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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 16-Apr-17 05:34 PM, Paul Johnson
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 10:04 AM,
Marc Gemis <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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class="">On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Paul Johnson
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> How is it not a post office that just happens to
have an operator other than<br>
> the state?<br>
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</span>So if I ask you "where is the nearest post office?"
, it is possible<br>
that you send me to a DHL office ?<br>
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<div>If it's not unambiguous by context that one is
expecting a US Post Office specifically, I might point you
in the direction of a Postal Annex, UPS Store, FedEx
Office or Lone Star Express, since they all offer
approximately the same services (passport photos, shipping
and packaging being the common elements) and are probably
closer than a US Post Office. Now, if someone were to ask
me "Where's the post office for 74137", then I'd give 'em
directions to the US Post Office in downtown Jenks,
Oklahoma, which serves that town and adjacent
neighborhoods in Tulsa.</div>
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When I ask for a 'post office' in Australia, New Zealand or the UK
... I get directed to a government run official Post Office
(Australia Post, <span class="st">New Zealand Post or</span> Royal
Mail). <br>
It has been some time, but when I was last in Greece and asked for a
'post office' the directions then were also to a government run
official Post Office. <br>
I would find it most strange to be directed to a courier! <br>
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I have had some difficulty in getting some American internet firms
to 'post' stuff rather than 'courier' it. <br>
Once they do it though they seam less reluctant the next time, once
I even got a email saying how efficient the USPS was for the
dispatch. <br>
There are some US firms that only send by USPS! There are others
that refuse to do so and therefore lack my custom. <br>
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My impression is that worldwide the branding of 'Post Office'
implies a government run service with international links to other
'Post Offices'. <br>
A 'posted' item would be through the 'Post Office' no mater the
sending or receiving countries. <br>
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A 'couriered' item could be dispatched by one firm and then
delivered by another firm as some firms do not have worldwide
coverage but rely on agreements with other firms. <br>
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