Post Office Ending Saturday Delivery

[Lady's Human]

packages will still be delivered on Saturday, box mail will still be sorted, collection mail will still be run......in other words, the only activity that isn't going to happen is SOME carriers won't be delivering.

Which begs the question, where's the true savings?
The answer is that there isn't any.

[pomtzu]

People complain about the postage rates - yes, I do too - but think nothing of putting a first class stamp (46 cents?) on an envelope for a bill (for example), that is being paid to the utility company or doctor or dentist, etc, and is a very short distance from home. I just recently paid $8.55 to send a 4.2 oz package to Canada. I'm sure the people that think nothing of sending that local letter or card or bill for 46 cents, are the same ones to complain about international rates.

Which one of these scenarios is getting the better deal???? Not too difficult to figure out - IMO anyway! Sure beats the cost of delivering in person!

[sparks19]

People complain about the postage rates - yes, I do too - but think nothing of putting a first class stamp (46 cents?) on an envelope for a bill (for example), that is being paid to the utility company or doctor or dentist, etc, and is a very short distance from home. I just recently paid $8.55 to send a 4.2 oz package to Canada. I'm sure the people that think nothing of sending that local letter or card or bill for 46 cents, are the same ones to complain about international rates.

Which one of these scenarios is getting the better deal???? Not too difficult to figure out - IMO anyway! Sure beats the cost of delivering in person!

People still mail bill payments?

Other than mailing out orders that people purchase from me and mailing birthday cards that Hannah makes to grandparents I haven't mailed anything in a looooong time. It was just my inlaws anniversary and my FIL's birthday and Hanah made them cards and I was scrambling around to see if we even had any stamps in the house. Just so happened we did have some that were probably purchased well over a year ago. I just don't mail envelopes much. I would call the bill company to arrange payment (if they didn't already have online bill payment options) before I would stick it in an envelope and put a stamp on it. At least that way I have a confirmation number and if anything goes awry with the payment I can name the person who took my payment and quote said confirmation number.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

I pay all my bills except one threw the mail. I don't like the idea of my debit card info bouncing around the Internet. Oh, my gas bill that I never got last month.... I apparently got it, opened it, and completely forgot I ever saw it. I found it the other day. Now That is frightening!!!

[pomtzu]

People still mail bill payments?

Many do - but not me. Oh - I occasionally have a random oddball bill that's a one time deal, so I will write a check and mail it. This might happen a couple of times a year - at most!

[Lady's Human]

And in a moment of brilliance, the USPS paid priority mail shipping rates to buy congoleum floor tile from a vendor in MA to ship to NY. 4 boxes at $40/box, and shipping at priority mail rates (64 lbs/box), to acquire something they could have picked up at the local hardware store.

[pomtzu]

And in a moment of brilliance, the USPS paid priority mail shipping rates to buy congoleum floor tile from a vendor in MA to ship to NY. 4 boxes at $40/box, and shipping at priority mail rates (64 lbs/box), to acquire something they could have picked up at the local hardware store.

I'm just shaking my head in disbelief on that one......

[RICHARD]

http://www.stampsofdistinction.com/2...st-office.html

The Parcel Post building could have used congoleum floors?