Doing the right thing.

I need some help making a decision.

Somebody I know contacted me asking for advice on a finish nailer purchase. I gave him several options and then remembered I had one new out in my shop I wasn't using. I looked up the lowest price on ebay $150 and gave it to him for $120.

Sent it via USPS priority Feb 4th. Hasn't arrived to his house. USPS says we're screwed - they lost it but don't offer anything at all.

I have a couple used finish guns or a new brad nailer I've offered.

I don't know the other guy's proposed solution. We haven't talked about it since yesterday. I'm not sure I'm on the hook for the entire $120 since I did everything right. I definitely don't think he should absorb the entire cost either.

So, what do think?

Originally Posted by jettio

One thing I would recommend not doing is going back to the post office and saying that if they do not find your fuckin' gun in ten minutes, you will come in with a bigger gun and spray this fuckin' place.

I did that but I told them my name was Tom Cash so I think I'm gonna be okay.

[jettio]

Originally Posted by Phobia

I did that but I told them my name was Tom Cash so I think I'm gonna be okay.

There is probably some rookie postal inspector somewhere sorting through 3,000 internet aliases tonight.

Tough break, I would be bummed in that situation. Maybe you are due for some good fortune payback soon.

Originally Posted by jettio

There is probably some rookie postal inspector somewhere sorting through 3,000 internet aliases tonight.

Tough break, I would be bummed in that situation. Maybe you are due for some good fortune payback soon.

Nah - this is but a small setback. I have good fortune every day of my life.

[jettio]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Nah - this is but a small setback. I have good fortune every day of my life.

[R8RFAN]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Well shit Ed, I thought we were talking about an anonymous buyer, not a good friend of his. I'd take your word in a heartbeat.

Remove doubt and firmly plant lips to ass

[Dave Lane]

USPS is great for shipping, I send 10-15 packages a week and they all get there. One key is use priority mail online. You get free tracking, free boxes, and free delivery confirmation.

Originally Posted by Phobia

Yeah, I think I'm done with USPS. I can't stomach getting ripped like that. No apology, no explanation, no idea.

I'll definitely make it work out for Ed. I'm thinking about sending him both guns so he can figure out what he wants to keep and then he can bring the other back next time he comes through town to visit his family.

Originally Posted by Dave Lane

USPS is great for shipping, I send 10-15 packages a week and they all get there. One key is use priority mail online. You get free tracking, free boxes, and free delivery confirmation.

That's what we used. Got the whole setup here at the house. Free pickup at the house is cool too.

[Deberg_1990]

Wow, now i know why people go "Postal" good grief, id be pissed.

[R8RFAN]

Subsidized by the gubment and loses money every year.... USPS


Use Fedex or UPS

Fedex preferably

[threebag]

A Spike Lee joint

[Rasputin]

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NEWMAN!

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by R8ers

Subsidized by the gubment and loses money every year.... USPS


Use Fedex or UPS

Fedex preferably

Just for the record, the subsidy thing is false, for the most part:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...Postal_Service

Since its reorganization into an independent organization, the USPS has become self-sufficient and has not directly received taxpayer-dollars since the early 1980s with the minor exception of subsidies for costs associated with the disabled and overseas voters. However, it is currently borrowing money from the U.S. Treasury to pay its deficits.

That said, if I want something to get there on time and intact, I use UPS or FedEx.

I know countless carriers, postmasters, and workers so I've always wanted to support USPS when possible. Plus, I don't believe in using businesses that can afford to buy superbowl commercials. But, I also don't believe in taking a screwing.

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Just for the record, the subsidy thing is false, for the most part:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...Postal_Service


That said, if I want something to get there on time and intact, I use UPS or FedEx.

Our local post office is evidence they are trying to make a profit, as the building is for sale. They then plan to lease it back. Too bad it is such crap market for industrial buildings.

But if they were truly serious about making a profit, they would Merge with the extremely large Carol Stream post office, about a mile and a half away. It just makes no sense to me to have both, and I am about 3/4 of a mile away from each.

I wonder how many times this situation is duplicated around the country? Even the U.S. Military has eliminated a lot of this kind of duplication.

[R8RFAN]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Just for the record, the subsidy thing is false, for the most part:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...Postal_Service


That said, if I want something to get there on time and intact, I use UPS or FedEx.

Just for the record, you are wrong again...

No, the USPS is a Business!
the Postal Service takes on some several very non-governmental attributes via the powers granted to it under Title 39, Section 401, which include:

• power to sue (and be sued) under its own name;

• power to adopt, amend and repeal its own regulations;

• power to "enter into and perform contracts, execute instruments, and determine the character of, and necessity for, its expenditures";

• power to buy, sell and lease private property; and,

• power to build, operate, lease and maintain buildings and facilities.

All of which are typical functions and powers of a private business. However, unlike other private businesses, the Postal Service is exempt from paying federal taxes. USPS can borrow money at discounted rates, and can condemn and acquire private property under governmental rights of eminent domain.

which means it's subsidized ... they compete with UPS AND FedEx and those two are not exempt from federal taxes.

How many businesses you know of that can lose money every year in their existence and still survive?

The USPS does get some taxpayer support. Around $96 million is budgeted annually by Congress for the "Postal Service Fund." These funds are used to compensate USPS for postage-free mailing for all legally blind persons and for mail-in election ballots sent from US citizens living overseas. A portion of the funds also pays USPS for providing address information to state and local child support enforcement agencies, and for keeping some rural posts offices in operation.
Under federal law, only the Postal Service can handle or charge postage for handling letters. Despite this virtual monopoly worth some $45 billion a year, the law does not require that the Postal Service make a profit -- only break even. Still, the US Postal Service has averaged a profit of over $1 billion per year in each of the last five years. Yet, Postal Service officials argue that they must continue to raise postage at regular intervals in order make up for the increased use of email.