Walmart Beats Amazon in $15B Flipkart Battle

Re:Walmart Beats Amazon in $15B Flipkart Battle by bonesss on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @02:50AM (#17019304)

USPS negotiates rates with companies that engage in bulk transactions at scale. The claim that Amazon is ripping off the USPS is... well that's "fake news":

> [Amazons] rates are kept under wraps. That said, we do know the Amazon deal is at least a break-even venture.

> That’s because the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act made it illegal for USPS to price parcel delivery below its cost.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/apr/...

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Re:Walmart Beats Amazon in $15B Flipkart Battle by freehunter on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @09:15AM (#17020646)

I didn't read it as "Amazon is ripping off the USPS" but rather "Amazon is benefiting from the USPS needing to deliver everywhere in the US, even places where UPS wouldn't deliver".

I live three blocks from the post office, my grandma lives 25 miles and down a dirt road from her nearest post office. It's hard to argue that my deliveries cost the same as hers, yet we pay the same price for postage.

--edit: I hold no opinion either way on the subject, just clarifying based on what I understood from reading it.

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Re:Walmart Beats Amazon in $15B Flipkart Battle by freeone3000 on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @10:09AM (#17020971)

"Amazon is benefiting from the postal service's reliable, universal delivery" seems like one of those stock phrases we tout out as to why investing in infrastructure is a good idea.

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Re:Walmart Beats Amazon in $15B Flipkart Battle by chillwaves on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @12:34PM (#17022248)

Sounds like it is the consumers who are benefiting. I don't see the problem.

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