True - but for A) a good deal more money, if not a heavy package and B) you have to arrange a pickup... and C) they don't pickup/deliver on Saturdays - unless you want to pay through the nose.

I get that they're feeling the crunch - but I don't see how (esp in the long term) outsourcing or otherwise drastically changing how they operate (other than closing some of the less-well-performing *considering their area (rural vs subirban or urban)*. Again, I'd pay a bit more for the postal service - especially for cards/letters.

Just - seems like there's gotta be a different way.

As someone who works in the security industry - for both jobs - it is a bit worrisome that "official use only" stuff coming from IRS or my bank could be handled by just any ole person, who may not have jack s* known about them other than legal age to work.