USPS Considers Eliminating Saturday Delivery

It is no surprise that the United States Postal Service finds itself in a growing amount of debt. The ability to write and publish this blog is in itself an example of the technology that is running the postal service into the ground. E-mail, newspapers, magazines, bank statements and bills are all available electronically causing the dramatic decrease of 213 billion pieces handled in 2006 to a projected 166 billion in 2010. Those in charge of the postal service’s sustainability have been working toward one goal: decrease the postal service’s growing debt. One of the solutions the postal service plans to propose to congress is cutting their Saturday delivery, service. Many find the Postal Services proposal to be something that they can accept and understand; but there are many more who find this unacceptable. Most can’t fathom the idea of waiting two consecutive days before receiving anything in the mail.

This leaves a large gap for a courier service like Naparex to fill. The majority of courier companies offer courier service 7 days/week including holidays and many operate 24 hours a day; businesses that are open on Saturday and in need of receiving their mail could be handing this work off to a courier company. There are a number of other services that depend on Saturday mail service; an example would be the popular online movie rental Netflix. Saturday delivery of rentals to their customers would seem a vital aspect to a business that provides what many would consider a “weekend activity”. With the competition Netflix faces they would probably find that the end of Saturday delivery wouldn’t be beneficial to their business and they may find that a courier service would be the best bet to get their rentals where they need to be on a Saturday!

One thing is for certain, the United States Postal Service needs to do something quickly or they will be in too deep to be dug out, but many question if this is the answer.