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I don't know about you but from my personal experiences in dealing with the USPS, they're not exactly what I'd describe as the most efficient (or friendly for that matter) organization.

Compare that to same-day or next day delivery from Amazon, it's night and day.

I'd rather not dump more tax money into that mess.

EDIT: I find it interesting that 90% of the responding comments in this thread are seemingly against the parent comment's ideas yet all are being heavily downvoted now with practically no answers to justify the downvotes

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> EDIT: I find it interesting that 90% of the responding comments in this thread are seemingly against the parent comment's ideas yet all are being heavily downvoted now with practically no answers to justify the downvotes

I think that's because many of the comments are posting regularly debunked misinformation.

Personally, I like the USPS more than Amazon. Because while Amazon frequently gives me great service, they can terminate that relationship at any time and then I'm completely stuck. Because the USPS is quasi-governmental, they can't just decide I'm no longer allowed to be a customer.

> I think that's because many of the comments are posting regularly debunked misinformation.

Such as?

Most of these faded out comments are talking about how the USPS is a government org so it has no incentives to efficiently fix things regardless of money. How do you debunk that? It’s true of the incentives of every government agency.

Why does the CEO of a private company have incentive to fix things? Presumably because they’ll be fired if they don’t. How is that any different for the head of a governmental organisation?

Stock compensation.

I mean sure, but do you really feel like that’s necessary for someone to be motivated to do a good job. IMO there’s plenty of incentive without that.

Well you’re completely wrong. The vast majority of a CEO’s compensation is tied to the success of the company (often >90% comes in stock).

It’s the difference between life changing money (early retirement, vacation anywhere any time, etc).

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