Muley, You just gotta be one lucky guy, then. lol
I don't know how many packages we have shipped out via USPS over the last 10 years or so. I cannot recall ever having one get misdirected, OK, maybe one or two, but that's about it, and I really wouldn't bet on one or two. Of course, we always tried to ship via Priority Mail, and for us, it worked really great.
I just looked up some usps changes, and it appears that Flat Rate USPS Priority will continue to be around and the price increase is not all that much, at least according to stamps.com.
John