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I’ve always waited in eager anticipation for that magical time of day when the mailman would show up and deliver goodies just like Santa. I’ve even tolerated the goofy 2 cent or so rate increases from year to year. But ever since I’ve learned that some of those increase are going to promote the US Postal Service to Europeans and other bicycling enthusiasts in general. Since when did this quasi-government department, (the only part of the federal government that breaks even every year) start getting greedy and in need of marketing? I’m sure most could care less, but since I don’t use a personal courier yet, why market a basic universal service everyone in the US uses?

Is that why we are forced to pay the postal rate increases, so that they can promote domestic mail delivery? Sure you pay for the advertising that NIKE and Cheerios puts out, but you can always buy the generic non-branded substitute at decent prices. Does the Post Office offer that? NO.

On a somewhat related matter, everytime I decide that a parcel I wish to mail might be overweight and needs to be sent without being returned, I’ve handed it to the worker behind the counter at the Post Office to correctly charge me. I was appalled recently when I thought it was close to weight and was actually under, but the worker insisted it was over and weighted it until it was over. Cheap.