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Re:Amazon’s Next-Day Delivery System Has Brought Chaos to Am... by Scoundreller on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @03:28PM (#20870218)
And yet it’s somehow cheaper than using USPS.

USPS has failed at taking advantage of its network effect.

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Re:Amazon’s Next-Day Delivery System Has Brought Chaos to Am... by hakfoo on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @09:55PM (#20873284)
The USPS may be burning their network effect benefits on universal service.

Sending a few letters from Manhattan to Nome for 50 cents snuffs out the profits from a lot of Amazon packages.

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