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Originally Posted by spdrun
Wrong. If the infrastructure for Sunday delivery already exists, it would be profitable to offer the service to ANYONE at a higher cost. Kind of like the bakery being open from 4am to 6am for bulk pickup, but if an individual wanted to pay 5x the normal price for a cake, they'd be happy to oblige them.
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once again, where are you assuming that this service won't be offered to anyone willing to pay for it? The article says nothing about exclusive one company only deals, it just says amazon has come to a deal and the USPS is looking to tap into more of the market. Im sure if someone is willing to pay though the nose, they can get it done, at least in the test areas shown. you are getting bent out of shape without cause here.
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Incidentally, I have no problem with gov't services "bleeding" money. That's why they're "services" not fawking "for profit corporations." If politicians had the balls to roll back Idiot Chimp Dubya's tax cuts, this wouldn't even be an issue.
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Relax.
The USPS is a government service that could easily be either profitable or break even since its fee based already. It is hamstrung from this for a host of reasons, largely pension payments.
It has to subsidized by the government, so even after paying for my postage, my taxes also go towards keeping the USPS up and running. I see no negative reason with allowing it to become competitive with other parcel services, nothing stops them from being competitive back either.
If the USPS can close the operations deficit gap by this type of service, then all the better.