| A New Proposal By the USPS Could Kill Interest in Disc-by-Mail |
| Home Theater News DVD Hardware-Software News | |
| Written by Dick Ward | |
| Wednesday, 07 December 2011 | |
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The USPS is losing money like crazy and they've been trying hard to think of a way to get back to profitability. They've already announced that layoffs and shutdowns are happening and have even proposed stopping Saturday delivery, but the newest money-saving idea could really turn off customers that subscribe to Netflix and Blockbuster.
The solution: eliminate next-day delivery of First Class mail. Under the proposed rule, the postal service would have up to three days to deliver. This means that returning a movie to Netflix could take up to three days and receiving a movie from Netflix could take up to three days. That's a six day turnaround for your discs - significantly longer than the current setup. It's almost certainly going to change consumer outlook on services like these. |
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