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Originally Posted by spdrun
Granting entrenched corporations a monopoly on a gov't service (Sunday delivery via USPS) hurts newer and smaller competitors. If they want to give Amazon a year's trial then open it to all who can pay, then that's fine.
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this is a reality of anything in the business world. A big company doing the volume will pay a lot less for something than a small company that only uses or sells limited items based on volume alone.
I might sell company X my custom widget at 2 dollars per if they are buying 50k units, but ill sell company Y, who is much smaller and only wants 2k widgets, the same item for 6 dollars per.
That includes services like delivery services. The US postal service has been losing money for years, sunday delivery gives them a competitive edge that might mean less subsidization of mail delivery, certainly in heavily populated areas. I have no problem with that.
You say open it to all who can pay, and thats exactly what will happen. But those who can pay are the ones with the volume to make it worth it to them.