Trump-era Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is...

[FelineOverlord]

Link to tweet

[pwb]

1. We have Mercedes Postal owned trucks he bought

delivering packages? Use to be things were all made in America in the USPS. The shoes and uniforms are all union made here. Trucks use to be too. This guy is ruining the Postal Service for his own gain. Sound familiar?

[senseandsensibility]

2. That's so cool that the USPS used to do that.

When did they stop? Or is it just the trucks?

[MichMan]

3. Those Mercedes trucks are made in the US in South Carolina

[SCantiGOP]

5. Right

Daimler and Chrysler merged several years ago, and the Sprinter van was relabeled from a Chrysler to a Mercedes.
They are assembled (not actually manufactured) near Charleston. The frames, engines and other major components are shipped in from other US and foreign vendors.

[liberalla]

4. When is this guy going to be gone? Can't they limit his authority to make big

changes/decisions while he's under investigation?

This is frustrating. I love the Post Office and hate to see it being ruined.

[Blue Owl]

6. Fuck that fucking fuckstick

[bucolic_frolic]

7. DeJoy is not any good at running it like a business, all he does is raise prices and make it worse

USPS has been investing billions into infrastructure for years. And prices keep going up. Fast. Now we have slower and "temporarily" ore expensive. When was the last time a price increase of anything was "temporary"????

I suspect Dejoy is feeding the USPS to make it more efficient for his private carriers - that's where our money is going. This is outrageous. Honestly, if I could detach from the USPS and from the phone companies like I did from Cable, I'd do it. Tomorrow. We are just bled and bled and bled some more.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Here are the temporary rate increases from the USPS site

https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2021/0810-usps-announces-proposed-temporary-rate-adjustments-for-2021-peak-holiday-season.htm

The planned price changes include:

Priority Mail, Priority Mail Express, Parcel Select Ground and USPS Retail Ground:

$0.75 increase for PM and PME Flat Rate Boxes and Envelopes.
$0.25 increase for Zones 1-4, 0-10 lbs.
$0.75 increase for Zones 5-9, 0-10 lbs.
$1.50 increase for Zones 1-4, 11-20 lbs.
$3.00 increase for Zones 5-9, 11-20lbs.
$2.50 increase for Zones 1-4, 21-70 lbs.
$5.00 increase for Zones 5-9, 21-70 lbs.

United States Postal Service Announces Proposed Temporary Rate Adjustments for 2021 Peak Holiday Season

Product


Current


Planned Increase

Parcel Select Destination
Delivery Unit (DDU)


Starts at $3.30


No change

Parcel Select Lightweight (DDU)


Starts at $2.15


No change

FCPS Commercial


Starts at $3.01


30 cents

FCPS Retail


Starts at $4.00


30 cents

Parcel Select Lightweight
(DSCF and DNDC)


Starts at $2.55


$1.00

Parcel Select DSCF


Starts at $4.84


$1.00

Parcel Select DNDC


Starts at $6.85


$1.00

Parcel Return Service


Starts at $3.21


$1.00

A full list of commercial and retail pricing can be found on the Postal Service’s Postal Explorer website https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/Notice123.htm

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These are heart attack rates!

[UTUSN]

9. Wasn't he locked out, how'd he get back in?

[Demovictory9]

10. ugh.

[bif]

11. Oh, you mean the mail that we now get twice a week?

The mail service of a third world country. Absolutely pathetic, what he's done. We haven't received our weekly newspaper in three weeks now. And when you call to complain, they pass the buck. How sad is that?