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Do they really need to go door-to-door? Why can't the USPS just forward it all to Outbox?

• arbuge 13y ago
  I think they tried to set this up once, but the USPS is giving a partnership with them the cold shoulder... http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/28/4039990/the-postal-service-is-bad-but-outbox-is-worse http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/28/4039990/the-postal-service... "At the time of its announcement, Outbox suggested it had reached an agreement with the USPS to allow it to intercept mail from ever being delivered to your home, and that it would instead be delivered to its warehouse. This would have made the service less wasteful, to be sure. From its description of the service today, that no longer appears to be the case, and Outbox employs its own "postmen" to pick up already delivered mail from your home mailbox."
  • beat 13y ago
    Could still happen in the future. Certainly, last-mile delivery is an expensive pain point for USPS. But cutting that deal is going to be high-risk and expensive.
• joshuaellinger 13y ago
  They tried to cut a deal with the USPS where the scanning happens at the distribution centers. The USPS said that they would never do it.
  • nawitus 13y ago
    Don't citizens have the 'right' to forward their mail to a given destination? Or register Outbox address as their official mailing address?
• ef4 13y ago
  Their FAQ addresses this: "On first glance you could just use the free USPS product mail forwarding to send your mail to our warehouse. However, in many cities, mail forwarding results in a 10 day delay (often more) of your mail, does not include catalogs and other standard mail, only lasts 12 months, and nearly certainly loses most of your packages. Thus mail forwarding to our address would create a terrible user experience."