37. POST OFFICE: The Post Office enforces that other shippers, such
as United Parcel, and FedEx“ must” charge “more” that the Post Office charges
for shipping. I will end this practice.
We are held hostage by an
out dated Postal System, this unfairly cost citizens more for shipping if they
want to use other safer, or unique methods for shipping.
If United Parcel, or FedEx promises next day arrival for your
package they can be held to that promise.
The Post Office tells you,
they are not responsible if they fail to do what they have charged you extra to
do.
Our rates keep going up, and quality of operation continues to
go down.
You can’t sue the Post Office for failure to perform, typical
government operation.
When we have paid the Post Office for delivery, that alone
should be a guarantee that such will be done, why should we have to pay
extra for insurance to ensure they will deliver what we have paid,
to have delivered? Does your boss have to pay you extra to make sure you do the
work you’re being paid to do? Insure your package! Try to collect if the
package is lost. Unless your shipment was new product, there is no insurance
coverage; the Post Office will deny your claim.
I’ve been burning for years when I heard that the “restroom” in
the Postmaster General’s office was updated some years ago, at the expense of
$50 million, unbelievable rip-off of we citizens.
In the last 30 years, new neighborhood mailboxes have popped
up, originally used in apartment buildings of necessity, now more and more new
neighborhoods find their mail is delivered at the end of the street, or a
community location. Buyers of new $500,000 (and up) homes find there is no
local home delivery anymore.
Postal rates keep climbing,
but service declines.
Homeowners now
find they have to drive or walk to a distribution center to get their mail,
that may be OK for the majority of healthy people, but what about the
physically handicapped person?, a person in a wheelchair?, or worse. Imagine a
mother with small children, having to load the children in the car to go get the
mail since she can’t leave the children alone for that 3 to 5 minute trip to
get the mail. Or a person may find getting the daily mail an extreme
disadvantage, or impossible. I believe such citizens; upon request to the post
office should receive front door home delivery of their mail. Just imagine its
10 below zero, two foot of snow on the ground, or it’s poring down rain, so
that handicapped person cannot get the mail. This is totally wrong. I will see
that this is established when I’m elected.
Home delivery to return.