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Originally Posted by vautrain
Volume? USPS handles more than 200,000,000 pieces of mail per year. USPS handles more mail in two weeks than FedEx, UPS, and DHL handle in one year, combined.
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Mail doesn't count, I'm talking about packages.. since when does Fedex, UPS and DHL deliver people's mail? I work for Fedex, last time I checked, we don't do mail unless a company packages a whole bunch of them up and fedex it to their other office.
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Originally Posted by vautrain
Dollar for dollar, USPS Priority with Delivery Confirmation (even if you pay extra for it) is a better value than FedEx and UPS. If you pay extra for extra services, USPS prices are competitive with UPS and FedEx, for the same level of protection for packages in transit.
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You don't need to pay Fedex and UPS extra to have a delivery conformation.
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Verify delivery with Delivery Confirmation. Our low cost Delivery Confirmation service gives you the date, ZIP Code™ and the time your article was delivered. If delivery was attempted you will get the date and time of attempted delivery. You can easily access this information with our Track & Confirm tool.
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I don't know about UPS but Fedex offers this information via website for free. If the sender/receiver has a Fedex account and they can simply look up the status of the package, where it is exactly (Meaning which facility whether it'll be at Memphis, Oakland, on a plane, or sitting in a courier's truck) all for free. If an individual doesn't have a Fedex account, he can simply sign up for one for free and send the fedex account number to the shipper so that he can track his package. With USPS, they gotta pay extra to get those kind of information? Plus, when you fill out an airbill for packages, it's a legal binding contract between the sender and the carrier to ensure that the sender is not sending something stupid and illegal and the carrier is responsible for making sure its delivered. If it fails to delivered, the insurance can cover the lost of it, provided that the sender purchase some.
Plus, you mentioned that it's like a certificate of delivery. To me, that's like USPS is trying to reassure their customers that they're not as bad as others are saying, especially if they're famous for losing packages or mail every second of the day. If the USPS courier loses a package, they can easily get away with it, probably same for UPS courier. But with Fedex couriers, they'll get hanged by the management. The main differences? We ain't unionized like USPS and UPS.
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Originally Posted by vautrain
If you compare services for small, high-value items, USPS is the only way to go. Believe me. You can send a $5,000 wristwatch via USPS Registered Mail, fully insured, and with all the confidence you would have if you were delivering it in person. UPS and FedEx won't even insure a wristwatch for $5,000.
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That's true, but ya gotta keep in mind, USPS is a government organization and if they fuck up, they can simply pay it out with government's money and the government has the biggest pocket. With Fedex and UPS, it's not that simple, if they keep fucking up with delivering high value package, eventually they'll go out of business. Plus, government regulations demand that whenever Fedex and UPS move packages that are over $2000, there's gotta be a special paperwork to accompany the package and trust me, those paperwork a real pain in the ass.
I'm not arguing that you're wrong, I'm saying that in some cases, Fedex and UPS is the best way to go, especially when you're trying to ship a case of beer that somehow, easily disappears with USPS. I'll trust USPS with my mail but with packages, I'll stick to Fedex, plus I get a discount with them
