Posted by Gunther Gloop on 09/22/30 11:39

Andy F Batter wrote:
> "Gunther Gloop" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> Since there is very little alternative, most 'customers' will have
>> to put up with the inevitably-shoddy service.
>
> You say that, but I do more than my fair share of trading, and in
> 5+years I've had just 1 dvd go missing, A Beuatiful Mind, bought from
> a Mr N Ince, who lived up north somewhere. None of my numerous dvd
> rentals have gone missing, all of my 100s of fannybatter.com
> deliveries made it to their customers.
>
> 200,000 items going missing sounds a lot, but based on 50million
> recipients, that's just one person in 250 missing 1 item of mail a
> year. I can live with those odds. I've had 1 dvd lost,
> statistically I'm not due my next loss till 2252. :-)
>
> I personally think we've got a pretty decent postal system. Proof of
> posting if asked for and retained is free and gives �30 of insurance.
> In unlikely event of something going missing you're covered anyway.

I love the Irish postal service. I seem to be in a minority, but I have a
nice postie and things don't generally go missing (ever -touching wood).
Still, I have a few friends in the post-office and *they* all complain that
staff and conditions are going/gone to the dogs. Things apparently are
getting worse (along UK-lines from what I hear).

Also, others seem to be on radio & tv complaining about the post regularly
for one reason or another.

Although I personally have no problem, I wouldn't go so far as to suggest
there is none, or that the problems are 'acceptable'. ;)

Thing is, as Trendy said, the 200,000 missing items are probably localised
to certain areas and at certain times of the year -when they're more prone
to reduce standards. If you were living in one of those places at those
times you would probably have a much higher ratio of missing post.

-Kevin.

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