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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYes, your mail is getting slower, America. The postmaster general's changes at the US Postal Service
are causing longer delivery times.No, you aren't imaging slower delivery times for your first-class US Postal Service mail.
The USPS instituted longer delivery times on October 1 as part of the postmaster general's decade-long effort to cut costs at the agency.
Prior to October 1, the postal service said delivery for standard first class mail across the US should take no longer than three days, according to The Washington Post. Beginning this month, the USPS says standard mail delivery could take anywhere between two and five days.
Mail being delivered 280 miles or less typically made it to its destination in two days under the previous guidelines, while mail being delivered further within the US typically reached its destination within three days.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/yes-mail-getting-slower-america-180408690.html
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Yes, your mail is getting slower, America. The postmaster general's changes at the US Postal Service (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Oct 2021
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Blue Owl
(50,356 posts)1. DeJoystick: what a suck cess story he is
msongs
(67,404 posts)2. we should get a discount on postage for delays and longer lines nt
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)3. If banks, etc., need to mail something in 3 days, they should pay more.
Drug plans, VA, etc., need to get meds delivered sooner, or pay a little extra for 2 day delivery.
jimfields33
(15,787 posts)4. To send a letter across the country costs 58 cents.
That is a bargain. Of course same letter emailed is free.