Soldato
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I think delivery should be on 7 days a week. I mean postman on does delivery in the morning and thats it! why cant he just do Sunday as well, lazy git i would do it if i was post man!
I'd wager they wouldn't, given that for most people they will be at work and unable to receive their package. What with Mon-Fri being business days and all.
i'd wager most people would prefer a thurs/friday delivery so they can sleep in late on satuday morning not worrying about missing a courier
Supply and demand.
Workers don't want to work weekends, so they demand more pay to supply their work.
You have a particular demand for Saturday deliveries, so you have to pay more for that supply.
The current stats wouldn't tell you a great deal, given that people's choices as things stand are driven largely by cost.ocuk should post the stats on how many people opt for weekend delivery compared to people who dont
Since when were weekend works paid octuple-time?
Agreed, it is a bit of a con paying higher prices for weekend delivery yet guaranteed the delivery men/women dont get paid extra for working a Saturday!
i'd wager most people would prefer a thurs/friday delivery so they can sleep in late on satuday morning not worrying about missing a courier
Saturday isn't a business day (for the majority of the world - there are exceptions). That's just convention unfortunately.
I dont know about the world but in this country is that still true?
most would probably choose week day delivery with the option to pick up the package from the depot rather than it beeing delivered to an addressThe current stats wouldn't tell you a great deal, given that people's choices as things stand are driven largely by cost.
A survey asking customers what they would choose if the two delivery options were identically priced would be of far more use.
I dont know about the world but in this country is that still true? I guess it depends on what you define as business day. Shops are open at the weekend, hospitals, gyms, care homes, pubs, clubs, resteraunts etc and their are lot more business that are open. Are banks open on a Saturday?