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How about every second day mail delivery?

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Re: How about every second day mail delivery?

Unread postby eastbay » Mon 12 May 2008, 22:13:16

Trash collection.

Pardon the minor hijack, but we have four separate 7 mpg diesel trucks roaming our city every day each stopping weekly at each house and business. It's insane. One's for trash, another is paper/plastic, another is yard waste, and the fourth is metals.

How much longer can this wasteful activity last?
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Re: How about every second day mail delivery?

Unread postby max_in_wa » Mon 19 May 2008, 20:46:47

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', '.').. Ban ALL advertising mail, especially the political trash. Raise letter rates high enough to offer a real incentive for people to do their bill paying electronically. ....


If I received no junk mail, I'd get actual mail 4x month, slightly more if I've ordered something from Amazon. As you suggest, all of my bills automatically debit my bank account and I've turned off getting a paper copy for all that allow it (all of them except for my insurance co). What I do get are endless credit offers daily. I could probably heat a small cabin in a cold climate all winter with the credit offers alone.
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Re: How about every second day mail delivery?

Unread postby vandal49588 » Sat 24 May 2008, 19:22:12

Wanting an efficient postal sysytem might be asking too much. I'm all for less frequent delivery, but I'm sure the postal workers' unions will not share the same opinion.
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Re: How about every second day mail delivery?

Unread postby smallpoxgirl » Sat 24 May 2008, 19:43:33

Lots of places in Montana, there is no mail delivery. You have to get a PO box. The mail carrier just walks down the row stuffing mail in the boxes. You decide how often you come get it.
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Re: How about every second day mail delivery?

Unread postby k_semler » Tue 27 May 2008, 04:35:56

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('deMolay', 'H')ow about no mail delivery, pick it up yourself, and fire all the letter carriers and give us all who don't get mail delivery a tax break.


You can already opt-in to it if you want, (you always have been able to). Instead of your regular address being:

Mr John Doe
1234 Fake Street Unit #18B
Anytown ID 83843-1829

Change it to read the following:

Mr John Doe
GENERAL DELIVERY
Anytown ID 83843-9999

The mail will be held at the post office for up to 30 days before it is expunged. You will have to pick up the mail yourself at your main postal distribution center, (usually the largest one in town).

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