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A comment on If It Prints, It Ships: 3D Printing and the Postal Service [pdf].

Re:If It Prints, It Ships: 3D Printing and the Postal Servi... by eglover on Thursday July 24, 2014 @07:32PM (#8082964)
Well... duh. Nothing here suggests any real change by the USPS, of course they would ship 3D printed material, it's the same stuff they already ship, it's not like it's different. The "could" dedicate space to it? That's exactly what they'd do with anything with increased popularity and deals. Like... Amazon shipping.

Even a "company" with a monopoly can't avoid going bankrupt every 5 years and these buzzword ads won't help them. Give my letters (and 3D printed items) to someone who actually loses when they do a crap job, thanks.

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Re:If It Prints, It Ships: 3D Printing and the Postal Servi... by yzzxy on Thursday July 24, 2014 @09:50PM (#8083418)
How does USPS have a monopoly on shipping package goods?
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Re:If It Prints, It Ships: 3D Printing and the Postal Servi... by eglover on Friday July 25, 2014 @11:05AM (#8085560)
I didn't say they did. Read.

"Even a "company" with a monopoly can't avoid going bankrupt every 5 years and these buzzword ads won't help them. Give my letters (and 3D printed items) to someone who actually loses when they do a crap job, thanks."

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Re:If It Prints, It Ships: 3D Printing and the Postal Servi... by delbel on Friday July 25, 2014 @12:26AM (#8083746)
Via government mandate/fiat.
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Re:If It Prints, It Ships: 3D Printing and the Postal Servi... by dragonwriter on Friday July 25, 2014 @01:06AM (#8083862)
Except that that's false, as the USPS doesn't have any government mandated monopoly on package delivery (it has a monopoly on letters only, and even that has exceptions.)

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

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Re:If It Prints, It Ships: 3D Printing and the Postal Servi... by yzzxy on Friday July 25, 2014 @12:58AM (#8083839)
That's a process by which they could receive a monopoly which they by no means hold. Or was FedEx just a fake company invented for Cast Away?
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