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U.S. Postal Service says it plans to end Saturday mail service
By Bloomberg News
This article was published February 6, 2013 at 7:30 a.m.
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Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe speaks during a news conference at U.S. Postal Service headquarters on Wednesday Feb. 6, 2013 in Washington.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service plans to end Saturday mail deliveries beginning as soon as August to cut financial losses, according to a spokesman for the service.
The service, which lost $15.9 billion last year, would need congressional approval to end the Saturday deliveries.
The service would continue six-day deliveries of packages, the official said.
By ending the Saturday delivery of letters, the service would reduce costs by as much as $2 billion a year.
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paulbruhn says... February 6, 2013 at 8:04 a.m.
Should go to every-other day deliveries - MWF on half the routes and TThSa on the other half. Every day delivery (even on a 5 day week) is expensive and inefficient given the kind of mail we get via USPS>
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BillSmith says... February 6, 2013 at 8:36 a.m.
I don't understnd, YOU determine the kind of mail you get. They just deliver it.
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RBBrittain says... February 6, 2013 at 9:43 a.m.
BillSmith, do we decide what junk mail we get? I don't think so. Actually I'd rather see them take out a weekday and keep Saturday.
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mikemck says... February 6, 2013 at 9:44 a.m.
UPS, FedX, DHL, etc are very profitable companies--USPS needs to be privitized and then maybe they could be run efficiently--Only thing USPS knows to do is "reduce services"--anyone that's ever run a business (i did for 40 yrs.) knows once you reduce services and customer care--you're on the way out!!
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BarichMilhusseinObamaNixonPOTUS says... February 6, 2013 at 9:46 a.m.
Man who saw this coming!
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Jfish says... February 6, 2013 at 10 a.m.
Good idea, it is time for everyone to look for ways to save money. RB is exactly right, I would guess that 75% of my mail is for advertisments that I did not request. I am all for the USPS succeeding because they are the best deal out their for regular mail, however, 6 days per week is no longer needed.
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T6 says... February 6, 2013 at 10:06 a.m.
How is this going to save much money when the postal employees will still be working Saturdays?
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GAITOR says... February 6, 2013 at 11:03 a.m.
It's well past due!
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penber says... February 6, 2013 at 11:26 a.m.
Who really wants to get junk mail on Saturday any way?
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1soni says... February 6, 2013 at 1:10 p.m.
Do away with bulk cost mailing. Everyone pays the same for a letter or junk mail. By going MWF / TuThSa you can cut the staff almost in half. Fix PAPE.
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1soni says... February 6, 2013 at 1:19 p.m.
I forgot to add, get a refund from Lance Armstrong..
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AmericasDoomed says... February 6, 2013 at 3:20 p.m.
They can remove at least half of the post offices they have now for big cost reductions too. An office for 500 people is a waste of money.
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NoCrossNoCrown says... February 6, 2013 at 11:04 p.m.
The dumbest idea out there is to privitize the delivery of US mail. That make work out well if you live in a BIG city. But for grandma in Tomato or Uncle Joe in Little Flock and mamma in Success, when they find out it will cost them $4.85 to sent that birthday card and it won't be picked up for two more days because they only deliver and pick-up mail in their town on Tuesday and Friday. Then they won't be so willing to allow someone to make themselves wealthy by over charging citizens to do what the USPS does for cents...
If congress would stop padding their own pockets by creating special deals for their friends and allow the USPS to operate in an effective manner without the handcuffs congress put on them, maybe just maybe they could continue to do what they have done quite well since Ben Franklin established them..
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inquire says... February 7, 2013 at 1:06 a.m.
A day less delivery seems more fair than closing post offices. The constitution provides for the delivery of mail. It is an essential service and should not be judged on profit. How much profit does the military turn?
I believe there are powerful people who want to force the postal service to fail so that it will be a bonanza for big business.
The postal service and newspapers have something in common. They blame their financial troubles on the people who no longer use them, but all their responses hurt those of us who still use them regularly. I use the post office a lot. We get lots of books and magazines, pay our bills by mail, do some mail order shopping, and send packages to relatives.
Since we have a PO box, we will get mail everyday, no matter what the delivery schedule.
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