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You Have To Pay To Get Your Mail?

Dale Mussen — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:58:41 +0000

With all of the junk mail we get these days can you imagine having to pay for it? Back in the days before stamps were invented it wasn’t the sender, but the receiver of a letter who paid for it. But back then people really sent letters and that’s usually the only thing you would get in the mail. Bills and junk mail came much later.

Looks Like Saturday Mail Will Continue

Dale Mussen — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:39:21 +0000

First the U.S. Postal Service said Saturday mail delivery will be cut beginning in August as a way to save money. Now the Government Accountability Office says the Post Office doesn’t have the authority to make that decision. The Postal Service has been losing billions of dollars a year. That’s billions with a “B”. Last year they lost [...]

Post Office Will Not Deliver Mail on Saturdays Anymore

Chris Chaberski — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:37:14 +0000

Starting this summer, you won’t be getting any mail over the weekend. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe announced Wednesday that due to budget issues, the US Postal Service will cease all mail delivery on Saturdays. Packages will still be delivered, though. The move is expected to save $2 billion. Online bill paying has surged since 2008, [...]

Unusual Ways To Deliver Mail

Dale Mussen — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:00:13 +0000

There’s been some talk about scaling back mail delivery to five days a weeks – eliminating Saturdays, but still at 45 cents it’s still a pretty good deal to mail a one ounce envelope anywhere in the country. There’s a very small town in Arizona at the bottom of the Grand Canyon where delivering that [...]

The Incredible U-S Postal System – Dale's Daily Data

Dale Mussen — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:00:31 +0000

It comes under a lot of criticism because of what seems to be constantly rising rates, but the United States Postal Service is the country’s largest civilian employer with over 700-thousand workers who handle 44 percent of the world’s cards and letters. They deliver 212 billion pieces of mail every year to over 144 million homes and businesses in this country as well as Puerto Rico, Guam, the American Virgin Islands and American Samoa. They’re a non-profit, self-supporting company and the only way they continue to operate is thru the
sale of postage. One of their biggest expenses is fuel. The Post Office says when gas goes up by just a penny – it costs them 8-million dollars.

Woman Tries To Mail Pooch

Clay Moden — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:59:47 +0000

A woman is in trouble with the law after she attempted to mail a small dog to Atlanta in a sealed box. She told the post office there was a toy robot in the box and to ignore any noise heard coming from the box.