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Would elimination of Saturday mail delivery have no impact OR a negative impact on your business? (If negative impact.) Would that be a small negative impact or a large one?
How would you be negatively impacted?
Suppose you were charged a lower postage rate for ALL mail within your own zip code and a higher rate for ALL mail outside your zip code. Would that save you money or cost you money? (If would save or would cost money.) Would that be a lot or a little?
Would a two-tier postal rate system, one lower rate for mail sent to your zip and a higher rate for zips farther away, create a major administrative hassle for you, a minor administrative hassle or no administrative hassle?
In MILES, how far is the closest Post Office to your business?
Suppose that the closest Post Office was permanently closed and you were forced to use the second closest Post Office. Would that change have no impact, a modest negative impact, or a serious negative impact on your business?
How would that negatively impact your business?
Please estimate the amount that your business spends MONTHLY on first-class postage.
If first-class postage were to rise 6 cents a letter, to 40 cents, and 3 cents a post card to 24 cents, by the end of the year would you:?
By what percent would you reduce first-class mail?
By what percent would you shift?
If first-class postage were to rise 10 cents a letter, to 44 cents, and 5 cents a post card to 26 cents by the end of the year, would you:?
Do you pre-sort mail or take other actions that qualify for a postage discount?
Do you mail newspapers, books, or other educational material that qualify for a Periodicals-class postage rate?
Do you send saturation mailings, sometimes called “junk” mail, to specific zip codes or geographic areas that qualify for standard postal rates?
On average, how much do you spend MONTHLY sending Express or Priority Mail through the U.S. Postal Service?
If the price of Priority Mail were to rise 10 percent per item by year’s end, would you most likely:?
Why would you pay the increase rather than switch services? Is it because the Postal Service is:?
If the price of Priority Mail were to rise 15 percent per item by year’s end, would you most likely:?
On average, how much do you spend MONTHLY sending packages Parcel Post through the U.S. Postal Service?
If the price of Parcel Post were to rise 10 percent per item by year’s end, would you most likely:?
If the price of Parcel Post were to rise 15 percent per item by year’s end, would you most likely:?
Estimated total monthly postal costs.
Volume 2, Issue 3, 2002 ISSN - 1534-8326
William J. Dennis, Jr. NFIB Research Foundation