Originally posted by: NationalGameDepot

UPS drops ships to almost every PO everyday, so does Fedex, and a few other smaller companies. Customers pay UPS the premium for the package, and it is then cheaper for UPS to pay us to deliver it and they pocket the profit.

I also don't think that most people understand how the PO actually works. The PO is the only self funded government agency. We do not (and haven't ever) received one dime in tax dollars. The entire budget is from shipping and stamp sells, the PO is totally self funded. The PO has always been designed to only break even, they have never wanted it to make a profit, just keep sustaining itself. That has always worked in the past, but with everything being online it has cut the amount of First Class mail to shreds, and that is the mail class that has the highest profit margin.
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