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Re: Insuring your cards
After you give proper consideration to the much more important things like loss of life, homes and such, because if you think of possessions in times like these it comes across insensitive, but I am often left wondering just how much rare and unique collectible stuff is destroyed in various disasters across the world. Floods, fires, tornados, hurricanes, tsunamis, mudslides, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, etc.
When you think that some things are vary rare or limited and many times the exact whereabouts of some of these things are secretly hidden in personal collections.
I don't think I would affect the sports memorabilia world if my place was destroyed, but it would sure end my collecting and be a damn shame.
I don't remember the person (it was some sort of star/celebrity), but I did see a little snippet about someone in California who lost their home and baseball cards was mentioned as being one of the things that was lost.
it's sad to think about.
mrmopar
Re: GTG: 1913 Buffalo Nickel
Because of the apparent lack of luster I could see them calling it 62. They have beat me up on my Buffalo submissions!
Re: USPS postal thefts, probably inside the Jersey City Distribution Center
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Nope. You're just a pot stirrer. As far as the USPS goes, I'd suggest you take your business elsewhere then.
For some of us, it's a GREAT service.
@JBK Yes, thank you for pointing that out and reminding me. I spent 6 yrs active and about 14 mos of that overseas in a very remote post (Diego Garcia, for those that know). I can tell you it was nice to trade letters and cassette tapes back and forth with my family for the cost of a stamp (or three), since phone calls back then were $2.+ per minute and there was no internet or other communication means.
Re: USPS postal thefts, probably inside the Jersey City Distribution Center
@OAKSTAR said:
@lermish said:
@OAKSTAR said:
The USPS needs to be broken up and sold to the highest private carrier bidder.... Problem solved! Any questions?As always, I have questions.
How does having a private carrier solve any of these issues?
Are UPS/FedEx/DHL/OnTrac/etc any more reliable, or just more expensive?
Does theft and incompetence stop once a giant corporation cuts costs to the bones and jacks up rates to increase profit?
What happens to the cost of postage for anyone living even a little bit away from a distribution center, particularly in small rural communities?
@jmlanzaf said:
@OAKSTAR said:
The USPS needs to be broken up and sold to the highest private carrier bidder.... Problem solved! Any questions?Given the amount of theft at FedEx and UPS, you haven't solved any problem.
No private carrier would ever bid on the USPS mission. None. Ever.
@NJCoin said:
@OAKSTAR said:
The USPS needs to be broken up and sold to the highest private carrier bidder.... Problem solved! Any questions?Yup! What do you do with all the rural routes no one wants? Tell those folks too bad, you won't be getting mail any longer unless you are willing to go to the nearest FedEx or UPS location to fetch it?
Oh, and now it's going to be costing you $10 to send a letter, because postage rates are now set by the highest PRIVATE carrier bidder? Sounds great. Why didn't anyone else ever think of it? 😀
The private guys have already skimmed off a lot of the service that can be performed at a profit and at a reasonable price. They didn't need to bid for the USPS franchise to do that.
The USPS' problem, aside from problem employees that any large organization has to deal with, is legacy benefits that will have to be paid by the government regardless, and unprofitable service mandates that Congress, and its constituents, will never give up.
Good luck getting any private enterprise to have any interest in taking that on. For free, let alone the "highest bidder."
You guys crack me up! Nothing is 100%. It's an imperfect world out there.
The United States Post Office only lost $6.5 billion dollars last year. That's billion with a B! Gone $$ out the door with zero accountability!!! Government inefficiency at it's finest! Are you going to tell me nothing can be done or improved?? I don't wanta hear what you can't do, (those people should be fired on the spot!) tell me what you can do! If you're not apart of the solution, you're apart of the problem! Stby gentlemen, more to follow.
Most postal routes are not profitable. You already have two private post offices, UPS and FedEx, neither of which can deliver a letter for anywhere close to what USPS is required to do. The proof is there. There is NOTHING that prevents FedEx, UPS or Amazon from competing with USPS. They don't. Why? Because they compete in the profitable package shipping and stay away from the unprofitable parts like first class, media, etc.
You want a solution to which problem? If it's the post office deficit, it's simple: let USPS charge what it costs to deliver. Sorry, Hawaii, your effed because it's going to cost $5 to send a birthday card to the mainland.
NO company can do it in the US or anywhere else in the world.
You throw out challenges. Show me ANY post office, public or private, anywhere in the world that delivers first class mail for less than 73 cents. I'll save you the trouble. There isn't one. We have the LOWEST rates in the world. It costs 1 euro in Luxembourg, a country that's a about 2.5 times the size of New York City.
jmlanzaf
Re: USPS postal thefts, probably inside the Jersey City Distribution Center
@OAKSTAR said:
@lermish said:
@OAKSTAR said:
@lermish said:
@OAKSTAR said:
The USPS needs to be broken up and sold to the highest private carrier bidder.... Problem solved! Any questions?As always, I have questions.
How does having a private carrier solve any of these issues?
Are UPS/FedEx/DHL/OnTrac/etc any more reliable, or just more expensive?
Does theft and incompetence stop once a giant corporation cuts costs to the bones and jacks up rates to increase profit?
What happens to the cost of postage for anyone living even a little bit away from a distribution center, particularly in small rural communities?
@jmlanzaf said:
@OAKSTAR said:
The USPS needs to be broken up and sold to the highest private carrier bidder.... Problem solved! Any questions?Given the amount of theft at FedEx and UPS, you haven't solved any problem.
No private carrier would ever bid on the USPS mission. None. Ever.
@NJCoin said:
@OAKSTAR said:
The USPS needs to be broken up and sold to the highest private carrier bidder.... Problem solved! Any questions?Yup! What do you do with all the rural routes no one wants? Tell those folks too bad, you won't be getting mail any longer unless you are willing to go to the nearest FedEx or UPS location to fetch it?
Oh, and now it's going to be costing you $10 to send a letter, because postage rates are now set by the highest PRIVATE carrier bidder? Sounds great. Why didn't anyone else ever think of it? 😀
The private guys have already skimmed off a lot of the service that can be performed at a profit and at a reasonable price. They didn't need to bid for the USPS franchise to do that.
The USPS' problem, aside from problem employees that any large organization has to deal with, is legacy benefits that will have to be paid by the government regardless, and unprofitable service mandates that Congress, and its constituents, will never give up.
Good luck getting any private enterprise to have any interest in taking that on. For free, let alone the "highest bidder."
You guys crack me up! Nothing is 100%. It's an imperfect world out there.
The United States Post Office only lost $6.5 billion dollars last year. That's billion with a B! Gone $$ out the door with zero accountability!!! Government inefficiency at it's finest! Are you going to tell me nothing can be done or improved?? I don't wanta hear what you can't do, (those people should be fired on the spot!) tell me what you can do! If you're not apart of the solution, you're apart of the problem! Stby gentlemen, more to follow.
The USPS did not lose any money last year and has never lost money. It's not a for profit business, it's a service that we as a society have agreed to fund. It always has been. That may change but for now that's how it is.
How much money did the US military lose last year? Or, if you prefer something more local, how much money did various police departments lose last year? The answer is also none because they are also services, not businesses.
It's not about making a profit. It's about getting your money's worth for the services provided.
You have made several absolute statements and then, once challenged, you ignore any rebuttals and move the target.
Ignoring that for a moment, you really think that having a for profit company, accountable only to its shareholders, would cost the American people less money?
Some large percentage of postage would go up for nearly every person and business that has anything delivered, which is basically the entire population of the country, particularly those who live in the middle of nowhere and are less likely to be able to afford it.
If I have issues I can go talk to my local postmaster...ever tried to even get a human being on the line with any of the big parcel carriers?
What about the 525k postal employees who will go from decent jobs with pensions and healthcare to indentured servants of corporate America?
You really seem to have no desire to discuss solutions or have a reasonable conversation. You want to drop your poorly thought out "solutions", ask if anyone has questions, and then bristle when people have questions because your "solutions" are nonsense. Any questions?
lermish
Re: USPS postal thefts, probably inside the Jersey City Distribution Center
@OAKSTAR said:
@MFeld said:
@OAKSTAR said:
@lermish said:
@OAKSTAR said:
@lermish said:
@OAKSTAR said:
The USPS needs to be broken up and sold to the highest private carrier bidder.... Problem solved! Any questions?As always, I have questions.
How does having a private carrier solve any of these issues?
Are UPS/FedEx/DHL/OnTrac/etc any more reliable, or just more expensive?
Does theft and incompetence stop once a giant corporation cuts costs to the bones and jacks up rates to increase profit?
What happens to the cost of postage for anyone living even a little bit away from a distribution center, particularly in small rural communities?
@jmlanzaf said:
@OAKSTAR said:
The USPS needs to be broken up and sold to the highest private carrier bidder.... Problem solved! Any questions?Given the amount of theft at FedEx and UPS, you haven't solved any problem.
No private carrier would ever bid on the USPS mission. None. Ever.
@NJCoin said:
@OAKSTAR said:
The USPS needs to be broken up and sold to the highest private carrier bidder.... Problem solved! Any questions?Yup! What do you do with all the rural routes no one wants? Tell those folks too bad, you won't be getting mail any longer unless you are willing to go to the nearest FedEx or UPS location to fetch it?
Oh, and now it's going to be costing you $10 to send a letter, because postage rates are now set by the highest PRIVATE carrier bidder? Sounds great. Why didn't anyone else ever think of it? 😀
The private guys have already skimmed off a lot of the service that can be performed at a profit and at a reasonable price. They didn't need to bid for the USPS franchise to do that.
The USPS' problem, aside from problem employees that any large organization has to deal with, is legacy benefits that will have to be paid by the government regardless, and unprofitable service mandates that Congress, and its constituents, will never give up.
Good luck getting any private enterprise to have any interest in taking that on. For free, let alone the "highest bidder."
You guys crack me up! Nothing is 100%. It's an imperfect world out there.
The United States Post Office only lost $6.5 billion dollars last year. That's billion with a B! Gone $$ out the door with zero accountability!!! Government inefficiency at it's finest! Are you going to tell me nothing can be done or improved?? I don't wanta hear what you can't do, (those people should be fired on the spot!) tell me what you can do! If you're not apart of the solution, you're apart of the problem! Stby gentlemen, more to follow.
The USPS did not lose any money last year and has never lost money. It's not a for profit business, it's a service that we as a society have agreed to fund. It always has been. That may change but for now that's how it is.
How much money did the US military lose last year? Or, if you prefer something more local, how much money did various police departments lose last year? The answer is also none because they are also services, not businesses.
It's not about making a profit. It's about getting your money's worth for the services provided.
And that wouldn't be any different for other carriers you might use for shipping. You're unfairly singling out the U.S. Post Office.
The thread is about the U.S. Post Office.
And you stated that if it were broken up and sold to a private company, the problem would be solved. No one has said that there aren't problems with the U.S. Post Office. But so far, no one who's commented has agreed with your conclusion. And I doubt that anyone will. That is, unless you have a friend or family member you can get to post for you. 
MFeld
