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Postal Worker Accused Of Stealing Meds From War Vets, Selling To Others On Her Route
By Chris Morran on May 18, 2012 12:15 PM
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We've heard numerous stories about carriers for the U.S. Postal Service pilfering mail intended for others. But it seems like a lot of those stolen items just end up piling up in the carriers' homes. Here's a story of a mail carrier in California who robbed drugs intended for Peter to get paid by Paul. More »
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U.S. Postal Service Set To Close Or Combine 229 Mail Processing Sites
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 17, 2012 1:00 PM
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The U.S. Postal Service has announced its next step in the belt-tightening process of trying to cut down on its costs. It will close or consolidate operations at 140 mail processing sites through February 2013, said a postal official. More »
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Postal Worker Blames Illness On Leaking Package That The USPS Says Never Existed
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 14, 2012 10:00 AM
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A postal worker in Florida says a mysterious leaking package coming from Yemen has caused him to be super sick, but the U.S. Postal Service says that package doesn't even exist, and never has. The man has been to numerous doctors, and none have been able to diagnose his illness. More »
Postal Service Maybe Not Closing As Many Post Offices As Planned
By Chris Morran on May 9, 2012 11:45 AM
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It was last July that the US Postal Service announced it was considering closing around 3,700 of its approximately 32,000 outlets around the country, many of them in rural areas. But earlier today the Postmaster General unveiled yet another plan that could keep hundreds of these offices from closing outright. More »
Another Seller Swears Off eBay Forever
By Laura Northrup on May 2, 2012 11:30 AM
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There was a time, around approximately 2001, when eBay was a global marketplace where you could easily and efficiently unload items with any market value that you wanted to get rid of. Now, it's more of a global flea market full of scams and villainy. eBay and its old accomplice, the U.S. Postal Service, worked together to make Keith's old iPhone disappear into the ether. More »
NewEgg Sends Package To Wrong Address, Shrugs
By Laura Northrup on April 23, 2012 10:30 AM
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When Jessica placed her NewEgg order, she provided them with a shipping address. This turned out to be a waste of her time, since NewEgg just went ahead and picked an address to send the package to out of her PayPal account. Not the one associated with her credit card, or her primary address on the account. Certainly not the address where she actually lives. Their customer service representative's solution? Wish really, really hard that the person who ultimately received the package would return it so she can get a refund. She hung up and called back until she got someone competent. More »
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Austin Realizes Not Everyone Loves Junk Mail, Gives People Way To Opt Out
By Chris Morran on April 20, 2012 5:15 PM
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Contrary to the opinion of Nevada Senator Harry Reid, not everyone view junk mail as an indispensable conduit between elderly Americans and the outside world. In fact, most of us would rather do without it. That's why officials in Austin took time off from rehearsing with their ska/bluegrass fusion trios to become the latest city to give residents a way to opt out of receiving unwanted mail. More »
Senator Bums Everyone Out, Says "Elderly People Love Junk Mail"
By Chris Morran on April 20, 2012 9:15 AM
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There are few images more heartbreakingly depressing than an elderly person who eagerly awaits the daily delivery of mail — even junk mail — just so they'll have something to look at that afternoon. But according to Nevada Senator Harry Reid, this is precisely why everything must be done to save the U.S. Postal Service. More »
Mail Carriers Unveil Their Plan For Saving Postal Service
By Chris Morran on April 17, 2012 3:30 PM
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Two months after the U.S. Postal Service's Postmaster General announced how USPS leadership intends to resuscitate the wheezing institution by cutting jobs, raising rates and ending Saturday delivery, the union representing the nation's mail carriers has gone public with the changes it believes are needed to keep the USPS from becoming irreversibly insolvent. More »
USPS Turns Box Into Accordion, Hopes You Won't Notice
By Laura Northrup on April 17, 2012 10:30 AM
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When Chris received this package in the mail, he assumed that his mail carrier had crammed it in his mailbox with overwhelming force. That wasn't the case, though. The truth is more mysterious and much weirder. More »
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American Airlines Voucher Disappears In The Mail, Airline Shrugs
By Laura Northrup on April 6, 2012 1:30 PM
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The original copy of an air travel voucher has mystical powers, and flights can only be scheduled using the original copy. At least, that's the impression we get from Ashley's experience. When she went to redeem her voucher, she mailed it in, as required. Only the tracking number hasn't been scanned in the USPS system, and there's no sign of the voucher. More »
The One Junk Mailer That Won't Remove Me From Their List
By Laura Northrup on March 29, 2012 10:30 AM
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Christopher has a mission. That mission is to eliminate junk mail from his life. Maybe to save his time and sanity, maybe to save the planet, maybe both. Most companies he's called have been happy to oblige: they save money and earn goodwill by leaving him alone, after all. But one junk mail purveyor won't stop. That company is Mailsouth. More »
Worst Company In America Sweet 16: USPS Vs. Facebook
March 21, 2012 2:00 PM
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The old world clashes with the new this afternoon as the company that used to connect people around the country tries to take down the website that everyone now uses to show off photos of their kids. More »
Please Join Us In Welcoming Your Worst Company In America 2012 Sweet 16!
March 21, 2012 9:30 AM
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The floor of the Worst Company In America BattleDome is stained with the blood of the vanquished. But only one company can earn the privilege of placing the WCIA Golden Poo in its trophy case, so the violence must continue. More »
Worst Company In America Round One: UPS Vs. USPS
March 16, 2012 12:00 PM
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We hope these two parcel-punting pugilists know how to deliver the punches, because they both seem to have a problem delivering your packages. More »
Here It Is, Your Lineup For Worst Company In America 2012!
March 12, 2012 12:00 PM
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Welcome to Consumerist's 7th Annual Worst Company In America tournament, where the businesses you nominated face off for a title that none of them will publicly admit to wanting — but which all of them try their hardest to earn. So it's time to fill in the brackets and start another office pool. That is, unless you work at one of the 32 companies competing in the tournament. More »
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Package Vanishes Into Thin Air Inside The Post Office
By Laura Northrup on March 2, 2012 9:31 AM
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Anthony's faith in the U.S. Postal service was clearly misplaced. He dropped off a package with a prepaid label at a local post office, with the misguided belief that it would enter the shipping system, and that the delivery confirmation barcode on the label would show the package's path through the mails. That's not what happened. What happened was that the prepaid label, with no package attached, was returned to Anthony's house. Where's the package? No one knows. But it's not the post office's problem, since there's no proof that he even mailed it in the first place. More »
35,000 Pink Slips Are In The Mail For USPS Employees
By Chris Morran on February 24, 2012 8:15 AM
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As we wrote back in September, the U.S. Postal Service was looking at closing more than half of its mail processing centers around the nation, which was predicted would translate into around 35,000 lost jobs. Last night, the USPS finally announced that while some of those centers have survived the executioner's blade, the number of layoffs will remain about the same. More »
Here Are The Tattered Remains Of An Attempt To Mail Some Textbooks
By Laura Northrup on January 27, 2012 9:00 AM
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Victoria mailed some textbooks worth $275 in what seemed like secure packaging. The postal service returned the packaging to her, but the textbooks were never seen again. She opted not to insure the package, figuring that no one could do that much damage to heavy hardcover textbooks. She was overly optimistic. More »
Wells Fargo Thinks USPS Is Fastest Way To Tell Me About Bounced Check
By Chris Morran on January 24, 2012 2:15 PM
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When you think of the fastest, most-efficient way for a business to contact a customer about a problem, you obviously think of an antiquated, bloated, nearly insolvent government-operated organization that is synonymous with sloth. Oh wait — you don't? Well, Wells Fargo apparently does. More »
