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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jaceravone, post: 1897186, member: 9474&quot;]Berneck, no apologies necessary.&nbsp; You are 110% correct on your rant about government waste.&nbsp; It is our duty to hold people accountable and correct the problems at hand.&nbsp; But as a long time US Mint consumer, I have to just sit back and laugh.&nbsp; At least once a year, if not more stuff like this continues to happen and you say to yourself, &quot;WHAT THE HECK ARE THEY THINKING&quot;?????? Remember, its not the mint shipping this, its a TPV.&nbsp; So its up to them to meet the budget.&nbsp; I would imagine that the mint pays X amount of dollars to them for their service based on volume.&nbsp; If they exceed this cost they eat it.&nbsp; If they don&#039;t, then they may get a bonus.&nbsp; Either way, they just don&#039;t get it.&nbsp; These are mindless drones working on a government contract.&nbsp; All they know is that as stuff comes in, it has to go out.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another wasteful example that just left me scratching my head.&nbsp; I placed an order from an outdoor supply company company.&nbsp; I ordered 10 items for a total cost of about $40.&nbsp; Shipping was a flat $10.&nbsp; Aside from the first two items which added up to about 90% of my bill, each item was sent out separately.&nbsp; The last 4 items each were anywhere from $2.50 to $3.5o in cost.&nbsp; They spent triple that in postage.&nbsp; Where&#039;s that scratching head emoticon when you need it?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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