I buy quite a bit of merchandise online. Between Brownells, and Stew-Mac, I usually get a package or two per week. The online shopping experience at Brownells is first class with one caveat - USPS. Their e-commerce system is well written and adequately sends notifications as your order progresses through the system. The notifications that alert you of the shipping of your order are great… unless you ended up with USPS shipping.

USPS generates a “tracking number” which is utterly useless. I cannot remember a single occasion where a USPS tracking number successfully retrieved tracking info. I think it’s all a huge facade so that USPS can appear to track in the same vein as DHL, UPS and FedEx.

More excellent service from yet another unconstitutional government entity.

As it is proven time and time again, in every single example, and despite all the money they take by force; private enterprise will always run circles around a government bureaucracy immune to the just laws of economics.