USPS refused to ship my eliquid

[Tanti]

How do you figure that? They are running at a loss and have been for several years. They are paid by the federal government. The federal government's source of income is our tax dollars. So yes, our tax dollars do fund the USPS.

I actually see this as a bit of a positive. I hope the USPS can survive but being forced to pre fund their benefits now means it is one less thing my daughter and her children will have to pay for in the future. The only way to keep our children and the children from being saddled with enormous debt is for us to suck it up today and do what has to be done.

Mail 5 days a week is fine with me as are increases in fees. I want my grandchildren to be free of this huge burden of debt.

The USPS has not directly received taxpayer-dollars since the early 1980s with the minor exception of subsidies for costs associated with the disabled and overseas voters. Since the 2006 all-time peak mail volume, after which Congress passed the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act", (which mandated $5.5 billion per year to be paid into an account to pre-fund retiree health-care, 75 years into the future, a requirement unique among organizations and businesses in the U.S.), revenue dropped sharply due to recession-influenced declining mail volume, prompting the postal service to look to other sources of revenue while cutting costs to reduce its budget deficit.

Post Office and U.S. Mail, is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States. It is one of the few government agencies explicitly authorized by the United States Constitution. The USPS traces its roots to 1775 during the Second Continental Congress, where Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first postmaster general. The cabinet-level Post Office Department was created in 1792 from Franklin's operation and transformed into its current form in 1971 under the Postal Reorganization Act.

From the USPS website, I know they dont watch close to all this tho.

There are rules and restrictions for what can and can’t be mailed.
This list is not exhaustive, but in most cases, you can't send…
•Alcohol — Alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, or liquor) are restricted and can’t go in the mail. If you’re reusing a box displaying alcohol brands, all logos and labels need to be completely removed.
•Perfume − Perfume containing alcohol is prohibited on air transportation, and can only be shipped domestically via surface transportation. Perfume containing alcohol is prohibited in international shipments.
•Prescription Drugs – Prescription medications can only be mailed by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registered entities. Similar regulations may apply to over-the-counter medications.
•Cigarettes & Smokeless tobacco – With few exceptions, cigarettes and smokeless tobacco shipments cannot be mailed.
See tobacco restrictions and guidelines ›
•Firearms – Only licensed manufacturers and dealers can mail or receive handguns. And even though unloaded rifles and shotguns are mailable, mailers must comply with all applicable regulations.

So maybe this person was new and following the rules as she thougth they are. I wouldnt tell anyone anything of what im shipping unless I have to, in years of e-bay sales I never had them ask me what was in the box.

 

[Centurion]

If it truly were combustible it wouldn't be vaporizable because applying a charge to it would ignite it. Vapor is the appearance of smoke without smoke. Next time a uniformed automaton asks you a question like that simply say "no."

[EDIT: Come to think of it I remember the last time I mailed something small and similar to family and I not only got the question "Is it anything liquid, hazardous, or blahblahblah?" but the lady behind the counter at the US Postal Office actually asked me straight up, "What is it?" when I replied to her first question with a "No."

 

[adeline]

I think you are misunderstanding my point, you made the point that the Federal Government gives money to the USPS for certain services, military, disabled....my point is, this is pretty common.

There are grants where a landlord can get a grant to build apartments and own them outright, provided for a period of time the landlord meets certain criteria, low income, handicapped accessability standards, military personnel and so on. This isn't actually subsidized housing, like Section 8, but subsidized building.

This is an aside to the overall point that the USPS has been gutted(something I do agree on).

I get you now.

The government provides services to the disabled and our military folk. Sometimes that's not a direct service, and instead is aid for those providing services. For the most part, this can be a good thing -- and works with the economy to some degree.

As a vet (and sister of a vet, daughter of a vet, granddaughter of a vet), I can't be upset that the USPS gets some federal funds for this purpose. Our troops definitely deserve more than they get. And ensuring care packages and letters from home get delivered to our troops abroad is one thing I hope the government doesn't stop funding.

 

[p-doze]

i was under the impression that a big chunk of the USPS's financial issues stem from their pension plan