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Old 07-24-2013, 01:54 AM
 
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Under a new cost saving plan, newly built homes in the United States are no longer entitled to mail delivery to their homes; Congress is considering extending this to all existing homes in the future.

CORRECTED-For new homes, no more mailman at the door under U.S. Postal Service plan | Reuters
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Old 07-24-2013, 02:01 AM
 
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Centralize everything.....
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Old 07-24-2013, 02:19 AM
 
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Time to lift the monopoly and other policies that prevent private delivery.
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Old 07-24-2013, 02:25 AM
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Location: Florida
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Our community is over ten years old and has cluster box delivery - a decision imposed by the postmaster from the start.

I can report that the sky hasn't fallen.
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Old 07-24-2013, 02:28 AM
 
Location: Montreal, Quebec
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Oh Noez!! Americans will actually have to walk ALL the way to the curb!
Don't worry....maybe you can get one of those motorized scooters.
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Old 07-24-2013, 02:31 AM
 
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Cool, since the postman has to walk LESS...let's make sure we slash pay across the board...
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Old 07-24-2013, 02:40 AM
 
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From the link:

Under a cost-saving plan by the U.S. Postal Service, Americans moving to newly built homes will not get mail delivered to their doors but instead will have to trek to the curb or neighborhood mailbox clusters, the agency said Tuesday.

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More than 30 million American homes get door-to-door delivery and another 50 million get their mail dropped at their curbside mailboxes.


It's a cost savings measure.
The whiners don't like the cost and they don't like the solution.
Go figure.
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Old 07-24-2013, 02:42 AM
 
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Yea, let's see how the savings go back in our pocket....not in the states. I won't hold my breath.
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Old 07-24-2013, 02:48 AM
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Cool, since the postman has to walk LESS...let's make sure we slash pay across the board...
The point is to cut costs. Since this will result in spending less time delivering to each home, each postal carrier will have to serve more homes. Furthermore, the postal service currently doesn't charge enough to cover its costs, so folks like you are already getting more than you're paying for.

This isn't rocket science. It makes no sense to allow your own personal avarice to obscure the obvious.
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Old 07-24-2013, 03:05 AM
 
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The point is to cut costs. Since this will result in spending less time delivering to each home, each postal carrier will have to serve more homes. Furthermore, the postal service currently doesn't charge enough to cover its costs, so folks like you are already getting more than you're paying for.

This isn't rocket science. It makes no sense to allow your own personal avarice to obscure the obvious.
Well, I don't the usps delivering at all....let UPS take the job if the state can't run their business efficiently.
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