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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Very often we get something the next day that we are in no need to get so quick.

For example my wife found some nail polish she wanted to try that cost $ 7.99 for a small bottle. Comes the next day from Utah.

How in the world did someone make any money at this?

Obviously the post office is losing their shirt on the delivery end of this.

FALSE!

Or as seems to be popular these days...'Fake News.'

Because every link I wanted to put here is political...I'll help you out with a hint.

Go to a legitimate fact-checking site...and type in "USPS + package delivery."

On one, well-known and respected fact-checking site...you'll find this.

Package delivery, however, was one of the few bright spots in its latest financial statement.

In 2017, parcels brought in $19.5 billion, or 28 percent of USPS’ annual revenue.

At $2.1 billion, packages contributed the largest revenue increase.

On another, different, legitimate fact-checking site...you'll find this.

PLUNKETT: 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.

NAYLOR: Plunkett says the Postal Service's deal with Amazon is probably unlike what it has arranged with other shippers.

PLUNKETT: 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.

NAYLOR: In fact, package deliveries have been the bright spot in the Postal Service's financial picture the last several years. It reported more than $19 billion of revenue from package deliveries last year - an increase of 11 percent.