Postal Rates
» Postal Rates, Volume 2, Issue 3, 2002
If the respondent sends Priority or Express Mail though the Postal Service.
9b. If the price of Priority Mail were to rise 15 percent per item by year’s end, would you most likely:?
| Response | Small employers with monthly expenditures on Priority/Express Mail | All small, employing businesses/Small employers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reduce the number of items sent Priority Mail | 13 | 8 | |
| 2 | Switch to a competing delivery service | 41 | 23 | |
| 3 | Pay the increase and maintain volume | 43 | 25 | |
| 4 | Mix | 2 | 1 | |
| 5 | No expenditures on Priority Mail | 44 | ||
| 6 | DK/Refuse | 1 | 0 | |
| Total (%) | 100 | 101 | ||
| N | 202 | 355 | ||
Notes: Forty-one (41) percent of small employers who use Priority or Express Mail would likely switch to a competing delivery service if the price were to rise 15 percent (Q#9b). Twenty-three (23) percent of small employers would most likely switch to a competing delivery service if the price of Priority or Express Mail rose 15 percent (Q#9b).
