[Mgs] Trans-ship me a gasket!

[Aaron Whiteman]

On Jan 18, 2009, at 11:01 AM, 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.

Only if you actually go to the Post office.  They will come to you.
<http://www.usps.com/pickup/welcome.htm?from=business&page=schedulepickup 
 >

> At least when ever I go to ship something it
> always seem to take at least 1 hour.

So stop going to the post office.  They will come to you.

> 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.

So stop going to the post office.  They will come to you.

>
> Compare that to the convenience that FedEx offers, and from the  
> company
> point of view it is a no brainer.  The post office loses.

Clearly, this is not always true.  Monoprice.com and Amazon.com use  
USPS quite happily.  I as a customer appreciate it too, USPS is much  
better at getting a package to my door on time.

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