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USPS does not have that leverage, they are obligated to provide last mile support at a loss if necessary.
by badRNG 6y ago
USPS does not have that leverage, they are obligated to provide last mile support at a loss if necessary.
- pigscantfly 6y agoMy house is two miles down a paved road from the nearest village (800 full-time residents in the Western Sierras), and USPS doesn't deliver mail, although they do provide a free PO Box in the village. UPS and Fedex both deliver to my door. Anecdotally, your claim doesn't seem correct, but I'm not sure what the exact rules are.
- droopyEyelids 6y agoHere is USPS's "Universal Service Obligation" https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default/files/document-library-files/2015/rarc-wp-15-001_0.pdf https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default/files/document-library...
- missedthecue 6y agoThere is no set and clear definition of the Postal Service’s USO; it is generally assumed to be a collection of various laws and regulations. from the document
- grecy 6y agoWhich is perfectly fine, because the USPS is a service, not a business. It's not supposed to be profitable anymore than the military or the EPA are supposed to be profitable.
- delusional 6y agoUnder the assumption that they are funded to provide that service.
- dexterdog 6y agoThe problem is when a company can leverage that loophole to make even more money, which is what Amazon is doing.
- not_kurt_godel 6y agoIsn't that kind of the point of most public infrastructure though? That its losses can be subsidized because the net economic gain and overall improvement to people's lives is worth it? How many companies depend the "loophole" of roads and public transport being publicly subsidized in order to operate in any capacity whatsoever?
- CPLX 6y agoThis is just factually incorrect. USPS does not provide to the door service for massive swaths of the country. I know this because as I type this I’m sitting in a house in a rural area of upstate NY that doesn’t have USPS delivery. When clueless e-commerce merchants send me things via USPS anyways they never arrive and eventually get sent back. This situation is not uncommon at all.
- ogre_codes 6y agoMaybe this is why Amazon sends a huge chunk of their packages via USPS. Part of the deal between the USPS and Amazon included some pretty big incentives to deliver Amazon packages on time. My wife worked for USPS for years and Amazon packages were given pretty high priority.