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From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org>
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Subject: Re: The US Postal Service
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:40:36 -0500
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On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:25:47 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

>On 2/18/2025 10:10 AM, cyclintom wrote:
>> On Thu Feb 13 21:43:55 2025 Roger Merriman  wrote:
>>>
>>> If it?s not funded by government ie has to fund its self, then services
>>> will always come 2nd to profitability, ie if one wants no or low junk mail,
>>> and for it to be run as service then will need some government funding. EX
>>> postie in UK which has been privatised and now a commercial company with
>>> totally expected results ie worsening service.
>>>
>>> Can?t see Trump wanting to fund it somehow!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Roger, I know that you look through the lens of socialism being taught that in school but EVERYTHING is moving by mail. If Amazon Prime can give you cut rate prices and deliver the next day, the US Postal System can make a profit on 10,000 times the movement of mail.
>> 
>> 
>
>Not 'can'; 'could'. But they do not.
>
>Logistics contract negotiators at Amazon are really first 
>rate and richly informed.  It took UPS years of losses to 
>cancel their largest customer but they really had to do that 
>to stem the losses on Amazon delivery.
>
>USPS employees are quite vocal about their current Amazon 
>arrangements and mystified that the rate/volume continue.
>
>It's really true that one cannot sell at a loss and 'make it 
>up in volume'. Not in logistics, not in bicycles, not in 
>banking...

I just bought some new stainless mixing bowls. They reportedly shipped
(UPS) yesterday (2/17/25) late afternoon from a restaurant supply
store in Connecticut and is scheduled to arrive 2/20/25. Assuming that
happens, I'm quite satisfied with that.

--
C'est bon
Soloman