The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, January 4, 1996              TAG: 9601040003
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A12  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

USPS GRINCH

We pay and pay, but the U.S. Postal Service doesn't come through.

I paid $7.90 for priority service on Dec. 19 to Indiana after being assured by a postmistress about delivery.

I had planned to drive to a United Parcel Service station because I know ``UPS gets it through.'' The postmistress said, ``We do too.''

The package was delivered Dec. 26.

A daughter in Denver on Dec. 19 paid $3 for four cards in a packet - priority - also delivered Dec. 26.

Next year it's UPS all the way.

ARLENE WILLIAMS

Avon, N.C., Dec. 28, 1995 by CNB