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The United States Postal Service (USPS) is going ahead with a Unpopular plan to delay and make some mail deliveries more expensive.
Starting Friday, the U.S. Postal Service will begin to “implement new service standards” for first-class mail and periodicals, which will delay your delivery time by about 30% , USPS spokesman Kim Frum, told NPR .
According to Frum, some of the changes will result in a increased time for some pieces of mail to cross the country or travel other long distances , probably with an increase of 1 day or two for delivery.
However, he said that the 61% of first class mail and 93% of periodicals will not be affected by these changes .
The One Piece First Class Mail (smaller and lighter mail) traveling in the same region will still have a two-day lead time, Frum said.
First class packages, however will be affected by the new standards as of Friday .
In addition , from October 3 and until 26 December, the postal service will temporarily increase the prices of all “domestic commercial and retail packages” due to the season of Christmas. Increasing postage rates is part of the effort to increase USPS revenue.
Price increases will not affect international products.
Changes are part of 10-year strategic plan of the Postal Service announced by the general director of the Post Office Louis DeJoy last March. “The need for the US Postal Service to transform to meet the needs of our customers has been around for a long time. ”DeJoy said when announcing the plan.
In August, the Postal Service announced that its standard for first-class mail delivery was met on 83. 6% of the time during the quarter ended 30 of June, compared to its performance of the 88. 9% during the same period in 2020.
The Postal Service also reported a loss of $ 3,000 million for the quarter ended 30 June, compared with the $ 2.2 billion from the previous year.