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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8331692" data-attributes="member: 614752">I&#039;ve shipped tens of thousands of items through USPS and their rate of loss/damage is quite low compared to the other guys and I have NEVER had them deny an insurance claim when things go bad.&nbsp; UPS is notorious for destroying packages (I&#039;ve had about 40% of the stuff I&#039;ve shipped through them demolished), and they almost never honor their insurance claims.&nbsp;&nbsp; FedEx is slightly better about not destroying stuff and honoring insurance, but not by much.The catch with USPS on the local side is if you have some incompetents they&#039;re almost impossible to get rid of, so you MUST complain at every possible opportunity.&nbsp; It may take 10 or 12 complaints to rid yourself of a useless goldbricker.&nbsp;&nbsp; The problem is that much of their hiring is done via various preferences (diversity, veterans, know somebodys), and not so much by merit, and they have a really good union to protect the useless, incompetents, and layabouts.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen quite a few vets (God bless them) that were just plain tapped and had that helter skelter look about them and talk to themselves and mutter at you.&nbsp; It&#039;s a shock that you don&#039;t have any postal workers &quot;going postal&quot; anymore, because I&#039;ve seen some scary dudes in my travels.Still though, use insurance and you&#039;re fine.&nbsp; If it&#039;s something absolutely irreplaceable use registered mail.&nbsp; That&#039;s very secure handling and the only registered mail you might have issue with is to really sketchy third world countries... even then, I&#039;ve got registered packages to some pretty awful places without issue.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8331692, member: 614752"] I've shipped tens of thousands of items through USPS and their rate of loss/damage is quite low compared to the other guys and I have NEVER had them deny an insurance claim when things go bad. UPS is notorious for destroying packages (I've had about 40% of the stuff I've shipped through them demolished), and they almost never honor their insurance claims. FedEx is slightly better about not destroying stuff and honoring insurance, but not by much. The catch with USPS on the local side is if you have some incompetents they're almost impossible to get rid of, so you MUST complain at every possible opportunity. It may take 10 or 12 complaints to rid yourself of a useless goldbricker. The problem is that much of their hiring is done via various preferences (diversity, veterans, know somebodys), and not so much by merit, and they have a really good union to protect the useless, incompetents, and layabouts. I've seen quite a few vets (God bless them) that were just plain tapped and had that helter skelter look about them and talk to themselves and mutter at you. It's a shock that you don't have any postal workers "going postal" anymore, because I've seen some scary dudes in my travels. Still though, use insurance and you're fine. If it's something absolutely irreplaceable use registered mail. That's very secure handling and the only registered mail you might have issue with is to really sketchy third world countries... even then, I've got registered packages to some pretty awful places without issue. [/QUOTE]

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