Originally Posted by donfey (Post 2432263)

The problem has been the same for 75 (or more) years: JUNK MAIL!

When advertisers can flood the system with garbage (to us) at 4 or 5 cents each, while we pay 63 cents to send a payment or mail a card, there surely is a mismatch. By the way, magazine publishers pay about HALF that much per issue, so you're subsidizing your neighbor's Ladies Home Journal, too. [I wonder what Elon would do with the USPS.]

Originally Posted by almondz (Post 2432337)

If they didn't have companies that still send out "junk" mail, they would be out of business. How often do you send something in the mail? Me - maybe 3 times a year.

Originally Posted by jojoturf (Post 2432300)

USPS should be disbanded altogether. Most people pay bills online or at least, get bills, financial statements online. Cards are becoming electronic as well. Requested mail forwarding in mid-March for seven week visit to the Villages — filled out 2 requests (both online). Result: 23 days, now late April, received 1st piece of mail stamped March 25. Ridiculous! Service stinks! Informed delivery is ok but not always correct. Get rid of driving an envelope to my door! Waste of resources & $$$!

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2432362)

Yeah all those people who have prescriptions via mail-order can just get them delivered to them online.

Remind me please - what is the dosage for online bloodthinners, heart meds, and other meds that millions of people have to take every day for the rest of their lives, and what kind of monitor do I need to get the dosage from the internet to my pill cup?

Originally Posted by mikreb (Post 2432192)

USPS might be profitable if they'd stop wasting time delivering junk mail. Do you see UPS or FedEx delivering stuff no one wants. I clean out my mailbox once a week and it's packed with all junk/trash.

Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2432211)

FedEx and UPS would be happy to deliver junk mail, if it was profitable. It's not. Only the Government can afford to lose money every year and stay in business.

Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2432363)

Amazon has an online pharmacy that delivers prescription drugs to your house.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2432369)

Amazon pharmacy isn't in network for MOST people with health insurance.

Originally Posted by kkingston57 (Post 2432365)

Tell that to the people who live in the rural communities. Fed Ex and UPS do not go there. In fact the USPS contracts with them to deliver parcels to these areas

Originally Posted by westernrider75 (Post 2432190)

Take a ride, go to Sam’s Club, stop at Total Wine, have lunch at Miller’s Ale House and go to the post office. It’s not really that bad, I live south of 44 also and go up that way often. It’s not the other side of the world. Enjoy a little, and I recommend the fish and chips at Millers.

Originally Posted by MrLonzo (Post 2432124)

Got a message in my mailbox that said I owed $8.66 postage due. They didn’t say what it was for, who it was from, where/whom to pay, or provide a tracking number. And there was no Form 3849 which is needed to request redelivery. I had no idea what it was.

Now they say I must contact the Lady Lake post office to inquire. They don’t answer their phones, and it’s an hour and a half drive (round trip), and I don’t even know if they still have the item or have already returned it to the sender.

The Lady Lake post office may have been conveniently located 10 years ago. But with the expansion southward, it’s now a big chunk of the day to drive there for those of us in the south. Why is it so difficult to include a more convenient branch post office that serves the Villages somewhere amidst all the new development in the south?