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Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by Talanes on Monday July 27, 2020 @07:08AM (#23963933)
Amazon being able to cut deals with the delivery companies themselves seems... fine? Like I'm not in the habit of advocating things be easier for giant corporations, but it's whatever.

However, giving them a better deal than a regular citizen with a nationalized service is just bullshit.

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Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by Nasrudith on Monday July 27, 2020 @04:14PM (#23968934)
Bulk discounted presorted shipping is a thing for everyone technically - junkmailers have been doing it before before Bezos was born. It is a matter of baked in fixed transaction costs. In addition to sparing the back end sorting costs they would rather get 1 order of 1000 to process than 1000 orders of 1. Most would rather not bother with the overhead of say a 17 cent checkout fee to pay for groceries and just have it baked in the prices.
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