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Originally Posted by Nucky
I have drastically cut back on order's from Amazon in the last six months. After years of flawless service, we have been shipped two different items in a row that were undoubtedly used, scratched and dented with no manual included and a pair of scuffed up, badly, Zumba shoes. This is the second year in succession that our yearly Prime fee was $$ Zero $$. I would rather pay and not wonder if my next order will be here on time and new.
I've also read that every shipment I get from Amazon hurt the U.S. Postal Service financially. I don't know if this is true or false but I don't want to be a participant if this turns out to be a FACT.
Another $20 a year is the Icing on the Cake. Adios Prime!
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Fact Check: Is The Post Office Losing Money By Delivering Packages For Amazon? : NPR
Per Michael Plunkett, who was a vice president at the Postal Service and now leads PostCom, an association of large mailers.
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...the Postal Service does not lose money delivering Amazon's or anyone else's packages.
The Postal Regulatory Commission does review the Postal Service's contracts, and they've concluded the opposite - that the Postal Service does make money from its shipping contracts.
Amazon probably looks very different from the rest of the Postal Service's shipping business because they have enough volume in their own network of distribution centers, so the vast majority of their packages are being entered locally, and they're very cost-efficient for the Postal Service to handle for the most part.
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Facts matter! 