I told some hellobee pals that I would be mailing stuff out to them today. Told DH I'm headed to the post office and he told me that USPS is no longer open on Saturdays!
Checked and he's right!!
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lol!!! So much for that
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Well, I don't think that the post office closing on a Saturday is the president's fault, but that's just my opinion. The post offices here (Louisville) are open on Saturdays, so it may be a regional or city by city situation.
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Too bad. We haven't had mail delivery on Saturdays for a long time in Canada and it really sucks.
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@evansjamie: I'm just being a brat and trying to put the blame on someone.
small inconvenience that saves a lot of money I suppose. And so jealous your post offices are open on Saturdays!
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@chopsuey119: I can understand your frustration! I keep waiting for ours to be closed too, because it's hard to find time during the week. They are only open when everyone is at work.
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I think I remember reading that by August they'll all be closed on Saturdays to avoid going bankrupt? Blame email, though
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The Post Office is quasi-Government. There are probably a couple larger branches open on Saturday such as the branch that has Passport services.
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I just read that starting in August, mail will only be delivered M-F (packages will be delivered M-S) and that all post offices that are currently open on Saturday will remain open on Sat.
http://about.usps.com/news/electronic-press-kits/five-day-delivery/
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Even if a post office is closed on Saturdays, the area with the PO Boxes will be open and they usually have the automated machine in there.
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I thought that started in August. I just went to my post office today and it was open!
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We don't get mail delivery on Saturday! Bummer!
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We just went to the post office! Still open Saturdays in MA
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Our teeny tiny branch in Northern Michigan was open today. Must be a regional thing. I had read that they were going to stop Saturday mail delivery to try to stop the hemorrhage of money (the PO lost like 16 billion dollars last year) but then i read that there is some sort of Congressional mandate that might make them deliver Saturday...so who knows what's going to happen.
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@pui: The one good thing about the structure of Canada Post is that it is actually a revenue generating business, as opposed to USPS that required gov't support to maintain the services that they offer. I'd rather CP--as much of a pain as they are at times!
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Ours is still open as of now but I think that's changing.
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They're open until noon on Saturdays here.
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Let me rephrase what I said. Congress forces the postal service to demonstrate a high level of funding. With decrease in use of the post office and continued high cost of funding PS pensions etc, the postal service appears to be insolvent... Please see Postmaster General testimony to congress in February. http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2013/pr13_023.htm
The only way they could remain sustainable was to cut Saturdays (which doesn't go in effect until August). http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/us/postal-service-plans-to-end-saturday-delivery.html?_r=0
Please let your senators and congress people know if you don't like this decision, because they have the power to change it. They've revisited the issue recently (March 23rd).
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I never go to the counter anymore, the automated machines are so much faster!
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@chopsuey119: Don't blame MY man for your mailing problems!
I think this summer our Saturday post is coming to a stop as well. They sent us a letter about their schedule changes, but did I read? I think not...oops. -
Our post-man just came to the door. We've still got service here
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Our mail lady just came!
small inconvenience that saves a lot of money I suppose. 
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