and... Usps on the other hand is great to deal with. It ends up coming canada post and unless its a real big item they won't charge me for it. So anytime I make an ebay purchase I make sure its shipped usps.

Yeah Baby, that's the spirit! My quasi-government employer handles VOLUME! That's how we do it. Plus the archaic Postal Board of Governors (political payoff positions) have to all meet to discuss and agree on any changes and they're all so ******* busy serving the public, they never can all be in the same place at the same time.
USPS actually contracts with Fedex and UPS for transportation and preliminary sorting. We pay them to fly **** so they don't have planes with almost nothing on them anymore. Found money for them! Postal Service has so much invested in letter handling that they hesitate to concentrate on parcels...the only truly reliable mail since you can't send those lower fairings electronically till Tweety figures out how to do it.
Unfortunately, USPS has adopted a "business" model as opposed to the traditional guaranteed public service we once were. Hence the eventual five day delivery and removal of public mailboxes and closing of small stations. Enjoy it while we can!