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Re:USPS Estimates $230 Billion in Losses over Next 10 Years by jcnnghm on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @09:37AM (#1161430)
Perhaps private shipping companies should be allowed to compete in this sector.
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Re:USPS Estimates $230 Billion in Losses over Next 10 Years by phsr on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @09:48AM (#1161462)
Do UPS, FedEx and DHL not count?
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Re:USPS Estimates $230 Billion in Losses over Next 10 Years by travisp on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @09:56AM (#1161483)
As I understand it, they're not allowed to compete with letter delivery/first class mail:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Express_Statutes

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Re:USPS Estimates $230 Billion in Losses over Next 10 Years by phsr on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @10:11AM (#1161528)
Ah ok, I didn't know about these statutes, very interesting
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Re:USPS Estimates $230 Billion in Losses over Next 10 Years by Daniel_Newby on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @10:48AM (#1161628)
Indeed. It is of importance to legal processes, where an unstamped hand-delivered letter is in some sense undelivered.
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Re:USPS Estimates $230 Billion in Losses over Next 10 Years by MikeCapone on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @09:54AM (#1161475)
They don't deliver standard mail, afaik.
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