USPS review by George Stallings

I upgraded my cell phone and was supplied a shipping box to return my traded-in old cell phone to Tennessee. For reasons, my local USPS could only justify as a USPS cost decision for cheapest delivery method my prelabeled provided traded-in cell phone box was sent to Salt Lake City, Utah then Palmetto, Georgia, then Atlanta, Georgia, then to back to Palmetto, Georgia and then to Nashville, Tennesse. This serendipitous route could not have save money as it increased the weight (however small for my package but may have included other packages) on the carrier's transport for zero benefit. Since the package was scanned how could this have happened? What should have been at most a 3-day transit took 10 days. The Postmaster General needs to be replaced as soon as his appointment expires, or when Congressional votes can bring this about. The USPS employees are demoralized. There was no reason for sending the package to Utah. Prior to being sent to Utah it sat in the Linthicum distribution center for several days. I would have given a zero rating, but the package did get there and is not lost. The USPS postal employees I have engage want their services to be better but are hamstrung by the direction the Postmaster General has taken to reduce USPS operation cost. I am in disbelief!