tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post6233313472806614189..comments2023-07-04T04:04:29.158-07:00Comments on Your Postal Blog: Big idea #5: Establish a third kind of mailBenjamin "Benny the Blogger" Franklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16836872570822325355noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-48996320390029769062010-07-09T12:07:38.753-07:002010-07-09T12:07:38.753-07:00Have customers give email address when they rent a...Have customers give email address when they rent a box and we could do what UPS does and notify them when they have a parcel or express mail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-56243856444298517702010-07-06T12:21:00.958-07:002010-07-06T12:21:00.958-07:00In reference to one of the comments above - are an...In reference to one of the comments above - are any of the "Higher-ups" seeing what is written on this web-site??? Or is just craft and lower-level EAS???<br />There are many, many good idea's I have reading on this web-site. I hope it is not all in vain. I think there are many, many of us who do want the USPS to survive and to be a viable service to the country!!! Can anyone verify if the "Higher-ups" are monitoring this web-site??? I hope they are and will listen and at least consider some of the suggestions that are presented here!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-8059844453286712872010-07-06T07:48:37.546-07:002010-07-06T07:48:37.546-07:00According to the Ross Philo IT3 videos on Link, th...According to the Ross Philo IT3 videos on Link, the Postal Service is already considering getting into the electronic mail market.grannybunnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-9873998380347056882010-07-06T07:46:56.882-07:002010-07-06T07:46:56.882-07:00Okay now all we need is to get the world wide web ...Okay now all we need is to get the world wide web to recognize the USPS has the right to bill for email. NOT! If we keep an Intranet for email, only available at USPS we might make it work.jaonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-51754416186491906922010-07-06T06:53:28.836-07:002010-07-06T06:53:28.836-07:00Yes, we definitely need to adopt some type of tech...Yes, we definitely need to adopt some type of technology based mail delivery. To ignore this opportunity will make USPS obsolete. This series of blogs has shown that employees have many great ideas, I hope HQ is listening! We employees have a huge stake in the survival of the Postal Service and management needs to ask for ideas and then use this large pool of talent & innovation to implement them.Merknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-73609938254408693802010-07-04T16:34:46.882-07:002010-07-04T16:34:46.882-07:00I am no computer nerd, but I like the idea. I imag...I am no computer nerd, but I like the idea. I imagine it would be a huge amount of work, but I think it's great to keep us viable in the 21st century.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-63640872099927304202010-07-03T10:43:47.947-07:002010-07-03T10:43:47.947-07:00Offering some sort of "third kind" of ma...Offering some sort of "third kind" of mail is a good idea, although I'm too technologically challenged to know how it would work. I do know young people think the Postal Service is irrelevant and this might win them over. We're already a trusted company so we would have that as a head-start over other, unknown, companies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-42845176103356788662010-07-03T09:47:08.220-07:002010-07-03T09:47:08.220-07:00I don't think that there's any question th...I don't think that there's any question that this "third kind" of mail will be the new normal - it almost is, already. The pertinent question is will the Postal Service recognize that its mandate to deliver communications includes emerging technologies, or if it will decide that the decreasing revenue from paper mail necessarily makes us irrelevant. <br /><br />The next question concerns the inevitable grumbling that will come from private business if the Postal Service attempts to subsidize its paper communication revenue stream with innovative business concepts. They always complain that the PS is competing unfairly with private business. In providing some electronic communication services to the public, though, there is currently no competition from private business, at least in rural areas. Here in the hinterland, I pay over $100 per month for phone/internet access; much more than charges for comparable services in areas where there is competition. Because the PS already has an enormous retail network all across the nation, we have a natural advantage over private businesses who might want to provide "third kind" of mail services - a natural advantage, but not an unfair one. We've been investing in our retail network for a long time, why abandon it now?Jasmine Krotkovnoreply@blogger.com