Yesterday, the United States Postal Service released a list of 3,653 post offices it will be reviewing and could potentially close because of low activity and workload. Most of these threatened branches are in rural areas of the United States.
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe has proposed outsourcing many of the basic services a post office offers, like selling stamps and shipping, to local businesses.
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My local PO people are doing what they can. But the last time I paid a vendor to provide a tracking number for a package, the Parcel Section made one attempt to deliver, and left me a slip of paper that said that I could request a re-delivery on line. Which I did--in excess of ten times. NOT ONE was ever responded to. NOT ONE request. I paid for the service and NOT ONE time did they respond. Oh, and their redelivery request didn't provide any proof that it had been filed. Plausible deniability much? The package was returned to the vendor who then resent it. When I complained about their system and the service, they sent me an email saying it had been delivered, never acknowledging the lack of service, but if I found that performance wanting I had to send them a written letter. I say that means they wanted to discourage any further pursuit of the issue.
fine. cl;ose them and put them back in the 'general store'. why not? they're op0en more hours than a post office, would get more people coming thru their doors - potential purchaser of their good, etc..
Great opportunity to make a location in small towns, especially, to meet other town folk, have a coffee or ice cream float, get your mail and stamps, have a seating area something like a Starbucks or the coffee area in the former Borders Stores. Sell books there too!
sounds like a nice little business opportunity!
also, go ahead and cut saturday deliveries. No big deal to me and it would save million$.
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