WITH THE ADVENT OF MODERN COURIER SYSTEM, E-MAIL, WHAT HAPPENS TO POSTAL SYSTEM?

@ssh123 (31073)
India
October 8, 2006 6:56am CST
Postal system which is in existence for over 500 years, is loosing its importance. Do you still go to post office? What do you do there?
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18 responses
• India
17 Jan 07
online or email can not replace postal dept. there are some cases that can only handle my post.
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
18 Jan 07
I fully endorse your view.
@oarnamav (2708)
• India
17 Jan 07
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
18 Jan 07
I fully agree with your point that postal system by and large in all countries are most trustworthy system.
@sherinek (3320)
• United States
16 Jan 07
We still use post. Its the more legitimate way. Legally, if we want proof, we have to have the registered slip of a letter and it is acceptable in a Court of Law. So, I think, all modern systems are well and good, but we have to stick to the old method, when it comes to official and legal type of work.
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
17 Jan 07
I agree with your point. Even today in most of the world, the only system which has wide reach out to the people is postal system and we are going out to break this.
• Philippines
16 Jan 07
No I don't use snail mail anymore. It's better to call using your cellphone or send message by e-mail than going to post office.
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
17 Jan 07
Your response has been commented above.
• Philippines
16 Jan 07
No I don't use snail mail anymore. It's better to call using your cellphone or send message by e-mail than going to post office.
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
17 Jan 07
Sending mail alone is not the function of post office. There are 100 other functions which post office performas for the benefit of general public.
16 Jan 07
Postal system will continue even with the advent of modern courier systems,e-mail, this is because there are certain features the internet all on its own cannot take over. Besides there are people who will always want to send cards through sail mail because they have a personal touch as against the e cards which one cannot display or hang on your door. of course postal system will not be flourishing as it used to be but none the less it will continue.
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
17 Jan 07
I fully endorse your views. Thanks for the response.
@dellion (6698)
• Malaysia
19 Oct 06
We still need post office for certain reasons such those legal letters, govenments documents and nost of the formal correspondence as that still can't be replace by emails. I still using it when I need to send parcels or any important documents like the original sets that no way can be done by emails.
@dellion (6698)
• Malaysia
19 Dec 06
ssh123, thanks for your best respond mark!
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
19 Oct 06
thanks for your interesting response.Thanks once again.
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
10 Dec 06
Your discussion has been adjudged as the best.
@rladiga00 (1165)
• India
8 Oct 06
Postal system cannot be replaced. You cannot send books through internet. You cannot send household articles through internet. Post Office despite competition is going to stay. Courier service ;is not fully dependableand hence Post office is required because they provide scores of services to general public. It was oldest system and continue to remain in future too.
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
9 Oct 06
I fully agree with you and I am sure postal system will continue to serve mankind in future too.
9 Oct 06
Although you can get books online, they're just not as enjoyable!
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
9 Oct 06
You are right.
• India
9 Oct 06
Postal system cannot be substituted completely coz people living in villages do not courier.nor do they open up their pcs and send an e-mail to their son who is working in a garage in the city.
@dellion (6698)
• Malaysia
19 Oct 06
Thats true as the villages were no such facilities like internet yet.
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
9 Oct 06
That is an excellent example of how postal system cannot be replaced by competitors. Thanks for your response.
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
19 Oct 06
You are right.
@donglory (677)
• Ghana
10 Dec 06
yes some times
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
10 Dec 06
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• India
16 Jan 07
In my opinion still 80% of our Indian people live in Village . our postal network is strongly spread over small village too. 1) In village area there is no computer , how computer is possible there is even no electricity . 2) Regarding Courier system -for single letter they have charged 30-35 Rs. . i don't think so that every middle class people aford this if u get this facility within 4 to 5 Rs. today post-office advantages :- 1) postal system is more cheaper than all system 2) today they work as a great saving option for future. 3) it has strong network
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
16 Jan 07
You are absolutely right.Postal system has a wide network, no other system can match in CONTACTING PEOPLE. The rates charges by postal department is more cheaper than any other system. Very good response and very thoughtful too.
• Singapore
24 Dec 06
I seldom go to the post office or probably never been there for about 6 months because i am constantly using email.Unless i need to send a package.i won't be at the post office.
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
24 Dec 06
That is a nice thing. But I have a feeling that post office is really indespensable.
• India
10 Dec 06
can love letters b replaced by love e-mails?? never man never!
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
10 Dec 06
Thanks for your interesting response.
@maru_047in (1007)
• India
16 Jan 07
it might b the oldest but the new technologies like email, courier and telephones have left out the postal backward and i think so no body posts now only in rare cases it is done and add me as ur friend and i ll respond to all ur discussion and rate all ur discussion so that ur earning capability get boosted up.
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
16 Jan 07
Thanks for your response. Don't you feel postal system has stood by modern technological development in processing mail and giving satisfactory service?
9 Oct 06
It’s losing importance for sending personal private letters and in some cases bills. Though there are still objects that you just can’t send any other way. Although I don’t think I could even see letters dying out because there will always be a large number of people without email. I've never used a courier sevice to send anything, except a laptop though with something that expensive I'd rely on a service dedicated to the transport of items such as that.
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
9 Oct 06
Thank you for your interesting response.
@Sailor (1160)
• United States
10 Dec 06
At least in the U.S., with prisons and the military, that is probably enough to keep a steady income of guaranteed money comming in to the post office.
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
10 Dec 06
That is right. Thanks for your informative response.
@graaji (69)
• India
9 Oct 06
First of all, thanks for the good question. Though technology has improved a lot, we should never forget the way we come.... I do go to post offices for the sake of govt posts, money order etc.
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
9 Oct 06
Thanks graaji for your compliments to my discussion topic. You have rightly said about the usefulness of post office in spite of stiff competition, the postal system is facing.
@sbeauty (5865)
• United States
20 Oct 06
We recently moved to a small town where we go to the post office to pick up our junk mail. US Mail has periodic fits about people no longer using their services. Stamps keep going up, but service has deteriorated badly over the years. Just like the Pony Express, the post office will have to bow to change. It just took a little longer for them to become obsolete.
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
20 Oct 06
I have an emotional attachment to the postoffice, because in India postal workers used to work very hard, travel in bycycle long distances to deliver the letters, post office provided multi functional services. When I read your comments, I feel so so sad that one day they go obsolete.Thanks for your response.