Regarding the new USPS regulations...

VamGuy · May 14, 2007 12:21AM

Here's a great plan...

When purchasing USPS insurance for your package, you must now choose between two different colored insurance labels. The new brown colored labels are to purchase insurance for items valued at under $200, while the new blue colored insurance labels are for items valued over $200.

[sarcasm]

A USPS official stated...
"This wonderful new change will make it that much easier for us to steal only those packages containing the most valuable and expensive items, thereby saving us from the risk of stealing your cheaper property."

[/sarcasm]

StrikeOutXXX · May 14, 2007 12:26AM

Kind of like when the rental cars in Florida had special license plates basically saying "Rob me, I'm a tourist".

Wonder how long this will last.

ricko · May 14, 2007 12:29AM

I know your sarcasm was posted in jest... however, I sometimes think these changes are made by people who live in a bubble. Those labels are nothing more than a neon sign saying 'steal me'... to any and all who see them. The ignorance displayed in implementing such stupid things as this is mind boggling. Has there never been a thief in the postal service? Many, many of them.... now their selection will be made a bit more expeditious - no hassle with the cheap stuff. Looks to me as if it would be safer to ship without insurance. Cheers, RickO

penny2many · May 14, 2007 12:44AM

I also wonder about people who get their meds shipped through the mail, could it be there is a special color code for those that are controled meds or will resale for a high price on the streets?

I have sent things over seas and you must declare all that is the package so if you said I have a gold bar in here, would it reach it destination? Who knows! Not that I am saying the mail people are all bad but there has to be some temptation to someone at times. It is like working at the bank, I am not tempted but I have worked with some that were and they got away with some big money and one in particular has never been put in jail for it and it has been about 4 years now.

Buy the forever stamps when you buy stamps and they are supposed to work forever no matter the price going up! Do you think this is real?

Carolyn

Cladiator · May 14, 2007 12:46AM

FEDEX

OPA · May 14, 2007 12:47AM

No colorful stickers on electronic shipping labels with insurance......

guitarwes · May 14, 2007 12:47AM

What an ingorant thing for them to do. Just plain ingorant.

Hugegut · May 14, 2007 12:58AM

Michigan · May 14, 2007 1:24AM

<< They've done a pretty good job so far with my packages. No problems after a couple thousand delivered. I would guess that theft will continue to be a non-issue even with these new labels. >>

Maybe, maybe not but I agree that this system is putting in a new level of risk.

airplanenut · May 14, 2007 1:26AM

Another reason why I like the fact that the only hint of my insurance is a business card in the package, and an entry in a spreadsheet on my computer.

slipgate · May 14, 2007 1:28AM

And the left gets dumber. This is almost like business' that proudly display, "no guns allowed!".

LALASD4 · May 14, 2007 1:34AM

Buy the forever stamps when you buy stamps and they are supposed to work forever no matter the price going up! Do you think this is real?

I think so, but I think I use less than 1 stamp a month, while they already have my money for the next ten year.

Writersblock · May 14, 2007 2:28AM

Question. Are the new brown labels going to be like the old green labels and just tossed in the mail stream with not tracking or signature when it's delivered, and the New blue has the same handling as the old blue?

If so then it's more like "We got tired of stealing all those green label packages and not really getting anything for it. Now with these new higher levels, stealing the untraceable insured packages will be worthwhile again."

BigDaddyz · May 14, 2007 3:03AM

<< And the left gets dumber. This is almost like business' that proudly display, "no guns allowed!". >>

I don't "get" this one

DRUNNER · May 14, 2007 3:07AM

New procedure today on Registered . . . .

We used to (up to Friday) just sign the slip and show ID . . . and out you went.

NOW . . . you have to sign on a screen, print your name on a screen, cycle the machine once, then print your full address on the screen.

Just picked up a PCGS box at the PO . . .waited 18 minutes and the line now goes out the door . . . nice improvement!

Drunner

ziggy29 · May 14, 2007 3:09AM

<< 

<< And the left gets dumber. This is almost like business' that proudly display, "no guns allowed!". >>

I don't "get" this one >>

The point being that you are "advertising" to would-be robbers that they aren't going to get a .44 slug between the eyes by coming in to rob you, thus perhaps emboldening them.

Russ · May 14, 2007 3:50AM

<< Are the new brown labels going to be like the old green labels and just tossed in the mail stream with not tracking or signature when it's delivered, and the New blue has the same handling as the old blue? >>

The new labels, (up to $200), are numbered and entered in the system just like the blue labels. The difference is that delivery is noted electronically without a signature. Blue label ($201 and up), still requires a signature. Insurance wise, it's a major screw job in the $201 to $300 range at $4.60. Then it's 90c per $100 above that.

Russ, NCNE

Writersblock · May 15, 2007 4:08PM

<< The new labels, (up to $200), are numbered and entered in the system just like the blue labels. The difference is that delivery is noted electronically without a signature. Blue label ($201 and up), still requires a signature. >>

Sounds like they combined the low value insurance with delivery confirmation. You now pay for the insurance up to $200 and they can say "yes it was delivered. Of course we don't know where or to who. But since it was 'delivered', your out of luck."

Longacre · May 15, 2007 8:06PM

Those changes are unusual.

billboat · May 15, 2007 9:21PM

<< And the left gets dumber... >>

Never realized that the Post Office was a liberal/left wing organization....

fcloud · May 15, 2007 10:56PM

All the workers needed to do in the past was to look at the postage paid and they would have still been able to figure out which is worth more. I think it doesn't matter.

thebeav · May 15, 2007 11:09PM

<< Buy the forever stamps when you buy stamps and they are supposed to work forever no matter the price going up! Do you think this is real? >>

Of course it's real. The real issue is, looking at a first class rate chart for the last 40 years, rate increases have averaged 3% per year.
It's not too hard to do better with your money than that.

OPA · May 15, 2007 11:16PM

<< 

<< Buy the forever stamps when you buy stamps and they are supposed to work forever no matter the price going up! Do you think this is real? >>

Of course it's real. The real issue is, looking at a first class rate chart for the last 40 years, rate increases have averaged 3% per year.
It's not too hard to do better with your money than that. >>

Agreed...It amazes me what the cost of 1st class mail is in Europe....Got to be at least double of what we are paying. Our rates are probably still one of the lowest on this Planet.

DIMEMAN · May 15, 2007 11:43PM

Very stupid new idea!

Another thing that pisses me off is when you file a claim for lost or damaged goods you have to prove the value.

If you PAID the freakin insurance it shouldn't matter.

I should be able to send a dog turd and insure it for $500 and if they loose it.........they owe me 500 freakin dollars!!!!!

Get a rope! Find a tree!

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