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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 2643899, member: 15062&quot;]Centralized distribution points are supposed to be more efficient but they just introduce more possibilities of mis-handling along the way.&nbsp; There used to be a local drop box for mail going to the same ZIP code that the Post Office was handling.&nbsp; You could mail a letter to the house across the street, the PO would take that letter from the local box, cancel it and sort it out for local delivery.&nbsp; One day handling.&nbsp; Now, you mail your letter and it goes from your PO to the regional sorting center where it&#039;s mixed in with everything else, then sorted to geographical area (first 3 digits of the ZIP), then further sorted to the last two digits.&nbsp; Finally it&#039;s cancelled, bagged and put on a truck to go back to the PO you mailed it from.&nbsp; Then the route man gets it the next day for delivery.&nbsp; Handling time - 4 to 7 days.&nbsp; That&#039;s efficiency.&nbsp; It reminds me of flying from Pittsburgh to Chicago.&nbsp; Instead of just going west to Chicago, the plane went south from Pittsburgh to Atlanta and then back north to Chicago.&nbsp; Or another time wanting to fly from Pittsburgh to Miami.&nbsp; It was $150 cheaper flying from Cleveland so I drove to Cleveland to catch the plane to Miami.&nbsp; The plane had one stop-over - in Pittsburgh.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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