Saturday Mail Delivery to End, Postal Service Announces
The U.S. Postal Service announced it will end Saturday mail delivery by Aug. 1. Speak out: How will this affect you?
Calling the six-days-per-week mail delivery business model “no longer sustainable,” the U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday morning announced it will eliminate Saturday delivery of mail by Aug. 1. Post offices will remain open Saturdays and package deliveries will occur on Saturdays, according to the U.S. Postal Service. The plan to shrink delivery from six days a week to five would only affect first-class mail, while packages, mail-order medicines, priority and express mail would still get delivered on Saturdays. According to the U.S. Postal Service, the reasons are continued economic struggles and the increasing use of the Internet for communications and bill paying by consumers. The U.S. Postal Service is also the only federal agency …
krnlyn
4:23 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
I have a package due from UPS, it was dated to be here yesterday...tracked it, sent a inquiry through email and called. Tracking brought it to Pittsburgh from Kentucky--not to my hands yet, however I like having choices. I am fine with them saving by having a week schedule, eliminating the weekend. more ›