[Assam] The other side of USPS

[Krishnendu Chakraborty]

USPS-Fedex collaboration is cheaper then Fedex for an
average customer. 

However,  I was talking about UPS (Not USPS or Fedex)
which I have used a couple of times.  The service have
been good and the cost is not too high .  For a 0.5 lb
package, UPS charges around $55 against the $38 or so
by USPS-Fedex collaboration.  I just got hooked by the
USPS low cost .

BTW,  the minimum cost for Fedex (0.5 lbs) is around
$58  not $75.  
Also,  USPS International Express Service guarantees
delivery only in a very limited set of countries
(Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea).  This
info is as per guidelines published in USPS website
... http://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immc2_008.htm .




>*** Yes of course, Fedex could be expected to be a
better service 
provider than the USPS, and that's why they also cost
a whole lot 
more.

>I saw a big poster in our neighborhood, by no means a
high-rent 
>district, that showed the various services USPS
provides , including 
the FedEx collaborated Guaranteed three( ?)  business
days service, 
which cost the same ( $ 75.00 ??) as FedEx.  Under the
circumstances, 
why would one want to go the USPS route, if the cost
is same as 
FedEx's?

>I used the USPS International Express service that
guarantees seven 
business days delivery, which cost $ 27.00-- a big
saving from the $ 
75.00 Fedex collaborated three bus. days guaranteed
svc.



>  >..... stick to UPS for time
sensitive international mail.

>*** Did you mean Fedex? or UPS ( as opposed to USPS)
?

--- Krishnendu Chakraborty <krish_gau at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> My bad.  I forgot that you are an Amerikaan and not
> an
> Assamese :)  Or may be ,  I thought you have taken
> up
> the arduous task of fixing flaws of USPS :-)
> 
> I am aware of this Amerikaan Mannerism  but in my
> experience I always heard something like - " I would
> have  done this "  instead of  "I will ..."   . 
> Learning never ends.  
> 
> Going to the  top indeed help as have been my
> experience with MTNL, Mumbai (new phone activated in
> less then 30 minutes once I met the DGM).
> 
> The good news is,  Fedex turned to be much better
> then
> USPS in customer Service.  They have rectified the
> duplicate billing issue.  Yet to work out the
> Service
> Guarantee refund but I am hopeful that Fedex will
> work
> it out.  
> 
> I have found a simpler solution than writing to Post
> Master or Congressman ..... stick to UPS for time
> sensitive international mail.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >*** When I wrote "I will write to my Congressman" 
> or
>  "--- to my 
> >Post Master --- " , it is a polite way of saying
> "you
> should be doing 
> >that". It is an American mannerism, 'kothaar maat'.
> 
> >I wish I could help. But I am too bust  with too
> many
> different 
> >things.  I am sure you are quite able to pursue it
> on
> your on. Good 
> >luck.
> 
> >If the Post Master  gives you the run-around, which
> I
> don't expect 
> >him to, a call to the elected rep. does wonders. A
> few years back, we 
> >could not get cable in our house. After two years
> of
> getting the run 
> >around from the cable company ( because the house
> sets back more than 
> >the 200 feet or so that they are required to string
> cables to) I 
> >called our County Councilman's office. The clerk
> made
> one call and we 
> >got cable within the next two weeks. Did not even
> have to pay the 
> >extra fees for 200 yards of cable laying that I
> anticipated paying.
> 
> >I told the story to my fellow Board Members of our
> large neighborhood 
> >association about a a year or so back. Our leader
> remembered it. He 
> >too had been having the same problem. So he
> inquired
> again how 
> >exactly I got results. Told him again. He called
> the
> same 
> >Councilman's office, and voila--a month later he
> had
> cable.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 12:35 PM -0700 4/25/08, Krishnendu Chakraborty
> wrote:
> >Thanks C'da.  I have sent all details (dates,
> >locations etc) to you separately.   Please keep us
> >posted on the progress/response.
> >
> >USPS domestic service is great but for
> International
> >Service I found UPS to be more reliable. 
> >An occassional miss (by USPS, Fedex, UPS ,  any
> body)
> >is perfectly understandable but the attitude of
> >passing the buck is definitely not acceptable ...
> >particularly when you are paying such a high
> service
> >charge.
> >
> >Did you use the same service (GXG) or the regular
> >Postal Service?  How was the delivery ? Did they
> stick
> >to commitment?
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>  >I would compile the facts, and send it to my
> >>  Congressman. And follow
> >>  up with him/her in two weeks or so.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>     
> >>
> 
> 
> 
>      
>
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