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I mail products every day through USPS just like a million other businesses. We resend about 1/25 packages every single day due to it being indefinitely delayed beyond some reasonable time line. We just eat the loss and move on, USPS is absolute disaster right now. I didn't even think about voting mail in ballots. That is going to be a major problem if the vote is close.

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I have had enough problems with USPS, both sending and receiving, that I no longer rely on them, and I'm just an average person who doesn't use USPS much. Whether it's first-class, certified mail, or priority mail with tracking–they all get lost at higher than acceptable rates. (Maybe domestic registered mail is the last reliable option.)

When a mail piece gets stuck or lost, there's no way to get help. USPS staff is generally unhelpful. It's a disaster.

> We resend about 1/25 packages every single day due to it being indefinitely delayed beyond some reasonable time line.

I've found USPS to be like the VA. They're excellent for us (W.Cent.FL). Other regions have horror stories.

Most of my USPS stories are very positive. The 1 or 2 protracted issues were resolved well - even if the gears ground somewhat slowly.

One of my clients is a web retailer. I grabbed a quick look at their shipment notifications back to June and didn't spot any USPS delivery issues. It's all small parcels so maybe that's a factor.

Most of it is because of Atlanta district. Palmetto is a major crisis that everyone is just ignoring. Prior to this year we never had much issues at all. Thousands of packages with maybe 1 missing because it was stolen after delivery. The problem now is all of our missed packages are sitting in a bin at palmetto indefinitely pushed into a corner. DeJoy needs to be fired but no one wants to do their job I guess.

My utility bills seem to arrive without issue.

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