# Do we really need mail delivery six days a week? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 12, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-really-need-mail-delivery-six-days-a-week/1001456 "2024-05-12T18:52:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-really-need-mail-delivery-six-days-a-week/1001456/41 "2024-05-15T15:42:06Z")
I run a wee business that requires people to send me stuff with their Private Health Information (PHI). I don’t want that information online, so I’ve always insisted it be mailed in hard copy form. I could live without Saturday delivery but I’d rather not. Our tiny post office is already closed on that day, but at least the mail still comes. ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-really-need-mail-delivery-six-days-a-week/1001456/42 "2024-05-15T15:57:49Z")
Or the USPS shifts to being largely taxpayer funded so that it’s a service that actually works for it’s citizens instead of advertisers. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-really-need-mail-delivery-six-days-a-week/1001456/43 "2024-05-15T22:47:10Z")
Not sure how, 1st class mail and magazines aka periodicals, the volume has cratered. One problem they have is decades ago they lost considerable parcel delivery to FedEx and UPS. Now they are trying to claw some of that back. That’s why now you’ll see USPS making Amazon deliveries on _Sundays_. The 1st class letter mail, magazines, that stuff isn’t coming back, it’s just going to decline further. Selling stuff on eBay, the post office is competitive for small parcels, under a couple pounds. One thing the junk mail does, it causes a lot of overtime to be paid out. A good snowstorm or two, and direct marketing hit every house junk mail, this screws things up for a LONG time. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-really-need-mail-delivery-six-days-a-week/1001456/44 "2024-05-30T20:26:22Z")
3 days a week would be fine with me. Monday, Wednesday, Friday. We don’t need package delivery 7 days a week either. They even deliver on holidays. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-really-need-mail-delivery-six-days-a-week/1001456.md?page=2)