Postal Service Ending Saturday Mail Delivery
Saturday service will end by Aug. 1, but post offices will still be open and package deliveries will still be made on Saturdays, officials said.
Calling the six-days-per-week mail delivery business model “no longer sustainable,” the U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday it will eliminate Saturday delivery of mail by Aug. 1. Post offices will remain open Saturdays and package deliveries will occur on Saturdays, according to the U.S. Postal Service. According to the U.S. Postal Service, the reasons are continued economic struggles and the increasing use of the Internet for communications and bill paying by consumers. The U.S. Postal Service is also the only federal agency required to pre-fund health benefits for retirees, and those costs are escalating quickly. “Our current business model of delivering mail six days a week is no longer sustainable. We must change in order to …
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Jerry
9:02 am on Thursday, February 7, 2013
The postal service is an archaic institution. I say double the price of a stamp, cut it back to Mon, Wed, Fri delivery except Priority and Express delivery, or better yet shut it down all together and privatize it. Let the likes of FedEx, UPS, or DHL handle it all. more ›