Thread: Competency of the USPS
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 11:55 PM
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Default Re: Competency of the USPS
Originally Posted by InfernoRedXfire
I could site several mishaps I've had with USPS...but it wouldn't serve much purpose here...you get what you pay for. I'm still amazed that the same stamp will send a letter across town or across the country.

But, it took the private sector, i.e. UPS and FedEx, etc, to wake up USPS.

It just shows that competition in the private sector trumps government.
We made some machine parts for a customer once in a rush and shipped them FedEx for next day delivery and they went missing. We remade the parts and replaced the order and the insurance paid for it.
Five or six years later the customer said he had received some parts that he had not ordered. It rang a bell with me and I described the parts to him and he said thats what they were. I reminded him of the lost package and we laughed.
It was a mystery to FedEx, so they looked into it and a report was made. FedEx said a maintenance worker was repairing a conveyor belt and found the parcel hidden underneath it. It was assumed that the parcel fell of the back of the conveyor and stayed there all those years. We got paid twice, the customer paid once for the parts but received two sets.
$hit happens.
 
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