Price Of Shippinig & Delivery Times From U.s

Since USPS started jacking up the price of shipping there Express Priority mail has slowed down (well shuddered to a halt) it used to take about 4/5 days for delivery to the U.K. now it can take up to 7 days the standard service is usually here in 10 days. I just paid $42.75 for a 45 to be delivered USPS Priority, it was shipped Monday July 14Th @ 12.33Pm in Seattle after going through the usual sorting Etc, it arrived at San Francisco @ 8.20Pm on Tuesday July 15Th @ 8.25Pm it was on it's way to Destination (UK) it arrived in the UK  July 18Th @ 5.07Pm by 8.39Pm it had cleared customs and everything!!  and was on it's way to post office it arrived at post office July 19Th @ 4.30Am. Great!!  It will be out for delivery Monday 21St July.  What kind of plane do they use a Sopwith Camel??  We have a one winged homing pigeon keeps circling around our area that could make better time than that (with a good tail wind) what is happening 3 DAYS to get across the pond? and $42.75 are they having a laugh? I rang Fedex who I have used before and there Express delivery is 2 days it's more expensive but for the sellers that insist on Priority Express it's probably worth it!! Plus I got offered an introductory discount!! beats the sh one t out of going to Track & Trace for 3 days running seeing "Item on it's way to destination" (you begin to wonder). You would have thought with all there price hikes of late that USPS would have offered a better service or at the very least kept it as bad as it used to be! Lol. Rant Over!!  Anyone else had these problems of late?? I look forward to your replies. Atb John.