Yipeeeeee, shipping notice!
They also ship via USPS first class mail. A lot of people complain about the USPS, but I've sent out hundreds of packages, and I have had far fewer issues with them than any other carrier. Like *one* missing package about five years ago that was in fact found at the post office two weeks later and *one* lost package last year that was insured, so I wasn't even out any money. [witchy comment about Congress and pension funds deleted]I think since we pay extra for shipping, they do a method where it is guaranteed within 3-4 days or something like that, so that's probably why so many people in different areas still get them around the same time. Plus with Sunday in the time frame of the boxes, ones that are closer to where they are sent from have to just sit in the local post office an extra day, whereas the farther away ones get an extra day of travel, so they arrive the same day or close /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> Hopefully, I get my shipping notice today.
They're self-funded, but (here's where I go STABBITY RAGE) in their infinite wisdom, the 2006 Congress decided that the Postal Service must pre-fund their pensions. For THE NEXT SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS. So we're talking about having to set aside pension funds for employees who have yet to be born. They're the only entity that has to do this. So... Yeah. I do not blame the postal service for any budget-cutting or price increases. I blame Rep. Thomas Davis (R-VA11) for sponsoring the bill in the first place.I hate when people complain so much about the post office. Â Are they perfect? Â Nope. Â However, they're a self-funded agency like the USPTO (who I worked with for years as an intellectual property law paralegal) and it's not easy. Â People also complain about the cost of postage rising and it really floors me. Â It reminds me of this Kathleen Madigan bit:
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