USPS slowing first-class package delivery to lower costs (yahoo.com)
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The bottom line is that the mail delivery will take longer. It still is a good deal.
P.S Save the Manoa Post Office.
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You can just throw the mail like one newspapa on the homeowner's lawn if they don't have their dog on a lease. I can just pick em up.
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Originally posted by Robbos View PostIt seems odd that a few people are calling for the USPS to be profitable. We don't expect the FCC, the DOD, the FDA, or any other government department to be profitable. Our expectation is productivity rather than profitability, because they're a service, one that we pay for with our taxes. Congressional oversight of postal rates has been crippling the USPS for years... it seems ludicrous to expect to have an item hand delivered hundreds or thousands of miles away for less than fifty cents. How could profitability possibly be expected?
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It seems odd that a few people are calling for the USPS to be profitable. We don't expect the FCC, the DOD, the FDA, or any other government department to be profitable. Our expectation is productivity rather than profitability, because they're a service, one that we pay for with our taxes. Congressional oversight of postal rates has been crippling the USPS for years... it seems ludicrous to expect to have an item hand delivered hundreds or thousands of miles away for less than fifty cents. How could profitability possibly be expected?
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Warning: Don't send fruits or meats through the mail.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/comp...O5w?li=BBnbfcL
We better take warnings seriously.
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Originally posted by Amati View PostYour scenerio implies that the diabetic will not have enough forethought to order in advance of running out.
Originally posted by Amati View PostUse a calendar? Have a sticky-note on their coffee mug? Enlist a friend or family to help with a reminder?
Now realize that a large amount of seniors are ordering their Losartan by mail, not by force of habit, but because they are too frail to walk to Walgreens or recently learned it’s cheaper to buy Crestor by mail then to pick it up at Mina Pharmacy (every penny counts when you are on a fixed income). You are talking about hundreds, if not thousands of kupuna who have no clue how this process works and/or are shocked that for the first time in their life, they have to “pay in advance.” Confused and disoriented is putting it mildly.
Originally posted by Amati View PostI think the "Duh" factor here is actually your assumption that patients and pharmacies are a bunch of dummies who cannot figure out how to work out a reasonable mailing schedule.
Think about it.
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Originally posted by TuNnL View PostIf that “automated” ship date happens to fall on a Friday, Saturday delivery will be needed — particularly for diabetic medications which must be shipped with a cold-pack which obviously means it can’t “sit” at the U.S. Post Office over the weekend. Duh, Amati!
As for the pharmacy knowing that there is no Saturday delivery, yet sending out a medication that will sit in a Post Office over the weekend, I think they'll be able to figure out the appropriate mailing timeline.
I think the "Duh" factor here is actually your assumption that patients and pharmacies are a bunch of dummies who cannot figure out how to work out a reasonable mailing schedule.
However, I do have a "Duh" factor for myself that I will readily admit to. I've got to remember to sign in so that my "ignore list" feature is functioning! Remembering that will definitely affect my further responses on this thread.
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Originally posted by Amati View PostAs for things like medications, many (if not all) mail order pharmacies put repeat drugs on an auto-refill schedule, so that they are sent out ahead of time (so the patient does not run out). Mine schedules 7 days in advance. Meaning, for a 30 day supply, they sent out a fefill order on the 23rd day of each cycle. It would not matter if they cancelled Saturday deliveries, things don't arrive on that 30th day, they come in a few days in advance.
Regardless of all of this, it simply doesn’t matter if their medication is scheduled to get a patient’s home well before he or she runs out. If that “automated” ship date happens to fall on a Friday, Saturday delivery will be needed — particularly for diabetic medications which must be shipped with a cold-pack which obviously means it can’t “sit” at the U.S. Post Office over the weekend. Duh, Amati!
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Originally posted by GregLee View PostName two. Why can't things scheduled for Saturday delivery be delivered on Friday instead?
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Originally posted by amagab View PostTo me, USPS needs more drastic changes than these. All they are going to do is end the delivery of first class and bulk items. If POs will remain open and Priority Mail still delivered on Saturdays, will they really save that much money?
I'd rather see them stop all Sat delivery, stay closed on Sat, and outsource weekend deliveries to FedEx and UPS.
There are some critical items that must be delivered on Saturday. That is why completely eliminating Saturday delivery, while saving USPS money, would unfairly increase the cost to other companies and individuals who simply don’t have the means to pay those costs. We can’t let them go without their meds just because of that.
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