United States Postal Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Just got off the phone with a 'customer service' representative from the USPS. Rather unhelpful. I've been getting my magazines up to a week after they're appearing on the newstands, a bunch of mail mysteriously showed up on a Saturday 3 weeks after having been missing, and I've yet to receive my overdraft Wells Fargo Credit Card after a month and a half. Even though I have received a statement already.


Oh, and I was informed that 'There is NO GUARANTEED DELIVERY time' for any piece of mail. So, if the magazine takes 2 months to arrive that's ok by the Postal Service. If it takes 2 years, that, too, is ok.

Strangely, hint, hint, the USPS has the same birthday as me. So the lesson here is to send online birthday cards, cause your postcards may never show.


United States Postal Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The United States Postal Service (USPS) is the United States government-owned corporation responsible for providing postal service in the United States; it is generally referred to within the United States as 'the post office.' It was created on July 26, 1775, by decree of the Second Continental Congress, and exists today under the clause in the United States Constitution empowering Congress 'To establish Post Offices and post Roads.' Originally a cabinet department, it was later converted to a government-owned corporation. Competition from e-mail and private operations such as United Parcel Service, FedEx, and DHL has forced USPS to adjust its business strategy and to modernize its products and services. The Department of Defense and the USPS jointly operate a postal system to deliver mail for the military known as the Army/Air Force Post Office and the Fleet Post Office."