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Originally Posted by VincentVega
That sounds good but to what end? Are you/we willing to pay $10 to mail something? Assuming no, the price would go up or the service would fold. How much would UPS or FedEx pricing go up if USPS stopped carrying their freight? How much business would Amazon lose in their shipping costs tripled?
I like the idea of every other day delivery except for next day service, assuming you pay a premium for it. Much better customer service is a must, way too many stories of long lines and grumpy employees at the local PO.
Even with cutting service, how much longer does it make sense? Most mail is advertising with maybe 3-5 incoming and 1-2 outgoing pieces of mail per week that are important.
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Did you ever take an economics class?
the PO has an illegal monopoly now. No one else is allowed to deliver first class postage. That inneficiency, that lack of competition drives up the price.
If that monopoly was lifted, the competition for that part of the business would drive the price DOWNWARD!
If the postal service couldn't compete and died, they'd die because they were REPLACED with a more efficient, less costly competitor.
The price to "mail something" as you put it would be regulated by competition.
If it got too high, someone else would step up and do it a little cheaper and take away their business. that's how free enterprise works.