Comment You are posting deliberate misinfo (Score 1) 269
"I worked for the Postal Service for 13 years." - OK, I'll be honest, this statement alone biased me against you, but I'll bite.
"I can't believe that 1 in 1000 disks would be broken as a result of normal mail processing, even OCR machined mail, much less 1 in 100 or 1 in 50." -That is because the rates are likely higher. My wife's company ships DVD's as a competitor to Netflix and Gamefly, and Gamefly is 100% accurate in their complaint. The USPS machines eat the mailers, destroy the disks, and even if you attempt to 'package it right' the USPS sends your company's disks back to Netflix!
"The Postal Service is an easy fall guy." - That is because, like most government entities, they are typically inefficient and ineffective in their duties. They are an easy fall guy because of their track record, not because someone just felt like blaming them.
"Theft of such a magnitude is just not possible, not within the confines of the mail service." - Wrong. Gamefly got 19 people busted, and my wife has personally gotten 9 people busted in just the last year, 4 in one specific post office location. This isn't speculation, it's fact.
"These people are honest and proud of it, except for the few inevitable bad apples." - Some, yes. My grandfather was the head of the Cleveland Post Office Union for 12 years, so I know both sides of this story, but I can tell you with 100% certainty that Gamefly is dead on in their suit. That said, that doesn't mean they will win, sadly.