When Will Postal Operators Begin Charging for Receiving Paper Mail?

By Ron Wiener, CEO & Postmaster General, Earth Class Mail

With the advent of Trusted Postal Email approaching, several industry analysts have asked us recently when posts might start charging recipients to continue having postal mail delivered in paper form. That’s an excellent question, with plenty of comparables to examine. Some banks charge higher per-use teller fees to customers who aren’t willing or able to use cheaper ATMs for their transactions. Cell-phone companies charge recipients to receive phone calls, in addition to the caller being charged for the same number of minutes.

As many national posts struggle with a worsening fiscal deficit due to declining volumes coupled with ever-increasing operating costs, they first scrutinize the most expensive customers they must serve: rural residents. In the United States, where the USPS already owes the federal government $7B in deficit-covering loans, and has experienced a volume decrease of 9 billion mail pieces in 2007, millions of rural customers are already forced to take free PO Boxes and make a long, expensive drive to get their mail. Read more

November 24, 2008 | Filed Under Earth Class Mail, The Postal Future | Leave a Comment 

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