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Post by Clipper on Jan 30, 2009 16:49:10 GMT -5
Oh dear!  |
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Post by countrygal on Jan 30, 2009 17:34:45 GMT -5
They could cut out Saturday delivery, but maybe make it so that the post office was open and if you wanted your mail you could pick it up. That might not work in the bigger cities, but I know it would probably work in towns like mine. That would help a little I would think.
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Post by rrogers40 on Feb 2, 2009 16:09:26 GMT -5
I think that delivery to your home is about to become the thing of the past- like the person who delivered milk. The only question left really is who will have to go to the post office to get there mail first- those on Rural Routes or those in the "Cities"?
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Post by Swimmy on Feb 3, 2009 7:37:51 GMT -5
I would imagine that one thing that impacts the mail service and the costs is the fact that more and more people are emailing instead of sending letters, and a lot of my friends pay their bills and do their banking on-line. Heck, I don't do it, but if I did, it would be eight or ten stamps a month that I would not have to buy. You raise a good point that I forgot to consider. |
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Post by dgriffin on Feb 3, 2009 10:12:50 GMT -5
Ryan, maybe we're about to get left in a snow bank by the US Mail. Eventually, they'll choose to keep the most lucrative parts of the business and outsource the rest. Home delivery will be spun off. You'll put a US mail stamp on your letter, but you'll have to pay for another outsourced service to pick it up and/or deliver it. LoWong's Home Delivery Service will receive the mail each day for south Utica, for example, but will charge if you want him to bring it over to your house.
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Post by dgriffin on Feb 3, 2009 10:14:01 GMT -5
I would imagine that one thing that impacts the mail service and the costs is the fact that more and more people are emailing instead of sending letters, and a lot of my friends pay their bills and do their banking on-line. Heck, I don't do it, but if I did, it would be eight or ten stamps a month that I would not have to buy. You raise a good point that I forgot to consider. And that's why some people think the US government wants so bad to get into the email business ... revenue. |
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Post by Clipper on Feb 3, 2009 12:01:32 GMT -5
If it came down to the postal service requiring me to pay a contractor to deliver my incoming mail to my home, I would pay the price and just use Fedex or some other service to take care of ALL my mailing or shipping needs, and yes, I would most likely resort to paying my bills online. I guess I am a spiteful person, but I would not contribute to their efforts to get more for doing less and less.
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Post by dgriffin on Feb 4, 2009 12:10:01 GMT -5
Wouldn't take me long to get used to no snail mail at all. But I recognize that I'm an Internet aficionado.
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