elRopo wrote:Never thought I'd be singing the praises of USPS until recently but, they beat UPS hands down.
Ropo, you're spot-on there ... I was perhaps the biggest all-time detractor of the US Postal Service ... then, a while back, something at the post office changed ... funny thing was, not long afterward, something at "big brown" changed also and while they claim in their advertising that they "know logistics", they sure as hell don't seem to know how to get the job done very well ... I seriously can't believe I'm actually saying this, but the Postal Service does twice as good a job as UPS for half the price ...
Like yourself, I get packages from several different points of origin on the east coast on a semi-regular basis ... without exception, those sent via USPS arrive in 4-5 days (and for some reason, stuff sent from one provider in upstate NY usually arrives in 3 days) while UPS always requires 8 and often 9 days to make their delivery ...
Some time back, I stopped buying from one source that I won't name that's located in NoCarolina because delivery time was so slow, but now stuff from CI takes as long or longer ... I think it's time that they rethink their policy about not using USPS ... the exclusive deal with UPS isn't working all that well in winning the hearts and minds of many long time customers ...