Sorry boyz and galz, you will have to wait an extra week for your new toys- USPS

[JayGoliath]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20081162-503544.html

With Internet usage rising and mail volume steadily falling, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe warned the U.S. Postal Service is going to have to make significant cutbacks that could mean no more Saturday service and eventually lead to mail delivery just three days a week.

As an international buyer i wonder what will be the impact? 2-3 months wait for my next blade?:grumpy:

 

[Popsickle]

Wow that sucks big ones

 

[Esav Benyamin]

How is this a knife discussion topic? FEEDBACK!

 

[MikeyD]

Not in va. Atleast not yet I have a package due in this Saturday.

 

[Esav Benyamin]

Nowhere does the article suggest cutting back mail processing or transportation, only the number of delivery days once it hits the local post office. None of these options are even on the table now, let alone scheduled for the immediate future. Relax, children, you'll get your toys.

Congress mandated the six-day delivery schedule in 1983, but Donahoe said there may be more support for cutting Saturday service now as the U.S. faces more pressure to improve its fiscal condition.

The idea has "a much better chance today than a year ago. I don't know if I'd say 'likely' yet," Donahoe said.

"At some point, we'll have to move to three" days a week of mail delivery, possibly in 15 years, he told the newspaper.