No USPS outages this year

Wednesday, December 23, 2009, 12:16 PM
Thoughts by John (Article #255)

I just wanted to give credit where credit is due. Last year, the US Postal service API had serious problems. So far, it's been smooth sailing.

The biggest sales website I run actually ends up with a long season, due to Groundhog Day (I live in Punxsutawney, PA -- whattaya want?!). So, for my part, I don't get to breathe a sigh of relief until about two days after February 2.

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On the downside, USPS total mail volume looks to be very down. The postmaster was in the souvenir shop the other day when I went in, and he was giddy just to have someone shipping a pile of packages. Some serious Thunderdome throw down is going to be occurring this next decade among the USPS, UPS and FedEx. Thankfully, DHL and Airborne are already down for the count. Not so sure about losing the USPS.

Anyhoo . . . let's turn that frown upside down. That was way too negative.

Congrats to the USPS techies. You did your job well this year.

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