Possibly, but this 'we will deliver other people's mail for free' is a concept that predates e-commerce as we understand it by 100 years. Shipping is a major p

Possibly, but this 'we will deliver other people's mail for free' is a concept that predates e-commerce as we understand it by 100 years. Shipping is a major part of the equation so it's screwing up commerce. They should dump the agreement for all but regular letter mail, it makes no sense otherwise. It's rational if the price of shipping is more transparent and consistent with the actual, underlying cost. For example, if this system did not exist, and China was subsidising their own shipping to the US, ironically, it would be illegal under WTO rules! It's absurd and it should have ended long ago. I still cannot believe that US companies have not been able to lobby to have this cut two decades ago.