You don't seem to comprehend the economics involved!
A 45 cents stamp doesn't cover the cost of handling an envelope 6 days a week.
That's why FedEx etc. existed is not for envelopes which they charge $9.75! They make money compared
to 45 cent stamp.
So again all boxes, etc make money for USPS while 45 cent envelopes still require physical handling by human.
Hence the waste of $300 million a year by USPS for Saturday delivery of mail, i.e. envelopes!
We just need to stop the red ink. I say privatize it, or at least part of it. It's stupid for the country to go into debt delivering junk mail we don't want in the first place, just to pay the salaries of the people who deliver us that junk mail we don't want. Is that the definition of government or what?
We just need to stop the red ink. I say privatize it, or at least part of it. It's stupid for the country to go into debt delivering junk mail we don't want in the first place, just to pay the salaries of the people who deliver us that junk mail we don't want. Is that the definition of government or what?
At my expense. I must retrieve it, I must sort it, I must spend time going through it all, then I must dispose of it then pay my township to take it all away.
It amounts to 95-99% of all mail dumped upon me.
It is like a billboard I am forced to read or a TV commercial I am forced to tune into against my will.
I'm sick of mail and I'm sick of it being forced upon me.
I don't give a flying crap about their marketing. It is an unwelcome expense forced upon me, the only advertising I have no choice but to read, it costs me time, trouble and money, and the one certain thing is that I do not respond to solicitations. The one sure way to lose my business is to bug me with unsolicited mail trying to sell me something I did not ask for.
It has always been stupid that it cost the price of one stamp to mail a letter across the street or 3,000 miles away. I think stamps are 73 cents now. So, if I mail a letter from the state of Maine to Hawaii it only costs 73 cents. Surely that is operating at a very huge loss.
We just need to stop the red ink. I say privatize it, or at least part of it. It's stupid for the country to go into debt delivering junk mail we don't want in the first place, just to pay the salaries of the people who deliver us that junk mail we don't want. Is that the definition of government or what?
You don't seem to comprehend the economics involved!
A 45 cents stamp doesn't cover the cost of handling an envelope 6 days a week.
That's why FedEx etc. existed is not for envelopes which they charge $9.75! They make money compared
to 45 cent stamp.
So again all boxes, etc make money for USPS while 45 cent envelopes still require physical handling by human.
Hence the waste of $300 million a year by USPS for Saturday delivery of mail, i.e. envelopes!
i dont understand the economics involved?...you dont even know that stamps are not 45 cents anymore....i worked there 33 years i know way more about how that place works than you ever will....and your wrong about saving 300 million on sat delivery....
Postal service isn't dying, but it is nowhere near as important as it used to be. If private carriers were allowed to accept the equivalent of first class mail, the service might well whither away.
I don't know anyone who would mail a package with the expectation of Saturday delivery. That's what UPS is for. Send a letter or package through USPS on a Tuesday, and it might be delivered on Saturday, or it might not.
thats shitty management....my area had a decree that all carriers are to be off the street by 5 or 6....nothing like delivering mail in the dark especially when you encounter a dog you didnt see....
lol....the guy out on the street delivers what he has just like their guys do....no difference....and they used to ask me if so and so still lived at this address or if a place was vacant...
I don't give a flying crap about their marketing. It is an unwelcome expense forced upon me, the only advertising I have no choice but to read, it costs me time, trouble and money, and the one certain thing is that I do not respond to solicitations. The one sure way to lose my business is to bug me with unsolicited mail trying to sell me something I did not ask for.
how is it an expense on you?...and when you look at it the advertisers are hoping you see something that catches your eye thats why they claim mail advertising is effective.....
i dont understand the economics involved?...you dont even know that stamps are not 45 cents anymore....i worked there 33 years i know way more about how that place works than you ever will....and your wrong about saving 300 million on sat delivery....
You are right... 45 cents was the last time I bought stamps!
Today The price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp is $0.73 for standard-sized, rectangular envelopes
USPS postage rates offer low-cost mailing and shipping prices for domestic & international customers. See Forever postage stamp prices and other postage rates.
www.usps.com
NOW if you worked for 33 years explain to me then why this figure that came from
According to recent information, the USPS incurs daily costs exceeding $8 million, with a significant portion attributed to salaries and benefits for its workforce, which can average around $5.8 million per day based on recent data from the Postal Service itself.
The Government Accountability Office has just issued a report about the cost savings the Postal Service may have achieved with POStPlan, the initiative that reduced hours at 13,000 small post offices and eliminated their postmaster positions. As the report makes clear, the plan has not saved...
www.savethepostoffice.com
So simple math that you seem to be ignorant of AS well as doing internet searches as I've done for the FACTS..
52.25 saturdays per year (365.25 days per non-leap year!) times 52.25 days or $303,050,000 per year!
Now another fact for you who should be knowledgeable about this...
First-class mail is the highest revenue-generating mail class for the United States Postal Service (USPS), accounting for 31% of the USPS's 2023 revenue.
However, the volume of first-class mail has been declining, falling 6.1% in the 12 months ending September 30, 2023. This is the lowest volume since 1968.
According to recent USPS data, the Postal Service spends approximately $5.8 million per day on salaries and benefits for mail delivery, which represents the average daily cost associated with delivering mail.
