monopoly by Mark http://postaljournal.com/2010/08/rethinking-the-mailbox-monopoly/#comment-551 Mark Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:06:47 +0000 http://postaljournal.com/?p=514#comment-551 I have always thought and may have mentioned that the USPS could franchise out this delivery right just like any other monopoly does. Any certified and audited company could choose any area by zip at a penny(s) per mailbox by zip/rte. A non USPS delivery Saturday may be the best place to start on a trial basis. Use of existing infrastructure at the start should suffice with upgrades as it proves viable. I would think 24/7 mailbox access for Alternate Delivery would be a tough barrier to cross. However biweekly and daylight hours doesn't seem out of line especially as the USPS restructures to fewer days per week. There would be an audit and paper trail to authenticate the delivery and it's personnel. As it grows these companies would only have to look to FedX as an example. I'm quite sure they do background checks on their employees and contractors. I have always thought and may have mentioned that the USPS could franchise out this delivery right just like any other monopoly does. Any certified and audited company could choose any area by zip at a penny(s) per mailbox by zip/rte. A non USPS delivery Saturday may be the best place to start on a trial basis. Use of existing infrastructure at the start should suffice with upgrades as it proves viable. I would think 24/7 mailbox access for Alternate Delivery would be a tough barrier to cross. However biweekly and daylight hours doesn’t seem out of line especially as the USPS restructures to fewer days per week. There would be an audit and paper trail to authenticate the delivery and it’s personnel. As it grows these companies would only have to look to FedX as an example. I’m quite sure they do background checks on their employees and contractors.

]]> Comment on Rethinking the Mailbox Monopoly by dan http://postaljournal.com/2010/08/rethinking-the-mailbox-monopoly/#comment-550 dan Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:29:19 +0000 http://postaljournal.com/?p=514#comment-550 The idea of a safe-like mailbox makes alot of sense. The USPS needs to embrace new technology and innovative ideas in order to survive in a future that is leaving them with falling revenues and increased expenses. Raising postage rates on a yearly basis is not the solution to their problem. It is highly unlikely that any real changes will be made as we are talking about a monopoly that has always carried a arrogance like most monopoly's do. The leadership is not inclined to risk their career's and security by going outside the lines to harbor a new age for the future. Too much risk too little reward. I'm sure they are comfortable with the fact that the US taxpayer wil pay for the upcoming bailout and they won't lose a second of sleep. At that time forced changes will take place and a new era will begin. So, in short we will all just have to wait until the inevitable happens and add another massive bill to the countries ever growing debt that will be paid for by our children and grandchildren. The idea of a safe-like mailbox makes alot of sense. The USPS needs to embrace new technology and innovative ideas in order to survive in a future that is leaving them with falling revenues and increased expenses. Raising postage rates on a yearly basis is not the solution to their problem. It is highly unlikely that any real changes will be made as we are talking about a monopoly that has always carried a arrogance like most monopoly’s do. The leadership is not inclined to risk their career’s and security by going outside the lines to harbor a new age for the future. Too much risk too little reward. I’m sure they are comfortable with the fact that the US taxpayer wil pay for the upcoming bailout and they won’t lose a second of sleep. At that time forced changes will take place and a new era will begin. So, in short we will all just have to wait until the inevitable happens and add another massive bill to the countries ever growing debt that will be paid for by our children and grandchildren.

]]> Comment on Rethinking the Mailbox Monopoly by David Straus http://postaljournal.com/2010/08/rethinking-the-mailbox-monopoly/#comment-549 David Straus Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:53:08 +0000 http://postaljournal.com/?p=514#comment-549 I don't know why all the USPS types are getting so defensive about the prospect of losing magazines and catalogs to alternate delivery companies. Surely they are not trying to protect the 20% or so pay differential they enjoy versus the private sector, because the Postal Service's finances will improve if it delivers fewer magazines and catalogs. At least that's what USPS claims, since it says that it is losing money on Periodicals mail and Standard mail flats. So allowing alternate delivery companies to compete fairly for mail they can deliver at lower costs will be a win/win situation that provides benefits to the Postal Service, its employees, publishers, catalog companies and mail recipients. I don’t know why all the USPS types are getting so defensive about the prospect of losing magazines and catalogs to alternate delivery companies. Surely they are not trying to protect the 20% or so pay differential they enjoy versus the private sector, because the Postal Service’s finances will improve if it delivers fewer magazines and catalogs. At least that’s what USPS claims, since it says that it is losing money on Periodicals mail and Standard mail flats. So allowing alternate delivery companies to compete fairly for mail they can deliver at lower costs will be a win/win situation that provides benefits to the Postal Service, its employees, publishers, catalog companies and mail recipients.

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