[Bonaparte]

"...it's savvy of the USPS to want to grab this market."

Ya think all those USPS mega profits will get passed back to the taxpayer via price reductions?

Yeah, neither do I.

[hunter112]

The USPS is in deep trouble, the lucrative part of their market (first class postage for easy-to-handle bill payments) is going bye-bye, the junk mailers have the Postal Rate Commission by the short hairs, and union salaries and pensions (as well as volatile fuel prices) undermine their bottom line.

Nice thing is, UPS and FedEx will keep them competitive for eBay shipping. This quasi-governmental dinosaur is having some real adjustment pains dealing with some solid competition for the first time in their history.