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If we're on analogies, this is like the USPS deciding in the early 2000s that you have to pay to receive mail as well as to send it. eBay and Amazon have just m
by mayank 16y ago
If we're on analogies, this is like the USPS deciding in the early 2000s that you have to pay to receive mail as well as to send it. eBay and Amazon have just made it big and resulted in a massive increase in package deliveries, so USPS decides to double-dip and get a slice of the Internet pie.
Also, the cost of postage does not go down -- their revenues just go up.
- protomyth 16y agoYep, except you have to add FedEx, UPS, etc. won't carry your packages because they don't serve your area.
- _delirium 16y agoThat used to be the case, and was one of the things the USPS used to complain about--- they were legally mandated to deliver to every valid postal address in the U.S., while UPS and FedEx could exclude unprofitable remote areas. It appears both UPS and FedEx now promise delivery to every U.S. address; would be curious to know when that happened. They do, unlike the USPS, levy a surcharge for delivery to areas deemed "remote", though.
- quag 16y agoBefore stamps, there were two options: pay someone to deliver the letter or pay when you receive the letter.
- tertius 16y agoSounds like text messages in the U.S. Very strange when I got here from South Africa.