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<p>[QUOTE="fretboard, post: 826788, member: 19765"]I don't know if anyone is aware but our PO is having major issues in the US and is thinking about dropping Saturday delivery. I haven't read much about it but I heard that since the advent of the internet and major competition the US post office will have to make adjustments. They are currently letting some employees go and will continue to downsize and/or think of better ideas. </p><p> </p><p>Well I thought of an idea awhile back and wanted to see what y'all thought about it. Maybe the federal gov't should just combine the services of the US post office and the US mint together, what do you think?</p><p> </p><p>If that was ever to happen they could have some current major post office sites as pick up satellite offices where one could just go and pick up your order of coins. Also we wouldn't have to buy anything from a third party at a premium. All current post office sites would become US mint sites as well, surely you couldn't pick up coins at all of them but they may be able to make it work somehow. Anyone?</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35661462" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35661462" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35661462</span></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="fretboard, post: 826788, member: 19765"]I don't know if anyone is aware but our PO is having major issues in the US and is thinking about dropping Saturday delivery. I haven't read much about it but I heard that since the advent of the internet and major competition the US post office will have to make adjustments. They are currently letting some employees go and will continue to downsize and/or think of better ideas. Well I thought of an idea awhile back and wanted to see what y'all thought about it. Maybe the federal gov't should just combine the services of the US post office and the US mint together, what do you think? If that was ever to happen they could have some current major post office sites as pick up satellite offices where one could just go and pick up your order of coins. Also we wouldn't have to buy anything from a third party at a premium. All current post office sites would become US mint sites as well, surely you couldn't pick up coins at all of them but they may be able to make it work somehow. Anyone? [URL="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35661462"][COLOR=#800080]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35661462[/COLOR][/URL][/QUOTE]
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