USPS Office of Inspector General

Comments (15)

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  Kathy Hammond

  The USPS needs to be competitive with todays mailing options. Sending wine to the states that allow wine with the proper restrictions is a no brainer for the USPS. Massive revenue is just waiting for the USPS to put the ducks in a row! You need to keep pace/exceed UPS and FedEx.

  Jun 21, 2016

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  Smokes and the law

  What is it that makes alcohol ok and tobacco not ok? As the article states, there has been a 100 year ban on mailing alcohol but USPS recently banned tobacco shipments. Why one and not the other? Also, has anyone looked to see whether these other carriers are checking ID's? I don't think USPS should have requirements FEDex and Brown do not have.

  Jun 18, 2012

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  jrk

  I would not know, however my son is in the wine business. I asked him what he thought. He said "I wish they knew how to ship my wine, but when I shipped my XMAS presents to my customers, 30-40% didn't get the gift

  Jun 18, 2012

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  Kevin W.

  As the person who delivers the mail for me often leaves my mail on the floor, not even bothering to put it in the mailbox, I think the answer to that question is no. If the mail is junk mail, I am not upset, but this has been happening with parcels as well. I will not' trust the USPS with good drink if they cannot deliver other nonpotable items. If they would take the extra step to perform efficient service then my opinion might be different.

  Jun 17, 2012

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  Wanda

  I am all for shipping any safe liquids including alcohol. When doing USPS water samples for field offices, I have to use FEDEX to ship the samples to the labs. This is revenue that USPS is putting in the hands of their competitors. As far as checking IDs for proof of age, that is the responsibility of the seller, not the shipper. I do have speciality wines shipped in from my wine club (CA & WA) to my home in MD and the packaging is very sound... never had a broken or leaking bottle. If Postal follows the same procedures that FEDEX and UPS utilizes, we should not have a problem.

  Jun 15, 2012

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  Tippy

  By all means, alcohol should be allowed to be sent through the mail. Does an adult need to sign for it? Does an adult need to sign for perscriptions? The answer is no. The Postal Service needs to seek out any means of new buisness. The biggest problem and enemies of the Postal Service is the House of Representatives. If they didn't hate the Post Office and the unions so bad all the problems could be fixed.

  Jun 14, 2012

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  Ed

  I think the Postal Service should look more at periodical and standard discounted mail. Why give publishers discounts to walk sequence their mail and the P.O. turns around and runs it through our machines to comingle with other discounted mail

  Jun 14, 2012

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  Mail Handler Ex...

  I already see bottles of alcohol breaking open when we dump the container of parcels onto the feed belt on the APBS. There aren't many since they aren't supposed to be there anyway. I can imagine there will be many more breaking open if we're starting to deliver them. There needs to be some sort of rule that these parcels will be handled by hand only, or there will be lots of problems. The Postal Service should explore the possibility of shipping ammunition also. UPS and FEDEX ship these now and we're losing out on a lot of money. Ammo is safe to ship. None of our parcels are exposed to anything that would make it unsafe.

  Jun 14, 2012

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  Mark

  This would seem to be a No Brainer. Is the Flat Earth Society running the show? Please, start modernizing by removing this restriction. As far as carding deliveries, somehow UPS and FEDup are doing it so it would seem possible somehow. Get cracking! Mark

  Jun 11, 2012

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  Melita

  I THINK WE SHOULD OFFER SHIPPING OF ALCOHOL. I HAVE TO TURN REVENUE AWAY FROM THE RETAIL WINDOW AT LEAST 3 TIMES A MONTH. I KNOW THAT PEOPLE LIE ABOUT WHAT IS IN THEIR BOXES, SO IF WE MAKE IT LEGAL TO SHIP WE CAN MAKE SURE THE PACKAGE IS MARKED PROPERLY. IF WE MADE SPECIAL PACKAGEING JUST FOR ALCOHOL THEN WE WILL ENSURE IT GETS FROM POINT A TO POINT B IN ONE PEICE. I HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE TO CHECK WITH THE AIRLINES THEY ARE FLYING WITH, SOME OF THEM WILL LET THEM TAKE IT IF IT IS PROPERLY PACKAGED.

  Jun 11, 2012

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  Kris

  I think we should look at all revenue possibilities, even if that requires a signature. We don't need to give profits to UPS & FedX and end up without a job. I see it as a great revenue for the post office.

  Jun 11, 2012

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  Cathy

  As far as handling alcohol, I think it would be a good revenue generator if the parcels containing the alcohol could be handled carefully to minimize damage and/or breakage. Would the entire parcel sorting procedure have to be revamped? Would the profits outweigh the costs to change the parcel sorting procedure? There are already way too many little committees in place that cost the postal service much more than the work/product they output.

  Jun 11, 2012

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  Slayton

  Why not? Anything that can be mailed safely and generate revenue is a great asset to the P.O. We should look into all suggestions and ideas with open eyes and try to save what congress is hellbent on destroying!!!

  Jun 11, 2012

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  pat

  I don't want it to be my job to card people for their parcels.

  Jun 11, 2012