Post office wanting to stop Saturday mail delivery

[Marigold2]

I can't remember what Germany had 30 some years ago, might it have been two mail delivers on Sat?

[wombat2u2004]

None here on Saturdays....never has been.

[Cookiebaker]

Hmm, interesting topic. I would be so sad to stop getting mail on Saturdays. But, I can understand how in the last 15 years, so many people have stopped sending snail mail due to email, and stopped sending bills due to automatic online payments. I know that we personally go through one book of stamps in about 4 months -- yes, I bought one book right before Christmas, and its only half gone. That's not very much income to the USPS! But also, I would much more likely SEND more mail if it wasn't so darn expensive.

[wombat2u2004]

Hmm, interesting topic. I would be so sad to stop getting mail on Saturdays. But, I can understand how in the last 15 years, so many people have stopped sending snail mail due to email, and stopped sending bills due to automatic online payments. I know that we personally go through one book of stamps in about 4 months -- yes, I bought one book right before Christmas, and its only half gone. That's not very much income to the USPS! But also, I would much more likely SEND more mail if it wasn't so darn expensive.

I know US mail to overseas is very expensive.

[pomtzu]

I, for one, wouldn't miss Saturday delivery. That's one less day to sort thru all the junk mail.

I too, use the mail less all the time. With on line bill pay, a book of stamps lasts me a LONG time. I have gone paperless with most everything, I never write or receive letters (isn't that what email is for?), and about the only thing I use stamps for, is to send out greeting cards.

[Cataholic]

I could live with mail delivery twice a week. If someone relies on Saturday mail for the delivery of medication, for example, they would start ordering it a day or two earlier, having it shipped a day or two earlier, etc.

I can't remember the last time I put a bill in the mail, though I still receive all but my cell phone bill that way. In 10 years, we will look back on this issue and laugh. Change is so hard for us, LOL.