Rant on shipping
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I confess that I'm a little nervous about the baby chicks I ordered. The earliest shipping date I could get was June 30... I just read that USPS is going to be slowing down shipping next month and the day before a holiday doesn't count as a shipping day.
The only reason I placed the order is because I had a credit there from last time, when my entire order arrived dead from the heat. Meanwhile I am still trying to find out what is going on with the house plans I ordered, which was supposed to arrive 2 weeks ago but is still "In transit, running late."
The only reason I placed the order is because I had a credit there from last time, when my entire order arrived dead from the heat. Meanwhile I am still trying to find out what is going on with the house plans I ordered, which was supposed to arrive 2 weeks ago but is still "In transit, running late."
This won't be a popular solution; yet they could make a dent in that by charging an annual fee for rural mailboxes. I find it odd that I pay 120$/year for a PO box, yet there is a rural box at the end of the PO parking lot which they get free delivery.
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Do you know what the original RFD stood for?
Rural Free Delivery.
Rural Free Delivery.
Yes, I know. We were on RFD 3, but that was a long time ago. Times change, and privatizing it will just make it worse.
Also likely more expensive.
Also, I don't need mail delivered on Saturday. Every few years the Post Office sends out a questionnaire about this. When I ask our local mail delivery person why our delivery is free they say it is because they can't guarantee the security of our mail at a rural box.