[Boatanchors] Why I don't Media Mail

[peter markavage]

I'm in full support of the USPS; I use it every day to mail my "stuff".
I'm just not a fan of "media mail" shipping. I never ship anything UPS
and I always cringe when the UPS truck pulls up to deliver something.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 18:26:49 -0600 Rod Hogg <revcom at wbsnet.org> writes:
> Well...
> 
> Just a note of support for the USPS, a buddy sent me a very 
> fragile,
> antique transmitting tube via the US Mail from Pheonix area to a 
> very
> small rural Kansas town and I got it in excellent condition the 
> very
> next day! Go figure.  (Thanks Larry)
> 
> So.... and same time I get on average of 8-15 boxes a day via both 
> UPS and FED EX Ground, and better than 1/2 are smashed, luckily the
> senders pack well.
> 
> Rod
> K0EQH
> REVCOM
> 
> 
> peter markavage wrote:
> > 
> > FYI:
> > For those who "believe" in media mail.
> > Just received a regular size package that took 44 days to go from
> > Michigan to Jersey. Where do these things go all this time. Some
> > marriages don't last this long.
> > 
> > Pete, wa2cwa