Comments on: Columnist Ann McFeatters doesn’t let the facts get in the way of anti-postal rant http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2010/07/30/columnist-ann-mcfeatters-doesnt-let-the-facts-get-in-the-way-of-anti-postal-rant/ more from postalnews.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:55:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Randy Yates http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2010/07/30/columnist-ann-mcfeatters-doesnt-let-the-facts-get-in-the-way-of-anti-postal-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-179108 Randy Yates Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:44:42 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/?p=3568#comment-179108 Ms. McFeatters, Your comments about the post office made me think about some points you don’t mention. You are jumping to conclusions without investigating what the real problems are. First the .50 stamp seem high but what do you get for the .50? You get a letter or card that can go from your small Post Office to anywhere in the U.S. in 1-2 days and deliver it to the house or address you want very accurately. Your Mail Carrier is the only person some of the people even see, but before they raise the price there are some things that could be done 1) Make non profit and official mailer who mail below cost have their rate increased. Watch your mail you will be surprised at the .05, .08, .09 letters being sent everyday. For example, your non-profit groups such as Ed Meese, George Bush’s Library and others get very cheap postage, but pay their executives very large salaries. 2) Close the very small post office, they were needed at one time but now are obsolete. 3) Advertise on postal vehicles about stamps, package delivery, post office hours, etc. 4) Use the system they have in place to deliver more packages. Post Office package delivery is cheaper than Fed Ex and UPS. Why do you think they use the Post Office to delivery packages that are out of the way? If they go to the 5 day a week delivery it will be the end of the Postal Service as you know it. After it goes to 5 days, then 4 then 3, then out of business. At the 5 day deliver over 32,000 letter carriers will lose their job, not counting clerks – mail handlers – supervisors etc. When the postal service is gone the .50 stamp will be considered cheap (you don’t see Fed Ed or UPS delivering a letter for .50) Thank you Randy Yates Ms. McFeatters,

Your comments about the post office made me think about some points you don’t mention. You are jumping to conclusions without investigating what the real problems are. First the .50 stamp seem high but what do you get for the .50? You get a letter or card that can go from your small Post Office to anywhere in the U.S. in 1-2 days and deliver it to the house or address you want very accurately. Your Mail Carrier is the only person some of the people even see, but before they raise the price there are some things that could be done

1) Make non profit and official mailer who mail below cost have their rate increased. Watch your mail you will be surprised at the .05, .08, .09 letters being sent everyday. For example, your non-profit groups such as Ed Meese, George Bush’s Library and others get very cheap postage, but pay their executives very large salaries.
2) Close the very small post office, they were needed at one time but now are obsolete.
3) Advertise on postal vehicles about stamps, package delivery, post office hours, etc.
4) Use the system they have in place to deliver more packages. Post Office package delivery is cheaper than Fed Ex and UPS. Why do you think they use the Post Office to delivery packages that are out of the way?

If they go to the 5 day a week delivery it will be the end of the Postal Service as you know it. After it goes to 5 days, then 4 then 3, then out of business. At the 5 day deliver over 32,000 letter carriers will lose their job, not counting clerks – mail handlers – supervisors etc. When the postal service is gone the .50 stamp will be considered cheap (you don’t see Fed Ed or UPS delivering a letter for .50)

Thank you

Randy Yates

]]> By: Alex http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2010/07/30/columnist-ann-mcfeatters-doesnt-let-the-facts-get-in-the-way-of-anti-postal-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-175679 Alex Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:44:49 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/?p=3568#comment-175679 Lets be honest even though she is blowing smoke up her readers you know what. We as an organization must grab a hold of reality. he days of the mail man are numbered. We all have heard the comparison to the milk man. It's true mail is dead if the Ppost office is to survive we must attack the parcel business. I'm so sick and tired of the unions playing their role in this mess. They know that mail delivery is coming to a screching halt but they keep breathing false hope into our lungs. Our mail vol has fallen so much it's nuts. I wonder how I am getting a check at times to be honest. Management is spending billions on mail processing and flat sorting equipment why? Lets be honest even though she is blowing smoke up her readers you know what. We as an organization must grab a hold of reality. he days of the mail man are numbered. We all have heard the comparison to the milk man. It’s true mail is dead if the Ppost office is to survive we must attack the parcel business. I’m so sick and tired of the unions playing their role in this mess. They know that mail delivery is coming to a screching halt but they keep breathing false hope into our lungs. Our mail vol has fallen so much it’s nuts. I wonder how I am getting a check at times to be honest. Management is spending billions on mail processing and flat sorting equipment why?

]]> By: Phil Terrana http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2010/07/30/columnist-ann-mcfeatters-doesnt-let-the-facts-get-in-the-way-of-anti-postal-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-174894 Phil Terrana Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:45:16 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/?p=3568#comment-174894 No, the price of a stamp doesn't go up every few weeks and the wait in a postal line is not eternity. Let's try to stay real here. If anything the price of the card you're sending has gone up faster and higher than the stamp. Does the Post Office have problems? Yes they do. But let's not assume problems where there are none. No, the price of a stamp doesn’t go up every few weeks and the wait in a postal line is not eternity. Let’s try to stay real here.
If anything the price of the card you’re sending has gone up faster and higher than the stamp.
Does the Post Office have problems? Yes they do. But let’s not assume problems where there are none.

]]> By: John http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2010/07/30/columnist-ann-mcfeatters-doesnt-let-the-facts-get-in-the-way-of-anti-postal-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-174809 John Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:57:56 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/?p=3568#comment-174809 Wow Ms Mcfeatters surely does not let the facts interfere with her column. When I wrote for a high school newspaper in the dark ages we had to verify our facts before we wrote a column. How journalism has changed! Perhaps she needs to contemplate a carrier change. There are enough personalities out in the public spinning their own stories to tailor their own agendas.I am glad I do not rely on her organization for my news. Wow Ms Mcfeatters surely does not let the facts interfere with her column. When I wrote for a high school newspaper in the dark ages we had to verify our facts before we wrote a column. How journalism has changed! Perhaps she needs to contemplate a carrier change. There are enough personalities out in the public spinning their own stories to tailor their own agendas.I am glad I do not rely on her organization for my news.

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