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Cost of FedEx from NYC to LA: Cheapest price for 1 lb letter is $60.37 before taxes https://www.fedex.com/en-us/online/rating.html https://www.fedex.com/en-us/

Cost of FedEx from NYC to LA: Cheapest price for 1 lb letter is $60.37 before taxes https://www.fedex.com/en-us/online/rating.html https://www.fedex.com/en-us/online/rating.html Cheapest price on USPS for 1 lb letter is $9.70 after taxes. https://postcalc.usps.com/Calculator/MailServices?country=0&ccode=US&oz=10010&omil=False&dz=90042&dmil=False&retail=False&mdt=7%2F28%2F2025&mdz=12%3A29&m=1&hscode=False&p=1 https://postcalc.usps.com/Calculator/MailServices?country=0&... That is 7x for a standard 1 lb envelope. The claims are not as egregious as you think. You are not the only one shipping goods around. There is a market that USPS serves and I along with many others benefit from it.

parineum 1y ago
Do you think one example proves your point?
- nine_zeros 1y ago
  For a specific question about a single point? Yes. For a nuanced answer, all providers are required. USPS and FedEx both serve meaningful markets.
  - parineum 1y ago
    Actually, a single point can prove you wrong but a lot of data is needed to prove you right. The reply mostly agreed with you, they said 4/5 was cheaper but 1/5 wasn't. Your statement implies 5/5 is cheaper, the other poster is the one that only needs one data point. > USPS and FedEx both serve meaningful markets. You from two replies ago would be shocked to hear that.
    - Aurornis 1y ago
      > The reply mostly agreed with you, they said 4/5 was cheaper but 1/5 wasn't One clarification: The other 4/5 is split between UPS and USPS. I’m fortunate to have drop boxes and shipping centers for all 3 providers near my house or on the way to the gym.
geraldwhen 1y ago
FedEx ground for 8x8x4, 1lb, $25 And you don’t even know how to use USPS. Flat rate shipping would be cheaper at that distance for USPS. To really invent a scenario, ship to Hawaii. It’s subsidized by the USPS.
maxlybbert 1y ago
There is actually a law that requires FedEx and UPS to charge more for some parcels ( https://pe.usps.com/text/qsg300/Q608.htm https://pe.usps.com/text/qsg300/Q608.htm ). It was created after Lysander Spooner created the American Letter Mail Company ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Letter_Mail_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Letter_Mail_Company ) and delivered mail between large cities for 10% of the cost of the US post office. The argument is always that a private mail company would deliver mail to the cheapest places first (like the American Letter Mail Company did) and the US post office would get stuck with the unprofitable mail. But that could be addressed by just requiring any mail company to deliver to all addresses. Instead we have a law that just requires companies charge more than the post office.
- unnamed76ri 1y ago
  I hadn’t heard Lysander Spooner’s name for a long time. He was a well known Abolitionist. Something else the federal government was bad at…
Aurornis 1y ago
How long did you spend submitting numbers into the FedEx and USPS calculators to try to come up with a scenario to make this point? I never claimed FedEx was always cheapest. I explained that I use a service which quotes all 3 providers because the cheapest service varies by package and by destination. I don’t understand how anyone could even believe that FedEx remains a viable company by charging 7-10X more than competitors. The entire line of argument is illogical.

parineum 1y ago

Do you think one example proves your point?

nine_zeros 1y ago
For a specific question about a single point? Yes. For a nuanced answer, all providers are required. USPS and FedEx both serve meaningful markets.
- parineum 1y ago
  Actually, a single point can prove you wrong but a lot of data is needed to prove you right. The reply mostly agreed with you, they said 4/5 was cheaper but 1/5 wasn't. Your statement implies 5/5 is cheaper, the other poster is the one that only needs one data point. > USPS and FedEx both serve meaningful markets. You from two replies ago would be shocked to hear that.
  - Aurornis 1y ago
    > The reply mostly agreed with you, they said 4/5 was cheaper but 1/5 wasn't One clarification: The other 4/5 is split between UPS and USPS. I’m fortunate to have drop boxes and shipping centers for all 3 providers near my house or on the way to the gym.

geraldwhen 1y ago

FedEx ground for 8x8x4, 1lb, $25 And you don’t even know how to use USPS. Flat rate shipping would be cheaper at that distance for USPS. To really invent a scenario, ship to Hawaii. It’s subsidized by the USPS.

maxlybbert 1y ago

There is actually a law that requires FedEx and UPS to charge more for some parcels ( https://pe.usps.com/text/qsg300/Q608.htm https://pe.usps.com/text/qsg300/Q608.htm ). It was created after Lysander Spooner created the American Letter Mail Company ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Letter_Mail_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Letter_Mail_Company ) and delivered mail between large cities for 10% of the cost of the US post office. The argument is always that a private mail company would deliver mail to the cheapest places first (like the American Letter Mail Company did) and the US post office would get stuck with the unprofitable mail. But that could be addressed by just requiring any mail company to deliver to all addresses. Instead we have a law that just requires companies charge more than the post office.

unnamed76ri 1y ago
I hadn’t heard Lysander Spooner’s name for a long time. He was a well known Abolitionist. Something else the federal government was bad at…

Aurornis 1y ago

How long did you spend submitting numbers into the FedEx and USPS calculators to try to come up with a scenario to make this point? I never claimed FedEx was always cheapest. I explained that I use a service which quotes all 3 providers because the cheapest service varies by package and by destination. I don’t understand how anyone could even believe that FedEx remains a viable company by charging 7-10X more than competitors. The entire line of argument is illogical.