http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/06/we-still-live-in-a-physical-world-we-are-still-a-highly-dispersed-nation Comments On: "We still live in a physical world, we are still a highly dispersed nation." by Paul Constant en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by watchout5]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:46:19 -0800 The Stranger Posted by CPN]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:40:07 -0800 The Stranger Want to send a letter to Talkeetna, Alaska, from New York? It will cost you fifty dollars by UPS. Grabenhorst or Lipscomb can do it for less than two quarters: the same as the cost of getting a letter from Gold Hill to Shady Cove, Oregon, twenty miles up the road.

Therein lies the problem, and the solution! I think it should cost 50 dollars. I think all the post office is doing is suppressing real market prices and wages. I mean think of how much time and effort it takes to send even a single piece of mail!

And the pervasive availability of email, text messaging and cell phones relieves the Government of its mandate for "post roads" so why not let UPS buy USPS and make people pay fair labor pricing.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:21:28 -0800 The Stranger Posted by pat L]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:10:02 -0800 The Stranger
Sorry you've had bad experiences. I've only ever had to put up with horrendously bad service when I briefly lived in Jersey City. They refused to take any package that had any kind of markings on it other than the address (something no other post office in my experience has a problem with). They frequently sent my mail back to the sender. And, when I moved, they never forwarded my mail as requested.

The USPS does have a complaint system. Have you ever tried it?
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:56:04 -0800 The Stranger I say purge the company of it's current employees and make them all re-apply based off of how the customers on their routes feel about their service. What I wouldn't give to have a stable job with a decent wage and full benefits.
Posted by erasedk]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:40:22 -0800 The Stranger
And for what? So GODDAMN REPUBLICANS can deliberately destroy the ONLY program or agency specifically called for in the Constitution, the document that they constantly wave and bleat about but have never read except for that one amendment.
Posted by Fnarf]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:13:28 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pope Peabrain]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:51:29 -0800 The Stranger