I was shipping a large Priority Mail box to Anchorage, AK. I asked UPS for
a price and it $110. USPS did it in 3 days for $15. There was an iPad in
the box.
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 2:13 PM, N.A. Nada <whodo678@comcast.net> wrote:
> That is why I suggested closing the local post office and stopping service
> on Monday. That way deferred deliveries can be made, and access to the PO
> is available for most people on Saturdays. Haven't some rural routes not
> made deliveries on Saturdays, forever?
>
> The low cost delivery system should be able to function on 5 days a week.
> And the legal system would adjust if it were the law of the land, or they
> would allow other services to supplement the USPS for the one day.
>
> Being a city boy, I had to get used to traveling to small towns for work
> and finding all the restaurants and many business closed
> on Sundays. But I go used to it. Had to scramble a couple of times to find
> Sunday dinner, but I managed.
>
> On May 11, 2012, at 11:54 AM, AnneL wrote:
>
> > USPS, you're not helping your own case and survival with decisions like
> > this. Keep Saturday deliveries, stop Monday deliveries and close the
> local
> > post offices on Mondays.
>
> I agree, the USPS seems determined to cut its own throat, doesn't it?
>
> Anything that involves the post office cutting days of service is going to
> cause probably irreparable harm, not only to the USPS but to others.
> Cutting Saturdays means cutting off the only time that a lot of working
> people can actually go to the post office. Cutting a weekday delivery is
> going to cause a massive problem with legal notices and court filings.
>
> Anne
>
>
>
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