“You may choose to be a hermit if you like,”
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Well, I am anything but a hermit.
I bicycle to the market and past the post office every day.
To see ANY delivery service truck in town might be a once per month adventure.
To say that one has no need for a postal system is just whistling through his britches.
There are many older people who do not have the luxury
or knowledge of high speed internet, and even if they did,
they would still prefer to receive a greeting card via the mail.
Now that I live offshore, I receive little mail via a postal system, but if I were back in the states and still in business, having NO post office in my very rural town would be unthinkable, despite being on first name basis with my UPS and FedEx drivers.
Yes, total privatization via for profit carriers, and all billing and payments via internet, as well as electronic banking can very well be the wave of the future, but not yet....not till us old fogies die off :P
How much more will a magazine subscription cost if it is delivered by FedEx? How much will it cost to send an invoice, notice, or greeting card overseas to Europe or Asia?
Inquiring minds want to know.
I already receive all my magazines in digital form. I send invoices in soft copy for my business, and have not received a hard copy invoice for quite some time. If you want to send a greeting card to Europe or Asia, of course it should cost more!
I sent a Fedex letter containing signed docs to rural France yesterday. $17 for priority international service (<48 hours) and I know it will get there. USPS can’t offer that.