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In response to "Seriously. The USPS is the best at shipping and they're the cheapest. I never understand why a business or a person would use another shipper." by Krusty

3+ decades ago I spent a Christmas as a seasonal temp working at a USPS distribution center. The scope of what goes through the Service is staggering. -- (edited)

Posted by landbeck Oct 5 '24, 07:01

I mean it was then (3 billion something items a year) whereas now it’s more than an order of magnitude more. Losing 1% of anything is normal, and they are several decimal spots below a the 0.001% mark.

My advice to anyone is to pack so you’d be comfortable throwing across a big (like 30-40 feet?) room into a can, then throwing a dozen things on top of it. Pack it so it could comfortably make that trip, and it’ll get there fine.

Though our office was very careful with the containers or 🐝 bees we had come through.

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I'm a big fan of the USPS and think they do their job exceptionally well. I've had so few issues with them over the years and I can't - Krusty Oct 5, 07:38 1
- I agree, I hate how UPS says they attempt delivery and no one was available. I can see on our camera that no one even tried to deliver. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 5, 09:42

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3+ decades ago I spent a Christmas as a seasonal temp working at a USPS distribution center. The scope of what goes through the Service is staggering. -- (edited)

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