Postal Rates
» Postal Rates, Volume 2, Issue 3, 2002
If respondent uses Priority or Express Mail through the U.S. Postal Service AND would pay a 10 percent increase (by year's end) in postal rates and maintain volume.
9a1. Why would you pay the increase rather than switch services? Is it because the Postal Service is:?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The only viable option | 5 | ||
| 2 | The cheapest way to go | 18 | ||
| 3 | Provides the best services | 6 | ||
| 4 | Offers the most convenience | 59 | ||
| 5 | Other | 11 | ||
| 6 | DK/Refuse | 2 | ||
| Total (%) | 101 | |||
| N | 95 | |||
Notes: Fifty-nine (59) percent of small employers who use Priority or Express Mail and would pay a 10 percent rate increase (by year's end) and maintain volume, would not switch services because the Postal Service offers the most convenience (Q#9a1).
