 plkLil' Duffer Burger BarnPremium
join:2002-04-20
Ogden, IA
1 edit | why USPS is going broke post ur tracking Priority Mail
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April 03, 2013, 7:38 am
DALLAS, TX 75398
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April 1, 2013
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DES MOINES, IA 50395
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DES MOINES, IA 50395
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April 01, 2013
CINCINNATI, OH 45235
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CINCINNATI, OH 45235
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March 31, 2013
ATLANTA, GA 30320
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ATLANTA, GA 30320
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BUFORD, GA 30518
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BUFORD, GA 30518
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 XiodenPremium
join:2008-06-10
Monticello, NY
kudos:1 | Rather than sending three trucks;
1.) Atlanta to Dallas (781 mi, 11 hours 21 min)
2.) Des Moines to Dallas (747 mi, 10 hours 39 mins)
3.) Cincinnati to Dallas (934 mi, 13 hours 40 mins)
For a total of 2,462 mi, 35 hours 40 mins.
So by sending one truck that goes to all three you only travel 1,832 mi, 27 hours. Less fuel costs, less man hours spent driving, more money saved.
And as an added bonus, you have covered 10 routes separate mail routes rather than 3. |
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plkLil' Duffer Burger BarnPremium
join:2002-04-20
Ogden, IA
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Re: why USPS is going broke post ur tracking One would not think one trailer would NOT hold all the mail going toward dallas to detour thru ohio and iowa before texas.
I have also seen packages come from like Indiana and pass thru Austin and then back north.
I have seen another go from the Midwest to calf then back to Texas. |
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I sent a certified letter off first thing this morning to NY. It doesn't show as having moved yet but is expected to arrive in 2-3 days. I'd be surprised if it took more than 2.
It was $3.56 to send the letter and $1.20 for a money order, which I thought was very reasonable. |
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wthPremium
join:2002-02-20
Iowa City,IA Reviews:
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Here's a disk (Office 2013) shipped from Microsoft HUP. It got placed in the Clinton, IA cart instead of the Iowa City, IA cart. I'll guess it happened in Chicago, but not sure. |
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 shortcktWatchen Das Blinken LightsPremium
join:2000-12-05
Tenant Hell | reply to plk
why USPS is going broke post ur tracking Postal service isn't going broke because of the way they route their deliveries, but because of enormous pension and healthcare costs. Their routing is actually quite efficient for their size, and it should be since they spend $$$$ on planning and the computer systems to figure out all that routing and handling.
They also subcontract some of their bulk handling to 3rd party trucking companies, and work with UPS and Fedex to handle some of the 'last mile' deliveries.
In the mountain communities not too far from me everyone gets a free PO box at one of the post offices so USPS doesn't need to pay an employee to waste gas driving around delivering to each house, and they don't have to deal with delivering in the snow. At those mountain post offices local mail is separated out in the office and delivered directly to the destination instead of being sent down the mountain to the sort facility just to be brought back up in another truck the next day.
I'm not in love with the post office, but for their size and the number of items they handle each day they're rather efficient at it, and they're finally getting with the times as far as offering some electronic services. For example online postage, and I can now sign up for email notification when something hits my PO box here in town to save me a trip to the post office just to check if there's mail.
I don't think UPS or Fedex will deliver an envelope all the way across the country in 2-3 days for only 46 cents. |
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 OmegaDisplaced OhioanPremium
join:2002-07-30
Cheyenne, WY | Thank you for that post, shortckt.
I'm going to guess that no one in this thread has a degree associated with logistics or has any experience in logistics otherwise this topic wouldn't exist.
Yes, it may be inefficient for your letter/package to be routed that way. That doesn't mean the whole system is inefficient. The USPS has determined that routing your package via those sorting centers is the best way to do things. They focus on the big picture, not that someone was inconvenienced cause their package took a roundabout trip.
FedEx and UPS do the same thing.
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What smells like blue? |
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My letter arrived yesterday on the date they specified as the expected delivery date on the tracking site. |
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 RobIn Deo speramus.Premium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
kudos:3 | reply to shortckt
Exactly. Carrying billions of dollars in pension and healthcare costs will make any organization struggle financially. |
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