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You better get those holiday packages mailed out sooner rather than later: Mail delivery is about to get slower and more expensive. Beginning Friday, the U.S. Postal Service will start to "implement new service standards" for first class mail and periodicals slowing its target delivery time by about 30%, USPS spokesperson Kim Frum told NPR.
Additionally, beginning Oct. 3 and ending on Dec. 26, the postal service will temporarily increase prices on all "commercial and retail domestic packages" due to the holiday season, Frum said. The price increases will not affect international products.
The changes are part of the Postal Service's 10-year strategic plan announced by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy ... "The need for the U.S. Postal Service to transform to meet the needs of our customers is long overdue," DeJoy said in announcing the plan. Frum told NPR that the Postal Service will use more ground transportation than air transportation.
In August, the Postal Service announced its standard for first-class mail delivery was met 83.6% of the time throughout the quarter ending June 30, in comparison to its 88.9% performance during the same period in 2020.
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/28/1041304836/slower-mail-delivery-higher-prices-holiday-season
a kennedy
(29,655 posts)likesmountains 52
(4,098 posts)Why he was out in the pitch black at 8 PM I don't know. We have bears and mountain lions out after dark. Poor guy!
samnsara
(17,622 posts)Blue Owl
(50,356 posts)Is DeJoystick really the USAs finest?
NewHendoLib
(60,014 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)I dont remember WHY that is, but hes the boss until at least December.