Postal Rates
» Postal Rates, Volume 2, Issue 3, 2002
If respondent believed closing the nearest Post Office would have a negative impact on the business.
5a. How would that negatively impact your business?
Response | ||||
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1 | Take longer to get there | 68 | ||
2 | Loss of local identity | 1 | ||
3 | No convenient place to mail parcels, purchase stamps, etc. | 14 | ||
4 | Couldn't use Post Office box any longer | 5 | ||
5 | Other | 11 | ||
6 | DK/Refuse | 2 | ||
Total (%) | 101 | |||
N | 502 |
Notes: Sixty-eight (68) percent of small employers who think that closing the closest Post Office would have a negative effect on the business cite the greater length of time that it would take to reach the Post Office as the most important negative effect (Q#5a).