Am I the only one who's sick of seeing douchebags wrapping over or taping over Priority Mail boxes? Am I the only one who's worried about what will happen if the USPS is shut down?
Seriously, people, I'll be the first say that the postal service has its share of problems. I've had probably 10 packages lost/damaged by them, but they delivered 1000+ without issue in the 11+ years I've been buying/selling/trading online.
As someone who buys/sells a lot online, the USPS is an insane bargain compared to the private carriers. Every time a CAG bitches about how the USPS lost their package, a circlejerk begins about how much they suck.
But they conveniently forget the premium they pay with private carriers. USPS charges $3 to ship a game... FedEx/UPS starts at ~$12 (go look it up if you don't believe me). Sure the private carriers provide better tracking and are insured up to $100 (good luck with a claim, though that's a universal issue). And the private carries can take much longer because they only operate 5 days a week.
By doing this shit, you're basically saving a few bucks now and will eventually end up paying 3-4x more in the future. Seriously, you can get boxes and shit for free from grocery/retail stores (liquor bottle boxes are damn strong). You can re-use boxes/bubble mailers at least once.
/rant
On a side note, anyone know if there is a way to report the assholes who do this?
Seriously, people, I'll be the first say that the postal service has its share of problems. I've had probably 10 packages lost/damaged by them, but they delivered 1000+ without issue in the 11+ years I've been buying/selling/trading online.
As someone who buys/sells a lot online, the USPS is an insane bargain compared to the private carriers. Every time a CAG bitches about how the USPS lost their package, a circlejerk begins about how much they suck.
But they conveniently forget the premium they pay with private carriers. USPS charges $3 to ship a game... FedEx/UPS starts at ~$12 (go look it up if you don't believe me). Sure the private carriers provide better tracking and are insured up to $100 (good luck with a claim, though that's a universal issue). And the private carries can take much longer because they only operate 5 days a week.
By doing this shit, you're basically saving a few bucks now and will eventually end up paying 3-4x more in the future. Seriously, you can get boxes and shit for free from grocery/retail stores (liquor bottle boxes are damn strong). You can re-use boxes/bubble mailers at least once.
/rant
On a side note, anyone know if there is a way to report the assholes who do this?