The problem is probably more that the mailing/shipping costs have been artificially lower than they should have been for decades. We can fax/download/upload/email documents immediately with little to no cost but to physically deliver something thousands of miles away, there are costs. However, I think in our “instant” age, expectations are getting unrealistic. I am a small business owner and also impacted by rising costs. Instead of using USPS Priority Mail you are probably better off using FEDEX Ground which has much better delivery performance that USPS Priority Mail. These idiots at USPS first took the package to Houston, Texas which is nearly 400 miles from San Angelo, Then they took it Ft. When I did internet tracking on the package I was outraged. If USPS cannot get the parcel to move 205 miles in 4 days there is something very seriously wrong with their service. The product was reshipped with Priority Mail at Austin Texas. There was no problem with DHL shipping time from New Zealand to Austin, Texas. I paid a premium on shipping to get it to San Angelo, Texas as soon as possible. I recently ordered an item from New Zealand which is not widely available in the USA but I definitely need it.

You get about the same results with regular first class mail. In far too many cases it just doesn’t happen. They claim that they can ship anywhere in the USA within 3 days or less. For many years the USPS has been lying to merchants regarding its delivery performance with Priority Mail. There is another very serious problem with USPS.

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