Tuesday, June 19, 2012

And the USPS wonders why it is going out of business

I have a box of clothes I need to send to a new home. A good friend of mine recently got into an awesome crazy fitness routine and needed space in her closet for new clothes. Another friend of mine has been teaching Zumba and needs new clothes for going on teaching interviews and for work. Perfect match and a snap to mail, right? Or so I thought.
I got the clothes from Friend 1 and there are a lot. Like an entire paper box full of awesome clothes. I figured to save us (myself and Friend 2) some money, I would do the USPS it fits it ships box(s). Of course going to the actual Post Office is a pain and I avoid it at all costs. Not the most convenient locations, no parking and the employees are not friendly or helpful at all (I have better luck with the people at the County and those people HATE everyone). I will purchase stamps at Costco or my local private mail center, if I want pretty stamps.  I pay EXTRA for stamps just so I don't have to deal with actual USPS workers. EXTRA! But it fits it ships is cheaper than FedEx or UPS, so I was going to go with it.

While on-line looking to see the sizes of these said boxes and prices, I noticed they will send you an it fits it ships kit for FREE. How cool is that?! At work we use FedEx all the time and they will send you supplies for free, so I was excited and surprised to see the USPS did as well and thought about time. Also, why don't they mention that in their annoying commercials?
 So I filled out the form and sent it off. At the very end, after I sent the form, it said, "Thank you for your order. It will be filled in 7-10 business days." WT? Seriously, 7-10 business days? Max I wait for FedEx is 3 days. THREE DAYS! Come on USPS, you can't get a kit sent out faster?
And guess what! It is have been over 10 days and still no kit. I might just end up shoving all the clothes in a FedEx tube and send it that way. Paying EXTRA again, just so I don't have to deal with the USPS workers.

And the USPS wonders why it is bleeding money.

Side story: I mailed out a bunch of invites the other day and when I showed up at the post box, the mailman was there emptying it. I smiled, said hello and placed my letters in the bin. All I got back was a glare. Really?

No comments:

Post a Comment