Praise for the Post Office

[jsizemore]

I know, I know, you have a horror story. Let me tell you mine.

I made a deal with a fellow member last Wednesday. 50lbs of ww ingots for a set of carbide pistol dies.

I mailed the ingots in a double boxed medium flat rate box and he used a small flat rate box.

I shipped mine on Thursday mid morning. He got it Saturday morning. He mailed his Saturday and I got it today, Monday. 5 days. Both packages in great shape upon arrival.

Get this. He lives east of Sacremento, Ca and I live just east of Raleigh, NC.

Wow.

I tell jokes and share candy with the ladies at the post office. I hide the cleaning ladies broom if she ain't watching. They leave me mail, packages, a slice of pie or cake or leaves in my po box. I don't know what the other fella does. Treat em right gentlemen.

[sturf]

It's been many years now but; I called a company late one afternoon and asked them to send me a free VHS tape of one on their products. Company was in Washington State and I'm in Eastern North Carolina, almost at the coast. Believe it or not, the tape was in my mail the next day. Honist.

[troyboy]

I could not agree more. They are our friends and neighbors

[jsizemore]

And they make great chocolate pie.

[timkelley]

chocolate pie?

[Guesser]

Today I received a medium FR box of about 20 pounds from Virginia that was mailed saturday and a small flat rate box from Michigan that was mailed friday. I'm in North Central Montana, far off the beaten path, They are great people with great service in my area.

[Ugluk]

And what does the cleaning lady leave on your cake and pie when you're not looking?

[Three-Fifty-Seven]

I got a MFR box from AK today that was shipped last Wed . . .

[Ohio Rusty]

I'm sure the postal carrier will have unkind wors for me when he has to deliver the two flat rate boxes of ingots I sent out today ..... The flat rate box is the best deal in town though.
Ohio Rusty ><>

[nicholst55]

When I was working in Kuwait I had my wife mail me something Priority Mail from Maryland (through the APO). Two days later, I had it in my hands! You can't beat that!

And then, there's the Priority Mail box of clothes I sent from Korea to my granddaughter in Maryland that took a month...

[ilcop22]

They give me the raised eyebrow when I come in to ship handguns, but they sure beat the hell out of having to drive 30 minutes to an hour to the nearest UPS or Fedex facility where they charge three times the amount for slower shipping! Flat rate boxes are the best thing to ever happen to my business, haha.

[leftiye]

Yup, but you CAN beat the 60 day turnaround for a lost postal money order.

[skeet1]

I know the PO in times past had lousy service but recently, the last few years, I have been very pleased with the service and their rates. UPS and FedX are getting very expensive compared to PO flat rate boxes.

Ken

[Bad Water Bill]

I have a young lady (I am 75) at my P O I call SMILIE. No matter what, Juanita always has a big even if it is 5:59 and there are still 10 more people in line. She will always make sure your package is on the next truck out. Gotta love that smile and service.

[mroliver77]

I asked the nice post ldy the other day if they had a comment dept. She sighed and said "That would be me." I told her that I have been very impressed with their service lately. She was very happy to hear this. She said most all comments she gets are negative.

My delivery lady never balks at heavy packages. I told her she could call and I will get the or she could roll them out of her car beside the drive. She totes them the extra 20 yards to my door every time.

Almost every flat rate package has been delivered or received in two days of late!
Jay

[tinyejp]

My delivery fella can't be bothered to get out of his car. He has dropped packages in the puddle beside my mailbox more than once. Fortunately it was car parts and not computer parts, so no damage was done. It is now at the point that I just have him leave a notice and I go pick it up at the post office.

Can I borrow your delivery person to train mine?!?

[82nd airborne]

Yesterday, I sent my wife to the PO to mail a small flat rate box FULL of sierra match kings.
It was taped up with clear tape, very clear. Guy at the counter tells her she cant send it because it has too much tape. I go in with a flaterate box taped about twice as thick, he gets agitated but wont tell me I cant ship it.

[firefly1957]

It is good to put your positive report on the USPS generally we only make a complaint not a complement unless it is in person. 99% of my mail goes though fine but that other 1% is a major issue.
Complaining to the post office is at best like peeing in a dark suit you get a warm feeling but nobody notices.

[curiousgeorge]

Ordered 2 older Gun Digests on Good Friday from a dealer in Texas. Received in rural Kentucky on Tuesday. Cost of shipping----- $4.21. The US Postal Service isn't perfect, but for the most part, they are hard to beat.

[Jim]

They give me the raised eyebrow when I come in to ship handguns, but they sure beat the hell out of having to drive 30 minutes to an hour to the nearest UPS or Fedex facility where they charge three times the amount for slower shipping! Flat rate boxes are the best thing to ever happen to my business, haha.

I'm just a dumb ol' retired pipefitter, so what I know about the law wouldn't fill a thimble. The statement made about shipping handguns through the Postal Service, however, raised MY eyebrows. The following is copied & pasted directly from the BATF site, question number 7.
I also called the local post office and asked the PG. "No sir, we do not allow the shipping of handguns."
I dunno, I'm just posting what I found and repeating what I was told.
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Q: May a nonlicensee ship a firearm through the U.S. Postal Service?

A nonlicensee may not transfer a firearm to a non-licensed resident of another State. A nonlicensee may mail a shotgun or rifle to a resident of his or her own State or to a licensee in any State. The Postal Service recommends that long guns be sent by registered mail and that no marking of any kind which would indicate the nature of the contents be placed on the outside of any parcel containing firearms. Handguns are not mailable. A common or contract carrier must be used to ship a handgun.

[18 U.S.C. 1715, 922(a)(3), 922(a)(5) and 922 (a)(2)(A)]