The Great Post Office (GRPOE!) Experiment

Uh, AEN, EVERYTHING gets hacked on the net, Pentagon, assorted corporations, so......

I'm looking to put up the Woodland Scenics Post Office onto my layout. I can guarantee that once it is in place the mail from my little people will get to them on time. They currently have to travel miles just to send a letter.  BTW: I love the GRPOE experiment!!!

Thanks JOECELEB,

The last postcard arrived 6 days after being mailed!

Good luck with your layout post office. 

Tom 

Fed Ex and the USPS have the best records for me. Fed Ex has been late a number of times on "guaranteed delivery time", the USPS has never been late. Fed Ex lost zero; USPS has lost a couple... likely mis-deliverys thrown away or kept by an idiot. I think the junk mail is responsible for a lot of mistakes. Too much fiddling with oversized flyers for the carriers and a great possibility of something like a postcard getting lost inside loose pages of un-bound/un-secured multi-sheet/folded ads. I get mail with the correct numerical address, but wrong street name all the time. Usually with a hefty load of junk mail. Once every other month I'd say I'm knocking on a door with a bill in hand.

We occasionally also get our neighbor's mail, too.

The best though was where my brother-in-law lives, around a mile away. He found a plastic bag in the street with approximately 80 pieces of mail for people on his block...bills, letters, etc. Ahh, just what you want to hear about in the age of identity theft! 

Tom 

We did a test of our company mail in the 1990's using the USPS in Western Oklahoma and mailing to Denver,Co.  It took 2 days to get to Denver, Co and up to 3 more days to go from the 7th floor to the 21st floor in the same building.

I've been collecting old postcards for quite a while...holiday cards 1904-1914, and "linen" finish cards 1930s and 40s. Back it the very early 1900s, they served almost the function of emails. Few people owned a telephone. In urban areas mail was delivered twice a day, in some cities 3 times a day. It was possible to get a same-day answer to your card. On most of my "used" old cards, addresses are minimal...Hetti Smith Newtown NJ.

I have stopped considering eBay items from Canada. Their postal system has a poor reputation. I once received a well-packaged item that looked like it had been run over by a truck. It was stamped "Received US Customs Damaged". Yes, the seller returned my money.

Closer to home, I once received a letter from someone 80 miles away. It was in great condition, and postmarked 6 months prior. No explanation offered by the post office on the envelope.

hey  i got it..... we need ANOTHER Investigation of the USPS !!

Be careful when talking about the post office my friends.  As Kramer learned from Henry Atkins, " “I'm a postmaster but I'm also a general and it's the job of a general to, by God, gets things DONE!” . 

 So we know what happened to that mailman with the last postcard.

Tom 

Clete posted:

I stopped using the post office, too unreliable. I now use only FedEx. No Issues.  I ship a lot of small boxes to someone 2 hours away, With the P.O. it would take up to 3-4 days to get there. FedEx always has it there the next day using ground or Home delivery. Price difference is minimal

I'll present an opposing view.  I've had several packages crushed by FedEx lately, and they simply refused the insurance claim, so it's somewhat pointless to buy insurance from them!   On the flip side, USPS crunched a package, and that insurance claim was settled satisfactorily.  Overall, I've had better luck with USPS than either UPS or FedEx, and I ship and receive dozens of packages every month.  FedEx is cheaper for heavier items, but I've learned you get what you pay for, and with FedEx you pay for careless delivery and damaged goods!

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Clete posted:

I stopped using the post office, too unreliable. I now use only FedEx. No Issues.  I ship a lot of small boxes to someone 2 hours away, With the P.O. it would take up to 3-4 days to get there. FedEx always has it there the next day using ground or Home delivery. Price difference is minimal

I'll present an opposing view.  I've had several packages crushed by FedEx lately, and they simply refused the insurance claim, so it's somewhat pointless to buy insurance from them!   On the flip side, USPS crunched a package, and that insurance claim was settled satisfactorily.  Overall, I've had better luck with USPS than either UPS or FedEx, and I ship and receive dozens of packages every month.  FedEx is cheaper for heavier items, but I've learned you get what you pay for, and with FedEx you pay for careless delivery and damaged goods!

No Fed Ex here........