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Originally Posted by Malsua
Without the post office our lives would be profoundly different?
How?
I wouldn't even notice.
I haven't sent a payment by mail in at least 10 years.
I occasionally get a check in the mail and that's only because there was a fee for a direct payment. Eliminate the USPS and those fees would disappear.
Sure, I get Amazon deliveries by the mail, those would flip over to the Amazon truck or Fedex/UPS.
If I need to send someone money, it's Paypal, Venmo or Zelle.
Just because YOU haven't caught up to technology, doesn't mean there are no alternatives to the post office.
Sure, we could hail it's passing with a flag and a monument, just make sure the first 50 feet are straight sided and sheer or some woke doofass will try to pull it down.
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Amazon chooses to use the USPS for some of their deliveries because of a monumental savings in shipping fees. That is WHY you can get 2-day delivery free if you're a Prime member. The cost for their UPS, FedEx, and Amazon-owned deliveries is offset by the low price of USPS deliveries.
If they didn't have USPS deliver much of their envelopes and small packages, there would be NO free delivery at all for MOST packages shipped by Amazon.
Also, FedEx, UPS, and DHL services don't ship to certain locations at all. USPS is required to ship to every single address in the USA. People living in rural areas where FedEx doesn't cover - rely on USPS to get things to them.