Post office aims to leave yesterday's image behind

Postal Service's new advertising campaign tries to convey improvements to its service and technology, such as its Web site.
The New York Times

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[solrosenberg]

Today's Welfare Mama

Ah yes, everyone's favorite government-enforced monopoly.

[CharlesAA]

I'd Like To Get My Mail

When "Today's Mail" contains loads of junk and they keep rotating my carrier so I get mail for people that haven't lived at my house for years, I say no thank you. (Even when I've talked to the postmaster several times, added label to my mailbox of who lives there and have a bright orange tag at the post office with the same information).<br /><br />The only reason I haven't nailed shut the mailbox is because rebate checks aren't being direct deposited.

[bjohnmas]

Yeah Right...just today

I had an issue with the local post office. Spoke with the carrier supervisor who couldn't have been more sarcastic. Got the number for the regional consumer affairs office, and they had their after hours message already playing 20 minutes before the time they were supposed to be closed. Called the ASK USPS number back, and of course, they can't help me because the other office is obviously already closed. Talk about circular reasoning.<br /><br />I'd much rather they spend their advertising dollars on hiring some people that care about their customers. Is it any wonder no one wants to deal with the post office?

[Heebee Jeebies]

Why Exactly Does the Post Office Need to Advertise?

Where else you going to go to mail a letter? I mean really. For a government agency that isn't supposed to be making a profit they seem to be doing pretty good. But, then greed does that.<br /><br />Robert

[Save_Me_from_my_Govt]

Yesterday's technology TODAY!

They still can't get a letter from the nearest big city (a distance of 35 miles) to my house in less than 5 days. The "services" they say they've added are the same services they had 20 years ago, but now instead of it being part of their standard service, they charge twice as much as UPS or FedEx.<br /><br />The reason they're associated only with bills and junk-mail is because everyone is using other means to communicate; in large part, because the cost of postage keeps going up and the service doesn't get any better... HELLO!?!?!?