I buy a lot of stuff on Amazon. Most of the stuff I buy that I can wait a day or two for, in fact.
I’ve noticed that a lot of things I buy originally get shipped cross-country by UPS, but get turned over to the local post office once it gets in my area. I live north of Atlanta about an hour or so, so I guess it is more economical for the USPS to deliver than UPS, especially to meet a guaranteed 2-day deliver.
Overall, if this helps the USPS, and Amazon is happy, I’m for it.
You a Prime member as well? It took a while for me to sign up, but I’ve not regretted it once.
I’m happy to hear this. As much as I hate that Amazon puts smaller businesses out of business, capitalism works to benefit those who provide the best service at the lowest price.
I work for USPS usually sorting flats
>>which has failed to win congressional approval to stop delivering mail on Saturdays
Great, govt interference (into a quasi-governmental agency)
into what could have saved us money (that huge pensional-plan-funding-for-75-years is another that could have been addressed). Who is John Galt? (And yes I’m a fan of Rand etc.
but still work for USPS. Make Dagney Taggart postmaster general! She could run a railroad well but when the govt.
came in...)
I order from amazon and it usually gets here fairly quickly (even in cases of “amazon marketplace”, private sellers of used goods through amazon). Ordered a used DVD and it came in several days earlier than expected.