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 From: dogglebe@yahoooo.com 
  
 On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 22:25:12 GMT, "Howard Davis" 
  wrote: 
  
 >In my many years of mailing and shipping experience, I must say that the 
 >"service" given by the US Postal Service is the WORST available from any 
 >shipping carrier that I know of. I have experienced far too many stupid 
 >errors, long delivery delays, misdeliveries, lost letters, damaged or "lost" 
 >parcels, and difficulty with insurance claims. 
 > 
 >No matter how long the line is, only one or two of the five service windows 
 >at my local post office (Kensington, Brooklyn 11218) are staffed - and as a 
 >result you sometimes must wait in line well over half an hour. 
 > 
 >I advise everyone to mail only by e-mail or FAX, and ship via UPS, FedEx, 
 >Pony Express - ANYTHING but the USPS! A massive consumer boycott would 
 >probably be the only effective tactic, as complaints fall on deaf ears. 
 > 
 >Don't "go postal" - go elsewhere! 
  
 Sounds like you're delivering a lot of bullshit. 
  
 If you're so unhappy with everything (and I do mean 'everything') 
 about the post office, why are you using it? 
  
  
 Phil 
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