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Is there really an issue though? Almost everyone I know only checks their mail about once a week anyway. USPS/mail is still important but not as critical as i

Is there really an issue though? Almost everyone I know only checks their mail about once a week anyway. USPS/mail is still important but not as critical as it was 20+ years ago, especially when it comes to delivery frquency. Maybe it's time to start delivering mail twice a week instead of every day.

casion 6y ago
Where are you located? Everyone I know checks daily, sometimes a couple times a day.
- jasonv 6y ago
  I check my mail about once/week, but I have packages directed to an Amazon hub. It was suggested many times over the years that the USPS reduce delivery to cut costs, and that didn't seem like a bad idea, but I'd suggest that any changes to the USPS need to come from an aligned perspective and in an orderly fashion, and that's not how the USPS is being treated these days.
nomercy400 6y ago
It could be an issue for people who expect medication that could expire. The thing is that for priority mail, the truck still has to drive every day. Might as well load it up. Problem I read from the article is that that prio-1 mail is not handled as prio-1, but rather after other, more lucrative, mail. But to be fair, in my country we had a new mail service competing with the public mail service. The new mail service only provided twice a week, but at a reduced rate. If you didn't care about your package being delivered a week from now, then it was convenient. End result was that the public service no longer could compete with the lower prices and reduced volume, BUT in the meantime was allowed to merge(=take over/take down) with the new mail service, by grace of the government who gave them a get-out-of-antitrust-jail card. Currently the case is at the EU court, which decided the merger has to be reversed, but the damage is already done. Contracts ended, brand damaged. If you privatise your mail service, don't be surprised if it becomes stupidly expensive to deliver the same quality of service. Competition won't exist because it will be acquired by the main company. And the government will simply pay for that quality of service, as that is what the voters expect.
pantaloony 6y ago
For me checking the mail when I’m not expecting something (so, 50 weeks out of the year) most closely resembles emptying a small trash bin every so often so it doesn’t overflow. I’m generally pro-USPS for other reasons but yeah, checking the mail is a kinda worthless chore. Do it so they don’t suspend delivery in case I need something. Not to read anything that showed up.

casion 6y ago

Where are you located? Everyone I know checks daily, sometimes a couple times a day.

jasonv 6y ago
I check my mail about once/week, but I have packages directed to an Amazon hub. It was suggested many times over the years that the USPS reduce delivery to cut costs, and that didn't seem like a bad idea, but I'd suggest that any changes to the USPS need to come from an aligned perspective and in an orderly fashion, and that's not how the USPS is being treated these days.

nomercy400 6y ago

It could be an issue for people who expect medication that could expire. The thing is that for priority mail, the truck still has to drive every day. Might as well load it up. Problem I read from the article is that that prio-1 mail is not handled as prio-1, but rather after other, more lucrative, mail. But to be fair, in my country we had a new mail service competing with the public mail service. The new mail service only provided twice a week, but at a reduced rate. If you didn't care about your package being delivered a week from now, then it was convenient. End result was that the public service no longer could compete with the lower prices and reduced volume, BUT in the meantime was allowed to merge(=take over/take down) with the new mail service, by grace of the government who gave them a get-out-of-antitrust-jail card. Currently the case is at the EU court, which decided the merger has to be reversed, but the damage is already done. Contracts ended, brand damaged. If you privatise your mail service, don't be surprised if it becomes stupidly expensive to deliver the same quality of service. Competition won't exist because it will be acquired by the main company. And the government will simply pay for that quality of service, as that is what the voters expect.

pantaloony 6y ago

For me checking the mail when I’m not expecting something (so, 50 weeks out of the year) most closely resembles emptying a small trash bin every so often so it doesn’t overflow. I’m generally pro-USPS for other reasons but yeah, checking the mail is a kinda worthless chore. Do it so they don’t suspend delivery in case I need something. Not to read anything that showed up.