No more post office,no more trading?
 

So with all the talk in the news about the possibility of the post office shutting down,what would this spell for those of us that do trades?I heard them say that the internet may be the end for the PO as far as mail but it got me thinking,how would we be able to get trades done?

What do you mean shutting down? Do you got a news link?

First I have heard of this. But if it does happen. There is still always FedEx, UPS, and DHL.

well it was on the local news,there has been alot of talk about it because of the debt the PO is in there is a possibility it could shut down by winter,thats the short and sweet of it.

Oh, so I am assuming it is just your local Post Office then? I already had a "mail strike" and that sucked HARD.

A lot of post offices are closing (Mine is one of them), but the orginization itself isn't going anywhere.

no no,it would be nationwide,I cant believe your local news isnt talking about this.

I dunno man, being Canadian might have to do with our post offices not shutting down. Like Canada Post recently just stopped their postal strike. I can't see it all shutting down now.

ah,stupid me didnt look where you were from,my bad.

Yea I wasn't sure if you where Canadian or American so I was like "OH SHIT, NOT AGAIN." Then I caught on lol.

lol,note to self,pay attention to detail!

I did see a news story on Tv at lunch time about the US Post Office not making money and proposing to stop delivering on Sat and closing several locals and firing 1000's of people in order to make ends meet. I would not be happy about this. The price of stamps goes up every year. The Post Office needs a bail out. Lets fix the Post Office. :)

Curious as to how much it costs you guys to send out a MOC 3 3/4 inch figure...

MOC is about $2.90 inside another box

depends,if its priority its around $5,if its snail mail its around $3 somthing.

Costs Canadians triple. To send MOC it i 5.86 CAD. [5.92 USD]. Maybe USPS needs to start charging more, that won't hurt them much at all. :P

even if the post office closes, you guys do have those private retail shipping places like Postal Center USA?

You can still use Fedex, UPS, DHL...

yeah but none of them are as cheap and easy as the PO.

Well you never really mentioned price as a factor. You just said what could we do as an option if they closed.

ok,add price to the original post