From: derek strine (minimade@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Mon Jul 08 2002 - 15:10:48 PDT
I had the a payment to DRMO take 6 days in a priority mail envelope. The
drive is almost 11/2 hours.(and first class would have been quicker?)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Cole" <DavidCole@tk7.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] MV Magazine
> Wouldn't it be nice to know what path it took to get from that mail box to
that PO box?
>
> Somethings we will never know.
>
> USPS seems to be slower than ever and more expensive than ever. I used
to pay $6.45 to ship a package via USPS Priority mail on a regular basis.
When
> the rate hike kicked in, it went to $8.50 for the exact same package, same
weight, same destination. That's almost a 33% increase! And in a bad
> economy! Only the USPS would do something that foolish!
>
> UPS and FEDEX ground - here is my business!
>
> Obligatory MV content - I don't believe I have ever seen an MV mail truck.
Did they ever make them?? Or was 45 mph simply too fast?
>
> Dave
>
> 7/8/2002 2:06:41 PM, "J. Forster" <jfor@quik.com> wrote:
>
> >I've had a letter take a week to get from a 'local' mailbox outside a
post
> >office to a PO box inside the building, a distance of about 10 feet. A
snail
> >could easily have made it in an hour or two. It was a property tax
payment, and
> >it cost me a bundle in interest.
> >
> >-John
> >
> >
> >
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