We send (on average) 10,000 parcel packages a year. We did USPS, UPS, FedEx, USPS for a second time and ended up with UPS again. Every change, except the poor decision to switch to FedEx, was service related rather than financial. For a resident sending or receiving a letter/package or two a month, USPS is probably fine. But the cumulative effect makes the choice more clear. If everything else was equal, and it's not, UPS would still win hands-down for step-by-step tracking and claim service on the rare occasion something occurs.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)