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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 717889, member: 13650&quot;]Yeah, screw ups have been happening in the mail lately.&nbsp; I have a little bit of insider knowledge into the postal service although I do not work there.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s common knowledge that they have a budget crisis like every other agency you can name.&nbsp; &nbsp; Postal workers typically receive good salaries, especially for smaller towns but a lot is demanded of them and the carriers.&nbsp; More than people realize.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; And like everywhere else, they&#039;re demanding more from fewer people to get things done these days.&nbsp;&nbsp; Smaller post offices have been closed so everything can be processed by computers in larger, centralized sorting facilities.&nbsp; The bulk of what they have to deal with is junk mail.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; And the companies sending the junk mail pay the least because they have lobbyists in Washington ensuring that a huge flyer can be sent in the mail for 3 cents.&nbsp; While the rest of us actually, sending something important, pay increasingly more for stamps on small envelopes.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I had a package coming 2 day last month.&nbsp; It had some live, hardier coral in it for my tank.&nbsp; Was looking forward to receiving it.&nbsp;&nbsp; It eventually arrived on a Friday on a cool day when I didn&#039;t get home until 6 p.m. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Needless to say, the stuff didn&#039;t make it and I was out 50 bucks with nothing to show for it.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; After tracking the order, it said it was &quot;missent&quot; and back-tracked to a sorting facility.&nbsp; An entire day of shipping was wasted.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; As time goes on, you can expect to pay more at the post office for poorer service with more instances of problems.&nbsp;&nbsp; They&#039;re not hiring people to help the situation.&nbsp; They are laying people off.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The postmaster at ours in town doesn&#039;t even allow them to keep the place adequately temperature controlled in order to save money.&nbsp;&nbsp; They&#039;re in bad shape.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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