https://postalemployeenetwork.com/news/2015/03/18/usps-customers-testing-larger-mailboxes/ Postal News For Postal Employees And Retirees Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:05:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://postalemployeenetwork.com/news/2015/03/18/usps-customers-testing-larger-mailboxes/comment-page-1/#comment-63249 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:05:18 +0000 http://postalemployeenetwork.com/news/?p=10366#comment-63249 A wonderful idea. If the standard mailbox was even one inch bigger I could put about 10 more packages a day into the box, saving time and wear and tear on the old bones. Amazingly, the standard box used to have a requirement of a 6×6 cross section but about 15 years ago the post office changed to to 5×6 to save manufacturing costs! They made it smaller! And then they wonder why the route takes longer. And Amazon.com, our “partner”. They used to have a box, probably for 1 or two CDs, a paperback, or other small items, that easily fit into a curbside box. About two years ago their commonly used box got bigger, just too big by about a half an inch, to fit into boxes. Do these people talk to each other?

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