Ah, the USPS. I can only speak for my local branch of this lovely organization, but if the rest of the United States Postal Service is anything like my lot, then it is made up primarily of lazy, incompetent imbeciles. Apparently, GameFly feels the same way, having lodged a formal complaint over the high number of damaged goods and the preferential treatment apparently given to competitors.
According to the videogame rental service, the USPS "adopted a practice of manually culling out the DVD mailers of two high-volume shippers of DVDs, Netflix and Blockbuster, for special processing." Gamefly alleges that it was denied similar preferential treatment when requested.
GameFly also asserts that in-transit breakages are still happening despite efforts on the company's part to use cardboard protectors and "tests with larger mailers." The breakage rate is at 1%, which doesn't sound very high but is apparently a big deal to the rental service. It's not just damage that's irked GameFly, however, as the complaint also focuses on outright theft by USPS employees. The USPS has already seen the arrest of 19 employees due to hands in the cookie jar.
Since the USPS is a government entity, I'm sure not a lot will be done. That's a shame, because I'd personally like to strangle a number of wankers working there, such as the mongs who can't be bothered to walk their lazy arses to my door with important packages, or whatever idiot decided to shred my Game Informer as he stuffed it into the mailbox like he was Mike Tyson fisting Miley Cyrus.
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11:00 AM on 04.25.2009
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"Mike Tyson fisting Miley Cyrus" every Jimarticle has a gem like this one :D
So yeah, I can see why gamefly is upset. So am I.
Oh god. I read Destructoid to hear Jim Sterling's worthless opinions on politics. USPS is one of the most reliable and efficient services, either government or private, in the world. Yes, yes, I know, and bunch of stupid fucks like Mr. Sterling will cite a bunch of anecdotes here about how one letter out of the tens of thousands you've received wasn't in the best condition.
It is rich to see you call someone else lazy, you fat fuck.
I'll give you this much, at least your put an avitar on yourself.
When I lived in belgium I would get about 3/4 of my mail. And about 1/2 of that was damaged in some way.
God I hate my homeland.
If you add up how much it would cost a month just in disk replacement for a company of Gamefly's size, I've seen it cost them 250,000-300,000 a month. That is a decent amount of money, that could easily be lowered just by giving them the special waiver that they give Blockbuster and Netflix
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No such luck...
Also the usps is full of cunts. I'm pretty sure my mail person has been pulling off the rough paper covers on my magazines, pisses me off.
Long story short, there is a reason why nobody wants to use USPS and they are losing monies: they are (mostly) idiots.
Also one of the reasons I am afraid to use Gamefly as much as I want to. USPS lost a disc in the mail and GF tried to charge my friend $100 for it.
are you in Houston by chance?
and yeah its sad that for every 222 packages im expecting like 5 turn up missing
Protip: The word "government" does not not always mean someone is sharing a political opinion.
Although you may be if you think theft and damage should be ignored. How many games have you stolen?
I'm hearing that Blockbuster is going to do video game rentals through the mail...if they don't bundle it with movie rentals (I'm not dropping Netflix) and you can return games to the store, I'll be all over it.
To all the "I DON;T HAVE USPS PROBLEM COMPLAINERS"
Guess what? I've lived in 4 completely different areas, and in every one, the USPS has sucked hard. True, it may be perfectly fine in your particular area, but the truth is they are generally underpaid, overworked, and under qualified.
Also Yutt loves fat jokes, apparently.
Also, obligatory comment mocking yutt.
For some reason, I find that quote hilarious.
Anyway, it's always good to see some USPS staff who aren't arseholes, and are also smart enough to realize I never said everybody in the service are stupid. I just wish you were working in Jackson so I could get my fucking mail on time.
The postal service here is great. But probably only because everyone working for them has finished high school.
Gamefly really needs to fuck off, they're getting a hell of a service (one that COMPLETELY facilitates their business) for far less than it should cost because the USPS is desperate to stay in business. The people Gamefly SHOULD be suing are the dickwads who use their service as a way to replace discs that they broke by being careless.
There is a process but when you really screw up you'll be out of there in a split second. That goes from Armed Forces to your local Library. Especially if your almost retired, at that point they look for a reason to get rid of you.
I'd pay to see that
Then in the future, if you're so susceptible to "internet rage", perhaps it would behoove you to just skip over his articles instead of being a heel.
Oh no! Someone with an opinion you don't share! The outrage!
All I do is write on a Web site. If a series of articles that you could very easily not read are affecting you so seriously, it might be a good idea to seek some sort of therapy. I hate to think that I'm upsetting anybody, not least in such a serious and worrying way.
And with a rental service, 1% damaged goods is a serious deal, because these companies depend on repeat customers. One percent damaged goods means that maybe 0.5% will never use your service again, which quickly adds up.
Also, Yutt, the Postal service is devoid of any "politics" - it runs the same whoever is in power. That's like saying if Jim complained about the weather in his state, he would be complaining about blue states versus red states. It doesn't make sense. The only reason why anyone would get offended by this is if they or a relative work for the Postal Service.
And remember, a Postal Service is supposed to treat mail correctly and with the UPMOST respect. Far too many posties don't seem to have enthusiasm for their job.
Oh and Peytomanning - way to go with the ad hominem attack. Brilliant, it really proves your point, whatever that point is. Remember, we can't see or know what you look like either, so we can't make insults based on your physical description. Must feel like a BRAVE, BRAVE MAN hiding behind that screen name. And before you make the same accusation at me, I'm not insulting people based on how they look like.