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Re:FedEx Ends Ground-Delivery Deal with Amazon by dleslie on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @10:47AM (#20635177)
As a Canadian, I greatly prefer USPS as it reaches my door by way of Canada Post.

UPS, FedEx and DHL will leave packages in the open, if they deliver them at all. I work from home, and often they would claim delivery attempt when no such attempt was made. If they do happen to attempt and a signature is required but I am out, the nearest pickup location is an hour away.

Whereas Canada Post always attempts, and if I am out they will leave the package at the nearest post office, which is a short walk away.

Maybe USPS would have more value if it weren't being run into the ground? Canada Post performs reasonably well, after all.

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Re:FedEx Ends Ground-Delivery Deal with Amazon by magashna on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @11:21AM (#20635527)
USPS is run like a private company while also having the burden of being a gov entity.
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Re:FedEx Ends Ground-Delivery Deal with Amazon by dleslie on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @12:24PM (#20636172)
Canada Post is run like a private company while being a Crown Corporation. It makes a small and reasonable profit, and bizarrely, sometimes the Tories try to kill it because it profits.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Post

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Re:FedEx Ends Ground-Delivery Deal with Amazon by toomuchtodo on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @11:55AM (#20635868)
USPS is a public utility that unreasonable people put for profit expectations on.
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Re:FedEx Ends Ground-Delivery Deal with Amazon by zrail on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @12:04PM (#20635948)
USPS is a public utility that unreasonable people in Congress put ridiculous requirements on.
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