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by cullenking 5526 days ago
From talking to my grandmother, apparently people used to love the postoffice. Now, I don't know a single person in my age group (20-30 somethings) that doesn't despise the postoffice. The fact that I can't opt out of garbage being delivered to my door, by an actual person, is pretty infuriating to most.

If the post office acted like a "letter carrier" and not a package/spam carrier, I think they could do alright. Let UPS etc handle shipping actual packages, drop the spam and drop delivery to 4-5 days a week tops, they would save alot of money.
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protomyth 5526 days ago
The USPS makes money on the spam/junk mail and packages, not on letters. The profit incentive for them is not the same as their customers desires.
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cullenking 5526 days ago
I understand the bulk mailers make up a good portion of their income, and effectively subsidize regular mail. However, I don't think it's an acceptable tradeoff. You can makeup for the difference by probably dropping a single day of delivery - my guess is postage wouldn't even have to raise if you dropped to either 4 or 5 days a week.
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protomyth 5526 days ago
They are going with what they know makes them money. They have already cut Saturdays, and I would expect them to cut another day too.
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cullenking 5523 days ago
They haven't cut saturdays in my area, so it's probably just a regional or maybe rural thing?
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