I am glad you mentioned eBay. I have a friend who has a rather large and high volume eBay store and ships exclusively via the USPS.
As to Amazon, why single them out alone? Why not Wal-Mart, Apple, Target, Macy’s, QVC, or any of the other stores who now do very well selling on-line?
http://wwd.com/business-news/business-features/amazon-wal-mart-apple-biggest-e-commerce-retailers-10862796/
> As to Amazon, why single them out alone?
Totally agree, but can any large customer get similar deals from USPS, or is there actually political favoritism?
I don’t see it. I think USPS has made tremendous strides (just from observing prices, tracking and delivery time) and I favor them greatly over UPS and Fedex, even for retail rates (no special deal to an individual, right?)
So some of the anti-USPS stuff here is probably really stupid.
Even we extreme right-wingers still buy stuff from Amazon, though I can tell you that I now am able to get stuff other places cheaper pretty often since Amazon started charging sales tax here.
Check out the wikibuy and ebates extensions for Chrome.