So how many of you get mail on Saturday? If not what about stopping USPS delivery on Saturdays?

[Picaro]

I get mail on Saturdays. I would be fine with just getting it every other day. Three or four days a week is okay.

 

[Picaro]

Everything they 'privatized' has increased the costs.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

It doesnt stay light until 930PM except in the summer even in the southern portion of the country.

True. That's where I am. DUH!

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

even in the winter?.....

No. It's dark at 5pm in the winter and sometimes the mail comes after dark many days.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

It doesnt stay light until 930PM except in the summer even in the southern portion of the country.

THAT IS WHY I SAID SUMMER!

 

[Independent thinker]

so they are not part of the budget and they dont take tax payer money but they can borrow from the treasury of up to 15 billion which they make payments on to pay it back,,,,if they are owned by the govt should they not support it?...

Well, if they can't pay their bills so badly that they have to borrow money from the government, how do they intend to pay the government back? At some point you have to make a profit to be able to pay the money back.

 

[Jarlaxle]

why dont you go and tell them.....i used to tell people waiting for their checks to use direct deposit.....nope they would not do it and then they would give me shit if didnt have it....

I simply don't give a shit.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Well, if they can't pay their bills so badly that they have to borrow money from the government, how do they intend to pay the government back? At some point you have to make a profit to be able to pay the money back.

they will not let them make a profit...this is one of the reasons many PMG's from the private sectors have quit after only a few years,,,,

 

[Harry Dresden]

I simply don't give a shit.

so why are you here?....

 

[d0gbreath]

I like getting mail on Saturday. Is this a great country, or what?

 

[Missouri_Mike]

they dont do any better.....and i can give many examples just on my route were they fucked up....

You don’t need perfection to be better. They fix their own **** ups on their own dime. That alone is an improvement.

 

[Picaro]

A lot of small businesses depend on the U.S. mail. 'Privatize' it and the costs of home delivery will skyrocket.

 

[Couchpotato]

True. That's where I am. DUH!

You live south of Naples? I lived there for a decade and it was never light out at 930 pm.

 

[daveman]

You must be in a large rural area, with lots of people spread out then.

I'm in Dallas, Tx area.

Just 8,900 people in my county. The largest town has 1,800. The county has 342 square miles (includes 29 square miles of water), and a population density of 26 people per square mile.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

A lot of small businesses depend on the U.S. mail. 'Privatize' it and the costs of home delivery will skyrocket.

Why would that happen? The cost could actually go down. The USPS isn’t operating at market value with government subsidies. That means one of two things is wrong. Either the overhead is way too high or the price for services is too low. Which one do you think it is?

 

[Harry Dresden]

Just 8,900 people in my county. The largest town has 1,800. The county has 342 square miles (includes 29 square miles of water), and a population density of 26 people per square mile.

you must have Rural Carriers thats a whole different ball game than City Carriers....

 

[daveman]

I think he is doing drugs.

Possibly. I'm 61, living in the same county I was born in. We've always had Saturday mail delivery. When I was a kid, our address was RR#2, Box 157. When the county got 911 service, my folks got a street address.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

Just 8,900 people in my county. The largest town has 1,800. The county has 342 square miles (includes 29 square miles of water), and a population density of 26 people per square mile.

I’ve lived in places like that and they had no delivery to our home. You get a mailbox and go get it yourself.

 

[Blaster]

Most of my mail is junk mail.

 

[daveman]

you must have Rural Carriers thats a whole different ball game than City Carriers....

Yes, all rural carriers here. They all use their own vehicles, too. I presume the USPS gives them a mileage allowance.