tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post9099987498453917558..comments2023-07-04T04:04:29.158-07:00Comments on Your Postal Blog: Spreading our wingsBenjamin "Benny the Blogger" Franklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16836872570822325355noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-63117570295617821302011-07-06T16:23:57.678-07:002011-07-06T16:23:57.678-07:00Office Depot requires the customer to type out ful...Office Depot requires the customer to type out full shipping information on a computer just like the customer would do if shipping through the USPS web site. Shipping from a U.S. Post Office is a lot easier than shipping from Office Depot.Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-90014117156202038332011-06-21T06:34:20.749-07:002011-06-21T06:34:20.749-07:00I agree with the previous poster...it's not re...I agree with the previous poster...it's not really expansion if you're closing actual post offices and using minimum wage, unskilled store clerks to sell our products. What about the sanctity of the mail? Are our customers still going to consider us the most trusted government agency if we're outsourcing our work? I don't entirely disagree with having a postal presence inside stores, airports, malls, etc., but they should be staffed by postal personnel who know the products and will really sell them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-30646287832194580362011-06-18T07:28:13.779-07:002011-06-18T07:28:13.779-07:00Want to save money...offer each postmaster the opt...Want to save money...offer each postmaster the option of running there post office as a francise. I would gladly take a pay cut, but in return.....hands off my operation, remove the unions, lift the goverment restrictions and oversight, and let me run this office like a business. Give me a fixed amount each year, how and where I spend the money is no one's business by mine. No forms, no daily reports, no conference calls about productivity....just take it in and move it out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-51898744504081120942011-06-17T09:27:06.530-07:002011-06-17T09:27:06.530-07:00I don't consider it "expansion" if y...I don't consider it "expansion" if you're allowing stamps and products to be sold at alternate locations, staffed by minimum wage, untrained employees, while closing bricks and mortar Post Offices as fast as possible. It's a perfect way for the USPS to become even more irrelevant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-68810238671510669472011-06-17T09:14:00.708-07:002011-06-17T09:14:00.708-07:00Customers assume if there is a USPS service availa...Customers assume if there is a USPS service available, the staff will know the products. <br /><br />At minimum, we need a kiosk separate from competitors and certified training for staff. I propose more of the APCs. Colleges, airports, outlet malls, Wal-Mart, etc. We are there already delivering mail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-8747448018329091982011-06-17T06:59:50.650-07:002011-06-17T06:59:50.650-07:00I understand the selling of stamps and other retai...I understand the selling of stamps and other retail items at retail outlets, but anything having to do with mail acceptance and parcels should not be intrusted to the retail outlets. Here's an idea...expand back into the offices you closed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-26285247831039509642011-06-16T20:14:30.882-07:002011-06-16T20:14:30.882-07:00How about encouraging vendors to provide service a...How about encouraging vendors to provide service at major airports? Instead of trashing their belongings they're not allowed to fly with; they could mail them home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-90329578264175008632011-06-16T19:24:27.856-07:002011-06-16T19:24:27.856-07:00This is a good thing... it will give illegals a le...This is a good thing... it will give illegals a legitimate place to work...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-52459191070333303772011-06-16T18:26:50.471-07:002011-06-16T18:26:50.471-07:00USPS is wasting a lot of money having counters at ...USPS is wasting a lot of money having counters at all these locations that they do not own. If you're going to rent, pay rent inside supermarkets, office supply stores, etc. There should be some restrictions that post office I think USPS needs more counters serving consumer mailing needs. Anything of volume would need to be redirected to a main shipping hub. Business mailers should arrange to have local pickups done.tekgemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07428585855516396442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-64121703525791805632011-06-16T07:34:40.050-07:002011-06-16T07:34:40.050-07:00I see the expansion as a good thing -- saving the ...I see the expansion as a good thing -- saving the cost of brick and mortar post offices -- but believe the customers would get better service and USPS services would be more appropriately marketed if these alternative locations were staffed by Postal employees, assuming the demand for shipping at the specific location is great enough.grannybunnynoreply@blogger.com