Richard,
Me'thinks the USPO needs to give their staff a quick kick up the
proverbial. I was in and out our Canadian PO in less than ten
minutes and that included me not filling in the forms in advance
(what's in it, return address & such). A friend who came in behind
me teased me saying I was holding up the queue !!!
At 02:01 PM 1/18/2009, Richard Ewald wrote:
>I have no idea what dealing with the post office is like in your
>country, but here in the US to ship something by post office will
>take at least one hour of an employee's time. At least when ever I
>go to ship something it always seem to take at least 1 hour.
>That time is not free. during that one hour the employee will not
>be taking orders, packing shipments or whatever his regular job is.
>So not only will the company have to pay his wages, benefits etc,
>they will have to get someone else to fill in his shoes while he is
>at the post office.
>Compare that to the convenience that FedEx offers, and from the
>company point of view it is a no brainer. The post office loses.
>
>
>
>Why is it that many American companies I have dealt with don't have
>the option of cheap surface mail but rather (with no option offered)
>they stick it in an express parcel delivery service? I don't need
>the thing overnight!
>...
>
>
>
>Does this sound reasonable... feasible... plausible?
>
>
Regards
Barrie
Barrie Robinson
(705) 721-9060
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/BarrieRobinson.htm
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