No more Saturday mail delivery

[Richard Cranium]

No skin off my nose.




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[RustyRatRod]

There oughtta be no more post office. FEDEX and UPS can do a better job.

 

[Greg Ducato]

I hope they do stop Saturday delivery, it would sure help reduce costs for them. Sending a letter cross country for less than 50 cents is still a heck of a deal and some of the package rates they have are quite good as well. I don't think ANY government run program will ever be as efficient as a private firm or publicly traded concern with responsibilities to shareholders, but maybe they can turn this around before it goes full "Amtrack"

 

[trimmer]

You mean I won't have to walk all the way out to that mail box on a Saturday again just to collect a hand full of junk mail ? YEA!! lol

 

[Pops1967GTX]

The beginning of the end for USPS Again .The USPS is in Default Billions of Taxpayers dollars for years...
Another government program ruined & with the help of Unions unfunded obligations for retiree health benefits. You can Blame congress for this, because they oversee this program....

 

[RustyRatRod]

You mean I won't have to walk all the way out to that mail box on a Saturday again just to collect a hand full of junk mail ? YEA!! lol

That's a long walk, too. Probably as long as mine.

 

[99ss]

The beginning of the end for USPS Again .The USPS is in Default Billions of Taxpayers dollars for years...
Another government program ruined & with the help of Unions unfunded obligations for retiree health benefits. You can Blame congress for this, because they oversee this program....

Though an independent agency, the service gets no tax dollars for its day-to-day operations but is subject to congressional control.

Congressional control would run any private firm into the ground no matter how profitable they were. I use them all the time for our small packages, no one beats their flat rate boxes and envelopes. You would have to be Summit in order to move enough to get a better rate from UPS or Fedex and even then I doubt you could beat them.

 

[super-bee_ski]

Allegedley,
80% of the Postal Services revenue goes to retirement!

 

[Pops1967GTX]

Upstate New York, the Post service is now hiring Ex- NYCPD for per-diem jobs to save $$$. I have 2 buddies doing it at $22-25 an hour-30hr work week.....

 

[99ss]

I could have picked up a local contract as well... Its all about the union runing another company into the ground.
If the USPS subcontracts its saves a ton of money not having to pay the union extortion money

 

[Budnicks]

probably wont make any difference

:iamwithstupid: save money yeah right...LOL... it's a 16.666% saving only "if" they don't just add a bunch of hours to the regular 5 day work week to compensate, remember this is a Union/Govt. type entity, they can't wipe their own a$$e$ with out over $pending or hiding something from the public... I highly doubt it will do any good at all... I wonder if this includes the, trucking/delivery &/or shipping/packages side of stuff, at all ??

 

[99ss]

packages supposedly still get delivered, my guess is the letter carriers are gone and the post office is closed.\
Over all it should save money. They wont add on to the regular work week. I already see some changes in delivery time so I know the regular week isnt being overtimed. I ship 2nd day priority all the time. 99% of the time it just takes 2 days but lately its been 3 days now no matter what. The service is 2-3 day. They already started cutting back

 

[Sonny Black]

I'd love to reorganize the USPS....they have so many goldbrickers. Real workers would love to have those jobs, they would roll up their sleeves and WORK. Trim the fat and streamline with only "best of the best"
WE NEED USPS, 'er I do!
Just my very humble opinion,
Sonny

 

[RustyRatRod]

Daddy started with the post office in 1946, fresh out of his stint in the Navy in WWII. I remember him tellin us all they had in Macon was three model T trucks and everybody else walked. I remember he even wrote President Nixon urging him to consider making more mailmen walk to conserve energy. He always said the post office was lazy and wasteful...especially when they got those little Jeeps. He contended that all of those routes could be walked....and he was right. He was a carrier for 36 years, until mama got sick with cancer and he had to retire "early" for him anyway. I can remember him coming home talking about the union guys trying to strongarm all of them to join. He never did. He crossed picket lines to keep food on the table. Yeah, I reckon he was a scab......but he was smart. He knew the unions weren't gonna pay him ****. Never had a use for the unions. He saw it even back then. He'd be mortified if he was alive to see the kinda service the post office is givin today.

 

[turbo36]

There oughtta be no more post office. FEDEX and UPS can do a better job.

Really????? I'm not sure what you are smoking but I would like some! My business ships UPS and Fedex on a daily basis and it ain't quick or cheap. What do you think Fedex or UPS would charge to deliver a letter ANYWHERE in the US?

 

[pabster]

Really????? I'm not sure what you are smoking but I would like some! My business ships UPS and Fedex on a daily basis and it ain't quick or cheap. What do you think Fedex or UPS would charge to deliver a letter ANYWHERE in the US?

X2. My company ships everything possible USPS. Cheap, and never had a problem. That's the good side of the postal service. Every time I actually have to go to the post office for something, and there's a line of 20 people with 2 windows open and USPS employees on the sidelines doing nothing, that's the bad side. I have no problem with Saturday delivery ending.

Everyone who wants the USPS to go away, imagine how much prices would rise to send something if it was privatized.

But hey, this thread is heading to the political forum in a moment...

 

[RustyRatRod]

Yeah. Really. The gubmint sucks balls at runnin anything. I would be glad to pay more just to know my mail and packages GET to where I want them to be WHEN I want them to be there. Ask somebody who lives in a rural area what they think of the post office and see what you get. They SUCK.

Really????? I'm not sure what you are smoking but I would like some! My business ships UPS and Fedex on a daily basis and it ain't quick or cheap. What do you think Fedex or UPS would charge to deliver a letter ANYWHERE in the US?

 

[Lowhound]

It just means more Monday "junk mail". Or would that be more Friday junk mail?

 

[1969CoronetR/T]

This is not good news for businesses. I will now have to wait until late Monday to get my mail instead of early Monday and deposit my customers checks a day later.

 

[Sonny Black]

Daddy started with the post office in 1946, fresh out of his stint in the Navy in WWII. I remember him tellin us all they had in Macon was three model T trucks and everybody else walked. I remember he even wrote President Nixon urging him to consider making more mailmen walk to conserve energy. He always said the post office was lazy and wasteful...especially when they got those little Jeeps. He contended that all of those routes could be walked....and he was right. He was a carrier for 36 years, until mama got sick with cancer and he had to retire "early" for him anyway. I can remember him coming home talking about the union guys trying to strongarm all of them to join. He never did. He crossed picket lines to keep food on the table. Yeah, I reckon he was a scab......but he was smart. He knew the unions weren't gonna pay him ****. Never had a use for the unions. He saw it even back then. He'd be mortified if he was alive to see the kinda service the post office is givin today.

That was the day when Real Men worked, carried their bag and gave 100%. they even looked the part pressed uniform, tie, badge & polished shoes! they had our respect because they respected themselves.
when I was a kid we wanted to be a Policeman, fireman, or postman....etc. , Because He took pride in his work.

hope this all makes sense

Sonny