US Postal & Tour D France

OLKMED · Post by **OLKMED** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 2:00 am

The US Postal Service sponsers the US team in the Tour D France Bicycle racing.
(lance armstrong is in 2nd now. whoo hoo) And they must spend boatloads of money on these teams and putting their logo everyplace.

But why? why does the US postal service need to advertise? If i want to mail a letter I have to use them. There isn't any competition, but they keep raising their stamp prices

It's really frustrating me. And i just realized i must be really poor if i'm worrying about the price of stamps..

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wldkos · Post by **wldkos** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 2:15 am

good point

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:08 am

Hehe… I’ve never thought about that.

I watched a bit of le Tour de France, and I was a bit confused about something. Why do they have those cars and motorcycles on the road at the same time as the bikers? They seem to just get in the way…

Anyway, GO LANCE! Ha! I couldn’t really cheer for anyone else since that name is the only one I remember.

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MrSelf · Post by **MrSelf** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 6:08 pm

The US postal service does have to compete against Fedex, DHL, UPS, not just letters are delivered by mail, and most of the money made on shipping is done through real cargo, not letters.

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OLKMED · Post by **OLKMED** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 11:19 pm

ah...good thinking Mr. self
i haven't used US postal for a normal package in so long i kinda forgot about them providing that service........

is that really where they make the majority of their profits?

surprises me that it would be that and not plain ol' letters and postcards

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MrSelf · Post by **MrSelf** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 6:13 pm

Think businesses, they ship twice the letters, and lots of other packages, many more than residents do.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:02 pm

I bet they are glad you can’t e-mail packages.

Congrats to LANCE ARMSTRONG on his sixth Tour de France win. He’s amazing.

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Dumb Genius · Post by **Dumb Genius** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 12:40 am

haha my grand dad was a big fan of tour de france. he never missed one near his place.
for the us postal as the other companies, it's for prestige. also it will permit to favorize future contracts with big companies that might use their services. obviously they dont really care of "stamps buyer" like you

yeah armstring always win le maillot jaune, this guy is good

and Richard won again le maillot à pois
things never change...

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Bookworm · Post by **Bookworm** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 11:37 pm

I deliver mail for the US Postal Service, and as an employee, I would much rather see them spend the money on improving service than on a bike race. I believe this is the last year we are sponsering the team.

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