As ck2 mentions, our experiences with USPS may be location specific. My experience is the exact opposite of yours, my local USPS shops (I patronize two locations almost daily) have been outstanding (adding postage to letters that need additional postage and leaving a note in my PO box asking to reimburse them, routing mislabel mail to my address, etc), and my experience at the local UPS/FedEx shops have been underwhelming and their hours generally suck.

I've shipped something like 3000 packages via USPS priority mail over the last 3 years, and there have been a grand total of two that have gotten lost (and I'm pretty sure that one of those two was a customer ripping me off). That's a much higher success rate than I've gotten with FedEx & UPS, at lower prices.

I guess the experience varies widely. I love USPS, very accessible and affordable, send anything up to 3 ounces in just a few days anywhere in the continental USA for $1.60

However I absolutely loathe, beyond description UPS. I wish Amazon used anything but UPS for prime, it ruins the whole experience.

Seriously? Having to pick up a package at UPS is usually the worst customer service experience I've had that week. I'd be pleased as punch if when they failed to deliver, they'd just drop it off at my local post office. I have spent over an hour in UPS more than once.

Count me in the USPS lovers. I'm from Canada, and the mail service there is horrible compared to south of the border.

USPS doesn't get any money from taxpayers.

It's all funded from postage.

This is an often repeated myth that is very mistaken.

You really want UPS doing to daily mail what they do to packages?

The USPS haven't received tax money for several decades.