Denmark to discontinue letter delivery.

It's rare that I get any real mail, I mostly receive advertisements and charity appeals. Oh, not getting those would affect me because I wouldn't get free greeting cards and return address stickers. Oh, and calendars too.

If I was an advertiser I'd be bummed to lose postal service.
 

I would not like to see it happen here. But If it meant I wouldn't get flooded with junk mail trying to get me to switch to Medicare Advantage every open enrollment period it would have a silver lining. But knowing how powerful the health insurance lobby is they will probably be given an exception. :mad:
 
It wouldn't make much difference to me either. Our letter delivery is down to alternate days anyway since Covid but I have a PO Box so most of my mail goes there.

Parcel delivery is going gangbusters and is basically subsidising the letter delivery service. As a pensioner I get 50 concession stamps a year for 60c each which I think is good value considering the size of the continent. (normal letter stamp for the great unwashed is $1.50 ;) ). I use my stamps mostly to send postcards to my kids when I am travelling. Postcards are getting hard to come by too.

I think Australia Post is rationalising overseas deliveries, there now seems to be only one stamp - $3 whether the letter is going to Indonesia, USA or Europe
 
I read that 6-12% of Americans live in houeholds without any internet connection, home broadband, phone data, or other access, and a much larger percentage of Americans rely on receiving paper bills through the mail, which they pay by mailing checks.
 
dusty said:
Well, I pay all my bills online and do any banking online also. The only mai I would miss would be Social Security notices, --things ike that. So yeah, I guess I'd miss it.
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Complete opposite here, never bought online, I don't trust it, Never use e-mail, still use the bank and buy everything retail.

Letter writing is a subject that we have covered previously although that was about handwritten letters. I may have struck lucky on that. My former neighbour has put me in touch with a promotions company that want hand written paragraphs in things like brochures and menus. We shall see.
That previous thread was inspired by a newspaper journalist and this was my response.

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When I ived in Montana back in 2000+ I was so far out from anything that the post office delived 2x a week.

Once my adult son and I were just driving around and we came to an abandoned Post Office. It was unlocked and not much in it till I went in the basement. There roughy 2 feet on the (clean, dry) floor were thousands of undelivered mail in letter form only!! I sat on the basement stairs and read the date on the envelope and dug into the pile for dates. They went back into the late 1800s up to 1950ish.

Who knows how some of those letters could have changed peoples lives had they gotten them.
 
MACKTEXAS said:
I read that 6-12% of Americans live in houeholds without any internet connection, home broadband, phone data, or other access, and a much larger percentage of Americans rely on receiving paper bills through the mail, which they pay by mailing checks.
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I stopped using the USPS awhile ago after a mail fraud where somebody got into my electric bill and made the check out to themselves for a much larger amount.

If they ever stop USPS delivery it will mean a free laptop for everybody as the power companies need to get paid.
 
Dr.Colosso said:
Good for them. Let people go to some point to pick up their packages and post.
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It's rare that I get any real mail, I mostly receive advertisements and charity appeals. Oh, not getting those would affect me because I wouldn't get free greeting cards and return address stickers. Oh, and calendars too.

Second that. On top of the cards, stickers, and calendars, we get fridge magnets and small note pads. Wife gives to about 8 charities, but the charity appeals have multiplied like the loaves and fishes and we get at least 3-4 a day. Everyone has our address.
 
PeppermintPatty said:
Our postal service is on a losing scale. They have lost one billion in the last 9 months. Cutting the service might be the only solution. They are unionized and want a 19% raise.
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Patty, they fared well after all their strikes.
“6.5 per cent wage increase in the first year, followed by a three per cent hike in the second year and increases matching the annual inflation rate in Years 3 through 5. They also include enhanced benefits and a weekend parcel delivery model.9 hours ago”
Bloody ridiculous IMO.
I’d be content with twice weekly delivery at postal boxes only. Something major has to be done to get rid of all the debt.
 
Most of the mail I get is junk mail. I get our HOA bill by mail, but they also email it. Once a month, I look forward to getting Costco's members only sale brochure, but that is also emailed. The only special mail I get are the annual birthday cards my BFF always sends and the year end letters from one of my cousins synopsizing the events he and his family experienced throughout the year. Usually it's nice, uplifting news. He also includes a holiday picture of him and his gorgeous family, so I look forward to that. All my bills are paid online except the HOA, for which we have a community drop box (that looks like a postal mail box).
 
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Patty, they fared well after all their strikes.
“6.5 per cent wage increase in the first year, followed by a three per cent hike in the second year and increases matching the annual inflation rate in Years 3 through 5. They also include enhanced benefits and a weekend parcel delivery model.9 hours ago”
Bloody ridiculous IMO.
I’d be content with twice weekly delivery at postal boxes only. Something major has to be done to get rid of all the debt.
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They should consider themselves lucky that they still have a job.
 
Furryanimal said:
The DWP still use the post…as do my doctors who insist on sending out letters to back up their E-mails.
Otherwise I rarely get anything except junk mail.
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I get a lot snail mail still as well.. like yesterday because the post only deliver every 3rd day now..I got 7 letters all at once... mostly from the NHS hospital appts etc.. banking..

I mean what happens to people who don't have access to the internet.. ?..older people.. people who can't afford it for whatever reason... what happens to them in Denmark or anywhere else that wants to implement this change...
 
For me it would be more of an attitude adjustment than a problem.

I could automate the last few items to email, send e-cards to family and friends, Venmo a birthday gift instead of tucking a few dollars into a card, etc…

I think a few of our laws around legal notice might have to be updated to address the use of digital content, digital signatures, etc…

There are people today that have no fixed address and they function so I suppose that those without internet access would learn to adapt.

When Wi-Fi first became popular, I was one of those folks that looked for free Wi-Fi around businesses until eventually I made the switch to various inexpensive pay as you go hotspots and ultimately cable access.

The savings would probably be massive enough that the government could step up and subsidize private companies to provide a solution to those areas of the country without reliable internet and cell service.
 
I read about this yesterday and wondered how they
will cope, our postal costs are getting so high, that
maybe a courier service will be cheaper soon, all of
my family are at least 400 miles away in Scotland,
with some in Canada, not all have the internet!

Mike.
 

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