[rescue] FedEx Ground

[George Adkins]

On Wednesday 07 August 2002 08:36 am, you wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 09:55:17PM -0700, Gary Nichols wrote:
> > Ummm isn't postage now 37 cents? :-)
>
> Yes it is.  And when I tried to buy upgrade stamps, all they would
> sell me was a huge number of $0.01 stamps.  So currently I mail stuff
> with either $0.68 postage, or mail it with 4 stamps on it.

Don't worry, By next year, postage will cost $0.68 for a letter.

Has anyone else noticed the clockwork-like regularity of the twice-a-year 
3-6% increases in postage?

My major complaint is with the (total) lack of anything resembling decent 
customer service.  *Try* to track a package sent by/through them.  *Try* to 
get a guaranteed delivery date/time.  It'll never happen.  If those lazy 
Fsckers in the Postal Orifice are supposed to be self-supporting and 
competitive, then why haven't the laws protecting their monopoly on 
First-Class mail been repealed?

I would be willing to bet that if healthy competition were allowed, there 
would be competitors offering both cheaper service and better service 
(although not necessarily both at the same time...)