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US Postal Service To Make Sunday Deliveries For Amazon

Posted by samzenpus on from the rain-shine-or-weekend dept.

guttentag writes "The New York Times is reporting The USPS has struck a deal to deliver Amazon's packages on Sundays — a first for both. The Postal Service, which lost nearly $16 billion last year, often loses money on first-class mail delivery, but package delivery is profitable. The Postal Service said it expected to make more such deals with other merchants, seeking a larger role in the $186 billion e-commerce market. For this holiday shopping season, Sunday delivery of Amazon products will be limited to the Los Angeles and New York metropolitan areas. In 2014 it is expected to expand to other cities including Dallas, Houston, New Orleans and Phoenix."

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  1. Re:what? by Joining+Yet+Again · · Score: 0, Troll

    Because, of course, a private service is always cheaper and more reliable.

    And is never too big to fail.

    Let's privatise the air you breathe. NOBODY IS MAKING MONEY FROM YOUR BREATHING and it is an ideological tragedy.

  2. Re:what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "It actually makes sense for an entity like the postal service to be losing money."

    Socialism is truly a mental disorder. Do you realize what you just said? Do you have to be reminded to breathe?

    All you need to incentivize spending money wisely is privatization; if you waste money you suffer consequences (get fired),

    The state is the only organization where you would find people saying 'it is better to waste money', because the money they waste is not theirs, and the supply is unlimited - they can always tax more or print more.

    But you are advocating pissing away MY MONEY. I just wish you would have the balls to tell that to me to my face. But we all know you are nothing but a pathetic lying statist thief and a coward.

    God I fucking hate socialists.