Folks, Not trying to start anything. No, I have not heard that the USPS is raising the postage stamp rates. If USPS asked whether you;d prefer to have an increase in the cost of mailing, versus their eliminating regular delivery on Saturday, which would you prefer? Neither our publishing business, nor our personal mail on Saturday is that critical to us, so I'd vote for the No Saturday delivery. Seems to me that this would also cut down on the fuel consumed, and reduce, however slightly, the number of vehicles on the streets. Just asking?
Well, if I had to choose no Sat. delivery. Thankfully, I do all my banking online and I don't ever have to mail anything out!
You have GOT to be kidding me! I still have .37 stamps :roll: :roll: AND .39 stamps. When will be bleeding end? :roll: How about NO Saturday delivery! Geesh almighty
Now that people are becoming more comfortable with paperless bills, etc, cutting out Saturday from delivery wouldn't raise as much of a stink as it would have 10 years ago. I think they should suggest it. The postal workers would still have to work, but they wouldn't have to deliver. Frogger
Hey, I like my mail on Saturday. That is the highlight of each of my days, going to the mailbox and reading my magazines and mail and junk mail. I miss not going to the mailbox on sundays...... Keep the mail flowing, raise the stamp rate....
i would miss my mail on saturday, but i also beleive the increases are due to the increase of online banking and paperless billing which i love.
I works for USPS. It would be GREAT for us workers not to work on Saturday, BUT it will cause backlog in our work. For example, if no Saturday, all Saturday mails will go together with Sunday's/Monday's mails (3 days worth of mails in one day). It will be difficult for us to meet deadline (most of us need to get out of the post office between 10 to 10:30 am, depending on the route). With three days worth of mails, we probably won't finish sorting until after 12 or so, which is not a good idea. All outgoing mails must be in the post office before 6pm. We have a truck that comes in our post office and pick it up to ship it to the main facility.
I would just like the comfort of knowing that my mail will be delivered to my mailbox........What would that cost me?
LOL! Seriously! I get other people's mail all the time, makes me wonder who is getting mine! How about a consistant time too? We get ours any time from 1:00 to 5:30 or 6:00. :lol:
I wouldn't miss the Saturday mail too much (DH would though). But, I'd not be willing to say stop the Sat. delivery instead of raising rates because as soon as we all got comfy with no Sat. deliveries, you KNOW they would still raise the rates anyway. Nope, I don't want to end up paying higher rates for 1 day less of mail delivery. No thanks!:roll:
