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>Email accounts practically at the whim of big corporations As are mail boxes unless you own house outright or have a mom and pop landlord (which is really not
by bobbydroptables 7y ago
>Email accounts practically at the whim of big corporations
As are mail boxes unless you own house outright or have a mom and pop landlord (which is really not much better).
>The private sector may be more efficient than the government, but that's because of bureaucracy imposed by the politicians themselves.
Wait what? No it's the opposite. There are ridiculous laws that attempt to protect the USPS monopoly. For example, only they can deliver to your mailbox.
Only USPS is allowed to deliver letters. USPS does not pay state or federal taxes, etc. There is all kinda of bureaucracy in place to protect USPS and still the private carriers are better.
>Tell me, how long does it take UPS or FedEx to ship a package across the US? At least 5 business days for the cheapest. USPS gets it there in 3.
Yes it's easy to be cheaper when you don't pay any taxes. Except they're not actually cheaper except for most packages between 2 and 5 pounds.
>* The USPS, unlike UPS and FedEx, have a legal mandate to attempt to deliver every letter and parcel if it's in the US.
And yet they fail stunningly at delivering things.
>* Your mail sent through USPS is protected from searches without a warrant by law. You can't say the same about UPS and FedEx.
I agree it's absurd that the law grants these special powers to USPS. All carriers' customers should get this protection.
>* I can send a small letter through USPS for $.55. How much does a private courier charge?
Wait what? It's illegal for anyone else to deliver letters. You're making my case for me.
Anyway, we need to stop sending letters. It's almost 2020.
- larvaetron 7y ago> It's illegal for anyone else to deliver letters. Tell that to FedEx[0]. [0]: http://www.fedex.com/gp_english/tools/package1.html http://www.fedex.com/gp_english/tools/package1.html
- bobbydroptables 7y agoI don't make or enforce the rules, for better or worse. https://parcelindustry.com/article-4888-The-Mailbox-Monopoly-Conundrum.html https://parcelindustry.com/article-4888-The-Mailbox-Monopoly...
- Alupis 7y agoFedEx might call these letters, but they can't and don't deliver then to your mailbox. Only USPS can open your mailbox and put things inside.
- colejohnson66 7y ago> As are mail boxes unless you own house outright or have a mom and pop landlord (which is really not much better). What? How? No one is legally allowed to open a mailbox that isn’t theirs. If someone is opening your mailbox that isn’t a postman, report it; it’s a federal crime.
- bobbydroptables 7y agoWhat? If you are evicted the next tenant absolutely can and will open the mailbox. That's how mailboxes work. If you reported that you'd be laughed out of the post office.
- mikestew 7y agoMailboxes in the U. S. are in essence Federal property. By that logic, no one outside the Feds can open it. But I’m being pedantic.
- bobbydroptables 7y agoThis is just incorrect. Whoever occupies the address attached to the mailbox can access it.
- mikestew 7y agoNo one is legally allowed to open a mailbox that isn’t theirs. The mailbox isn’t yours.
- bobbydroptables 7y agoThe issue isn't who owns the mailbox. It's whose mail is in it. You are absolutely allowed to open a mailbox with someone else's mail (even if it's extremely sensitive). It just needs to be your mailbox.
- colejohnson66 7y agoI mistyped. I meant, no one who isn’t living there can’t open that mailbox. And it’s a federal crime also to open mail not addressed to you.