A spokesperson for USPS said “The Postal Service delivers to 167 million addresses six days a week – today and in the future. Any proposed change is within the existing 2-5 day service standard. All First-Class Mail will be delivered within 2-5 days.
If a mailpiece enters the mailstream near a USPS Regional Processing & Distribution Center and is delivered to a rural area, it will get there as fast, if not faster, than current delivery. If mail enters the mailstream from a rural area, it may take 12-24 hours extra but is still within our service standards.
Both now and in the future, a majority of mail from rural areas will be delivered within three days or less.”
Jasek says packages aren’t even getting picked up within that period, which is where her problem starts.
“It’s hurting other small businesses all over the United States that we sell to,” she said. “Quite frankly, I’m looking into other methods. The problem that we’ve got is many of our packages are small, so if it’s less than 10 ounces, it’s not cost-effective with UPS or FedEx.”
Even when packages are picked up, Jasek says they’re making a longer path than necessary.
“I had one package that was supposed to go from here to Sugar Land Texas it went to Sugarland in Texas via Hawaii,” she said.