Postal Office may stop Saturday delivery

MrsP71506

So I have the news on and there was a story about the PO dropping Sat delivery ( I know that this has been talked about for a while now so who knows if it will really happen)  and I always thought if it saves them money than that would be fine with me.

But CVS/Caremark just made a statement  that people who need meds on Saturdays would have a hard time receiving the packages and this is going to be a problem  and then I realized that I just had CVS deliver meds to me on Saturday.  I guess if it happens you just have to be more prepared. 

just thought this was interesting

madelyn07

I've been hearing a lot about this lately. My office works with the PO often in regards to university mailings (I don't but some of my co-workers do) and they had a meeting with campus mail and the PO and they said it is all in the works...

KoCoLoCo

I definitely think they need too.  Now I will get all political and say that the PO is just one of hundreds of examples of why the government running "businesses" that should be left to the private sector is a bad idea.  Just look at how UPS, Fed Ex, and DHL flourish.  And yet the PO is billions in the hole.

madelyn07

KoCoLoCo:

I definitely think they need too.  Now I will get all political and say that the PO is just one of hundreds of examples of why the government running "businesses" that should be left to the private sector is a bad idea.  Just look at how UPS, Fed Ex, and DHL flourish.  And yet the PO is billions in the hole.

couldn't agree more

yodasmistress

KoCoLoCo:

I definitely think they need too.  Now I will get all political and say that the PO is just one of hundreds of examples of why the government running "businesses" that should be left to the private sector is a bad idea.  Just look at how UPS, Fed Ex, and DHL flourish.  And yet the PO is billions in the hole.

Um... those entities don't do "snail mail" deliveries. You can mail a letter with the PO for $0.47 - pretty much the cheapest ground service you can get from one of the major private carriers is $2.50.  Likewise, even Next Day Air Express through the PO is usually cheaper than Next Day Air from the private companies...

KoCoLoCo

yodasmistress:

KoCoLoCo:

I definitely think they need too.  Now I will get all political and say that the PO is just one of hundreds of examples of why the government running "businesses" that should be left to the private sector is a bad idea.  Just look at how UPS, Fed Ex, and DHL flourish.  And yet the PO is billions in the hole.

Um... those entities don't do "snail mail" deliveries. You can mail a letter with the PO for $0.47 - pretty much the cheapest ground service you can get from one of the major private carriers is $2.50.  Likewise, even Next Day Air Express through the PO is usually cheaper than Next Day Air from the private companies...

Of course they don't do snail mail, my point was the the PO is a poorly run, inefficient, monetary black hole as is every other venture that the gov takes over.  Other private entities with similar services manage to run efficiently and with profit.  There is no reason the PO could not do the same, the eliminating Sat delivery is just a start.