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That you expected aMail or needsend a package Throughout the country, there are certain standard services that we all expect from the American postal service (USPS). But the agency is barely solid because it has fought against a certain number of challenges in recent years, from staff shortages to financial gaps. These problems have reduced customers, leading to a considerable amount of complaints concerning the delays in sending and the increase in costs.

The situation has become so disastrous that the presidentJoe Biden signed thePostal services reform law On April 6, which will bring nearly $ 50 billion in USP relief over the next 10 years to help the agency get back on the right track. But even before the signing of this bill, the postal service brought a number of adjustments to its service to try to fight against these current problems. Read the rest to learn all the ways in which the USPS has already changed and plans to change your email service in the past year.

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If you have felt like some of your mail deliverieshave become more slowly In recent months, you don't imagine things. On October 1, 2021, the postal service implemented "New service standards"For first -class mail and periodicals." A service standard is the number of days between acceptance and delivery of a piece of mail that the postal service considers a timely delivery, "said the agency on its website.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

In other words, the USPS has slowed down the period within which it must deliver part of your mail. The agency has increased its time standards in transit of one or two days for mail and first -class periodicals which roam longer distances. "Current service standards are difficult to meet reliably. The adjustment of service standards will provide customers with more stable and realistic expectations," the USPS said when he announced the change.

The agency added that, following these new standards, customers must adapt by sending certain articles earlier. "If it took you more than a day to drive your mail to your destination, be sure to give your long distance mail a little time to travel with USPS," recommended the postal service.

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As soon as the new year has arrived, the USPSdecided to reduce your shipping options. theThe agency first announced In August, this would presuppose its buffered envelope at a prepaid flat price by prepaid in 2022. "The envelope, which is not sold online ... will not remain available until January or until the last time," declared postal service at the time.

On January 12, the envelopeswere no longer available To buy on the USPS website, Eseller 365 reported. The agency said that the decision to stop this shipping option was largely due to the fact that the product request had sang. "The postal service abandons the limits because orders have regularly decreased over the years, while production and production costs have continued to increase," said the USPS.

One of the most recent USPS changes has had an impact on the cost of shippingSome packages. On April 3, the postal service introduced two new shipping supplements: non-standard costs and non-compliance costs in size. According toFederal register, theNew costs affect customers Try to ship certain national retail and commercial letters that enter one of the following categories: Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, First Class Package Service, USPS Retail Ground and Parcel Select.

With non -standard costs, the supplement starts at $ 4 for any pack of more than 22 inches but less than 30 inches. For packages over 30 inches in length, the costs reached $ 15. You will also have to pay an additional $ 15 if your package is greater than 2 cubic feet in volume. And dimensional non-compliance costs are intended for customers who try to get non-standard costs. With these new costs, youwill be billed $ 1.50 for packages greater than a cube foot or more than 22 inches if you have not provided dimensions or if they are incorrect, depending on the USPS.

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Postal servicesplans to increase costs Do not stop at a few new costs, however. On April 6, the USPS filed an opinion from the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), announcing plans to increaseFirst -class mail price 6.5%. This hike includesIncrease the cost First class Forever Tampon Courrier from 58 cents to 60 cents.

The proposed modifications also include the increase in the price of the letter of letter in one piece to 24 cents, the price of 1 ounce of mail measured at 57 cents, a postal stamp price at 44 cents and the price of letters 'An ounce sent to other countries at $ 1.40 cents. All new costs will come into force on July 10 "if they are favorably examined by the PRC," said the USPS.

When asked during an interview on the reasoning behind the prices proposed, postmaster generalLouis Dejoy mentioned, "Because we need money"Reported Reuters.

But before the new price increases take effect, the USPS plans toslow down the delivery time For even more mail. On April 18, postal service announced that it would beextend the delivery time For almost a third of its small light packages. According to the agency, the new service standards will come into force on May 1 for its first class packages and with this change, the time of transport for 32 preceding of first class plans "will increase by one or two days".

"The modification of these service standards will allow additional transport time for long -distance package deliveries and the increase in network efficiency," said the USPS.

On the other hand, the service standard for 64% of the volume of the packages will remain unchanged, while 4% of its volume of first -class package service will actually obtain a shorter transport time of two days instead of three days. The agency also gets rid of an additional delivery day for priority land deliveries by mail, which was set up in April 2020 as a means of giving an additional time to the USPS for deliveries in light of problems world supply chain and the availability of employees in the middle of the cocovio pandemic.

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