US Postal Service to say goodbye to mail delivery on Saturdays

[CAMAROBOY69]

I dont mind at all. It also looks like 64% of the votes dont mind either. Interresting to see that they are losing $25 million PER DAY!

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/postal-service-say-goodbye-mail-delivery-saturdays-1B8262819

 

[Zenith]

Good to see. Maybe we'll get rid of it altogether.

 

[Tornado]

inb4 statement along the lines of "government run private business at work" or "truly a model for Obamacare to follow."






But seriously. They should have done this years ago. As soon as the problem came up. I recall hearing about how much problem the 6-day schedule was causing them at the beginning of Obama's first term.

 

[daan]

That'll be the US postal service.

Remember that GTP is a worldwide board and we don't all have the same postal service.

 

[Northstar]

Not all that shocking really.

Good to see. Maybe we'll get rid of it altogether.

But... how will I get my junk mail?!

 

[CodeRedR51]

As a Hot Wheels collector, having the ability to send trades through the Post Office for around $4 or less is nice. Having to resort to UPS Ground would triple the price at least. Diecast trading would die...

 

[Danoff]

inb4 statement along the lines of "government run private business at work" or "truly a model for Obamacare to follow."

You said it. Well put.

 

[tankuroded]

After googling, looks we need to blame online shopping.

 

[Adamgp]

Good, I usually get bills delivered on Saturdays.

 

[NissanSkylineN1]

You guys get mail on weekends?

 

[CodeRedR51]

Only on Saturday. Well, we will until August.

 

[Minty]

As a Hot Wheels collector, having the ability to send trades through the Post Office for around $4 or less is nice. Having to resort to UPS Ground would triple the price at least. Diecast trading would die...

If the post office dies off entirely UPS will likely try to make up for that.

 

[Blitz24]

They should have privatized the Postal Service years ago honestly.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

That was their main advantage. Packages on Saturday are what Saturday is all about.

 

[BobK]

They'll still be delivering packages on Saturday. Presumably junk mail, too. It's pretty much only first class mail getting the Saturday axe. Which means no more bills received on Saturday, not by mail anyway.

As a Hot Wheels collector, having the ability to send trades through the Post Office for around $4 or less is nice. Having to resort to UPS Ground would triple the price at least. Diecast trading would die...

Even if they were stopping package delivery on Saturday, which they're not, this wouldn't affect the other five days they deliver on. So parcel post isn't going away altogether, not any time soon anyway.

I don't know about anyone else, but I've never had a UPS or FedEx truck drop by on Saturday anyway.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Even if they were stopping package delivery on Saturday, which they're not, this wouldn't affect the other five days they deliver on. So parcel post isn't going away altogether, not any time soon anyway.

I don't know about anyone else, but I've never had a UPS or FedEx truck drop by on Saturday anyway.

My post was in response to this:

Good to see. Maybe we'll get rid of it altogether.

Which I took to mean "get rid of the postal service altogether".

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

They'll still be delivering packages on Saturday. Presumably junk mail, too. It's pretty much only first class mail getting the Saturday axe. Which means no more bills received on Saturday, not by mail anyway.

Then, I approve.

 

[Crash]

I'm not too bothered about this at all; in fact I think it's a good idea to help them trim costs.

I don't know about anyone else, but I've never had a UPS or FedEx truck drop by on Saturday anyway.

I don't remember which carrier in my area does this, but they would do a Tuesday-Saturday delivery schedule for home addresses instead of Monday-Friday so people who aren't home during the week can still get packages.

 

[Northstar]

I don't know about anyone else, but I've never had a UPS or FedEx truck drop by on Saturday anyway.

I do all the time, in fact FedEx is scheduled to dropping off a couple things this Saturday.

 

[XoravaX]

They should have privatized the Postal Service years ago honestly.

I'm actually surprised it hasn't been done. But who would want a company that's in the red as much as $25m/day? Privatising would mean that either the prices jump a lot, many small town offices are shut down or then the service becomes unreliable, or all of them.
In Finland, where we've got a national postal service too; after it was made into a government-owned company instead of a direct governmental department, the service quality dropped a lot and many offices were shut down even in urban areas.
I think the Royal Mail should be the medium all postal services should be compared to. The delivery and service are very quick according to my experiences with them during my stay in the UK. They even make profit.

Historically, a public postal service was necessary because it was the only way of keeping in touch with relatives and friends in case they didn't have a phone. If all postal services were private, the offices might have been so far apart that it would have been difficult to reach them without a car or a horse in rural areas. Nowadays it isn't as important, but I think a public postal service is able to guarantee mail safety and office coverage better than a private one.

 

[sumbrownkid]

People don't want to give up paying a few cents to a dollar to ship a letter from Maine to California. I don't think any privatized entity can achieve that.

 

[Zenith]

People don't want to give up paying a few cents to a dollar to ship a letter from Maine to California. I don't think any privatized entity can achieve that.

I'd be fine with it. Email came out ages ago.