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Tracking not free at USPS
A few months ago there was a thread that claimed that tracking in the US
postal service was free for any package or letter. Not so. It's free with certified mail and some other things but to just send a letter, it's about $6.50. I think for the same money one can send certified mail, return reciept, with tracking, but I didn't have any use for certification or a receipt. But it's not at all free. And of course not. Otherwise people would be using it for trivialities. |
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Tracking not free at USPS
On 3/7/2017 1:54 PM, micky wrote:
A few months ago there was a thread that claimed that tracking in the US postal service was free for any package or letter. Not so. It's free with certified mail and some other things but to just send a letter, it's about $6.50. I think for the same money one can send certified mail, return reciept, with tracking, but I didn't have any use for certification or a receipt. But it's not at all free. And of course not. Otherwise people would be using it for trivialities. I sent a jump drive across the country last week via USPS. Total cost was $2.67. This included a tracking number on my receipt. |
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Tracking not free at USPS
On Tue, 07 Mar 2017 13:54:27 -0500, micky
wrote: A few months ago there was a thread that claimed that tracking in the US postal service was free for any package or letter. Not so. It's free with certified mail and some other things but to just send a letter, it's about $6.50. I think for the same money one can send certified mail, return reciept, with tracking, but I didn't have any use for certification or a receipt. But it's not at all free. And of course not. Otherwise people would be using it for trivialities. Anything sent priority mail is tracked. |
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On Tue, 07 Mar 2017 20:54:51 -0800, Oren wrote in
Something odd last week I never saw before. Amazon split an order (okay). The delivery was done by individuals using their private vehicles. On day a guy in his van, the next a woman in her car. The next day UPS showed up with the heavy box. Shipping was free and I tracked all the parcels. :-) Looks like Amazon is cutting costs by contracting out delivery services to individuals who probably don't know how to calculate the full cost of operating their vehicle. -- Web based forums are like subscribing to 10 different newspapers and having to visit 10 different news stands to pickup each one. Email list-server groups and USENET are like having all of those newspapers delivered to your door every morning. |
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Tracking not free at USPS
On Wed, 08 Mar 2017 04:45:05 -0600, CRNG
wrote: Looks like Amazon is cutting costs by contracting out delivery services to individuals who probably don't know how to calculate the full cost of operating their vehicle. I am sure that is some of it but these independent contractors do not have the added costs that a licensed common carrier has. It is like the difference between a "medallion cab" and an Uber. |
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