Current Events > How did USPS become a much better shipping service than UPS and FEDEX

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USPS is much faster and more reliable than the other two.

One is a service, the other two are for profit.

USPS is trash though.

USPS was great until Trump broke it by putting his buddy in the seat.

DHL in ruins

There is ACTUALLY someone in here who had the gall to ignore me.

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Were_Wyrm posted...

One is a service, the other two are for profit.

This. If USPS isn't working right, its the government's fault. If UPS isn't working right, it's business as usual.

UPS is superior to Fedex because the former is unionized. UPS couriers are actual employees that are paid $30+ a hour.
Fedex employs contractors to do most of its ground game and contractors pay less than $15 a hour or "by stops". When you work for a contractor you are not a Fedex employee and thus do not get any benefits.
USPS contracts Fedex and UPS to handle a large portion of its postal.

Honestly they're all pretty much the same shitty mail service that maximized profit while not paying enough to employees that had to work through the full force of lockdowns while everyone else got to stay home and get paid by the government.

My dad showed me there are many USPS workers who actually give a fuck about their jobs and they get good benefits.

I'm sure that's not a point in UPS or ESPECIALLY FedEx's favor

I've never had a problem with USPS. FEDEX causes me problems

My UPS here is flawless, Fedex and USPS are dogshit. If I could get everything UPS I would.

I imagine this is all depending on where you live.

Typical private enterprise efficiency.

Solid_Sonic posted...

USPS was great until Trump broke it by putting his buddy in the seat.

Two years later dejoy still in the seat

Yeah, it's a sad state.

My local USPS is complete shit. Getting packages is always a nightmare. UPS and FedEx are usually fine

bsp77 posted...

My local USPS is complete shit. Getting packages is always a nightmare. UPS and FedEx are usually fine

I once had a package stuck in pre-shipment for 2 weeks. I had to contact the seller, and tell them that the package was going to be late. They asked me to wait one week more, and then they would refund it. Sure enough, 5 days later, the status of the package was updated to being in the next city. I got the package the next day. I don't know what the fuck that was all about, but I was ultimately pretty grateful because the thing I had ordered just gone out of print and was otherwise going for big bucks.