Could we please stop bailing out the USPS already? Let the Postal Service either reform itself, or die. Just because a post office is a Constitutionally authorized function of government doesn’t mean it’s a Constitutionally MANDATED function of government!
The next thing you know, the USPD will bring back the pony express to save on gasoline.
If it doesn’t make a profit, then get rid of it.
I’ve never had an expectation of overnight service for first-class mail.
Next the Postal Service will try introducing two-day e-mail.
So the government agency’s solution to loss of market share is to reduce customer service. Their brains are fried.
I hope that changes at the Postals Service will finally result in my getting mail before 6:00 PM every night.
My mail is late every day with the new mailman. The guy regularly picks up overtime.
Years ago, the mailman "visited" our office...and even had the gall to tell us he collects overtime every week.
A great solution to losing customers... make your service crappier!
Look who is running our country and look who is running the post office. Both are running them into the ground.
My fear is that there will be no phoenix to rise from the ashes of this once great country.
The only time I use snail mail to send tax payments.
ML/NJ
Fedx and UPS work great for next day. The USPS overnight is a duplication of service and they can retrench without impacting anyone or anything. USPS has fedx boxes, by contract, in their stations already. Its an overdue move.
I recently made a move where I had to ship in excess of a hundred cartons over a period of months. This gave me an opportunity for some comparison shopping.
I used the "UPS STORES" first. These STORES are franchises and charge a left lung.
I then took the next batch to a UPS warehouse/service center. They were a couple dollars less expensive per box. Finally, I took a batch to the U.S. Post Office. I was pleasantly surprised, if not elated.
The USPS cost for cartons of about equal weight averaged about seven dollars less than THE UPS STORE and about five dollars less than the UPS warehouse.
My savings using U.S. Mail over the private companies resulted in great savings over the long haul, as you can see.
My local UPS STORE has a sandwich-board lure outside which advises potential customers it will meet U.S. Post Office rates for shipping. This proves my point.
I can live with the two day mail delivery being proposed. I'm not a dummy who throws the baby out with the bathwater.
I'll be shipping some Christmas presents soon, and will head for the Post Office where I'll realize a nice little savings over what would be my cost using private shippers.
Leni
Until we reform all of the budget, we are still screwed.
Allowing more time for Democrat voter fraud in Mail-In Elections....
this will have an effect on court documents.
most states has a “mail rule” that adds three days to first class mail required deadlines. This will increase the calculation to five days.
even more if they cut saturday.