Comments on: Your Take: Is Five Days of Mail Delivery OK?

By: John J. McGuire

John J. McGuire — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:45:51 +0000

This is John from Long Island again, I was looking at the “FRANKING” priviledge of Congress, which provides Congress with “free” mailings proportianate to their constituancy. I would advise Congress to consider how important or unimportant it would be to cut postal service to the public, remembering that elections come-up year-after -year; moreover, would the internet be as affective as the written word in getting a point across?

By: John J. McGuire

John J. McGuire — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:24:59 +0000

Raise the price of stamps and other Postal Services to become solvent. We have cheaper postal rates compared to the rest of the world. Let the people who use the service, pay for it. like everything else. If the demand is there, the Post Office will survive. Then, if that doesn’t work, change the system. John from Long Island, N.Y.

By: willy

willy — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:45:19 +0000

just think about when all your technology fails and the way the world is going when that happens you will be glad to get any mail on that satuday lol just wait and see

By: thefactsrhere

thefactsrhere — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:02:02 +0000

One thing I don’t understand is how someone that has no idea how the postal service operates can even comment on what the postal service needs to do to fix its budget woes? Now with that said take it from someone who knows what they are talking about> why would you want to stop mail delivery for 1 day per week when this is what it will do for the postal service> All of the offices would continue to be open on the days that just the delivery personal will be off> This would mean that most if not all of the substitute carriers would loose their jobs which could add a profit to the budget, but then that means that since the delivery or mail carrier which gets paid by the amount of work he carriers(not an hourly wage base) with the offices remaining open and the mail trucks/plants and such still running , The mail delivery person would be delivering the mail that was supposed to be delivered on the day he or she was forced to be off on the next day along with the mail for that day also, which means he or she will be delivering two days or being forced to do two days of work in the next day he is allowed to work. And I am quite sure he or she will be expected to do this double day of work with the same pay as one. Now with that said if you pay that delivery person by the work he or she is doing (which is how they are suppose to be paid) You will have to pay them for the extra days worth of mail which will wouldn’t be much of a saving at all (maybe a little for equipment allowance would be all you would save). Also lets say that you stop a day of delivery and keep the offices open which is what the postal service is wanting to do and you force the delivery person to do this extra day of work for free> then that would mean the budget for each office would save quite a bit> then as you probably don’t know is that the supervisors/managements pay and bonuses are based on the profit margin for that office so then most of the saved money would go to extra pay for the supervisors/managers and such since the profit for that office would increase. So where is the savings? This proposal just want work unless you put a pay lock on the overhead at the same time you stop mail delivery and also you should close all operations on that day. Now with all that said why should just the delivery personal be the ones to take the majority of the cut in salary for the entire postal service and the rest of the employees pay continue as normal or even at an increase? And might I add that as the mail volume has decreased over the past years the mail delivery personal pay has already been cut with the decrease in mail volume (they get paid by the work they do not an hourly rate) and be rest assured as the mail has decreased so has their pay been adjusted already. And that is probably something else you don’t know the postal service has and is continuing to adjust the pay for their delivery personal as the mail volume changes. So now I ask you this question where or what is the postal service savings going to be by stopping mail/parcel delivery on any day of the week? Also what has the postal service done with the pay they have already taken from the mail delivery personal over the past years as the mail volume has decreased? I know the answer; let’s see if you can figure it out?

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 20 May 2011 18:54:33 +0000

5 days of mail would be great! Businesses all do 5 day weeks and it works great. Get it right USPS and raise the rate as needed for mail. There is no need for the Gov to subsidize your costs.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 20 May 2011 18:54:32 +0000

5 days of mail would be great! Businesses all do 5 day weeks and it works great. Get it right USPS and raise the rate as needed for mail. There is no need for the Gov to subsidize your costs.

By: terry

terry — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:00:16 +0000

the only green i care about is cash in me and my wife’s pocket……not that going green bullcrap thats not even important

By: terry

terry — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:58:16 +0000

I care i wish we had it 7 days a week…..Only reason they dont deliver sundays is for religious crap….. Thats not an excuse not to deliver

By: terry

terry — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:55:29 +0000

because we need our saturday deliveries…. Who cares what other countries do

By: terry

terry — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:54:31 +0000

screw that idea….. it needs ton stay as is

By: terry

terry — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:52:38 +0000

it is necessary for them to deliver mail on saturday….i wish they delivered sundays as well

By: terry

terry — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:50:52 +0000

I need my mail on saturdays ….speak for yourself

By: terry

terry — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:50:01 +0000

good for you i check mine daily

By: terry

terry — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:48:36 +0000

I received alot of good mail I wanted this week…. none junk

By: terry

terry — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:47:48 +0000

yes its a bad idea…..