Trump Takes On Amazon and the Postal Service Again, Urging ‘Much More’ in Postage Fees

Trump Takes On Amazon Again, Urging ‘Much More’ in Postage Fees

"...Amazon regularly uses the Postal Service to complete what’s called the “last mile” of delivery, with letter carriers dropping off packages at some 150 million residences and businesses daily. It has a network of more than 20 “sort centers” where customer packages are sorted by zip code, stacked on pallets and delivered to post offices for the final leg of delivery. While full details of the agreement between Amazon and the Postal Service are unknown -- the mail service is independently operated and strikes confidential deals with retailers..."    

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More discounts for big mailers

U.S. Postal Service shops around price break on product samples

"...The nation's mail delivery service is offering companies a discount to send consumers product samples through the mail. ..."    

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Opinion: Postal Service ought to be serving and negotiating with all direct mailers in a nondiscriminatory manner

Valassis' sweet deal a sour pill for everyone else

"...Suddenly — and "suddenly" is the appropriate word since the USPS' deal with Valassis was made effective immediately — newspapers, and everyone else in the direct mail business, found themselves in competition with a company that had secured a sweetheart arrangement with a government agency...."    

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More big mailer discounts as postal service goes broke

Postal commission OKs ‘junk mail’ discount plan

"...“NAA believes this decision is contrary to law, and will challenge it immediately and vigorously,” said NAA Chairman James Moroney, the publisher of The Dallas Morning News. The commission dismissed the newspapers’ damage estimate, saying in its order that “newspapers’ claims of harm..."    

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More discounts for commercial mailers

U.S. Postal Service Incents Commercial Mailers to Combine Mobile Marketing

"...2 percent postage discount on Standard Mail and First-Class Mail letters, flats and cards (presort and automation) that include a two-dimensional barcode or print/mobile technology..."    

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The bulk mail industry says hands off our profits

Don't touch my junk: The bulk mail industry says hands off our profits

"...The big guns in the room are going to be the bulk mail companies, and they have already made their position clear. They have been fighting against the rate increase since it was initially proposed last year, and they have already come out in favor of the proposed cuts to labor and the post offices. On August 12, within hours of hearing the USPS plan, the Direct Marketing Association— the leading association of businesses using direct marketing (junk mail) — “applauded” the proposed cuts. ..."    

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In spite of mailing costs Netflix admits people still want their DVD's

"...tacitly acknowledging the high costs of mailing physical DVDs, but also admitting that many people still want the skinny little discs. ..."    

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Another Big Mailer Discount Program Begins Jan. 2

TWO USPS INCENTIVE PROGRAMS DEBUT JAN. 2

"...provides rebates of more than 5 percent for volume growth of mailers who regularly use Standard Mail and Nonprofit Mail letters and flats. Mailers who decide to participate in the incentive cannot participate in any other sale or incentive..."    

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Major Mailer Discounts at the Expense of the Average American Customer?

"... Bernie Madoff Would be Proud

“This is a PONZI-like scheme Bernie Madoff would be proud of,” he added in oral comments. The Postal Service diverts mail volume to the private sector, using an exaggerated per-piece cost to set postage discounts. At the same time, discount-funded private mail processing plants are opened, while more efficient USPS processing centers are consolidated, he said.

“The results benefit major mailers, while making the USPS less efficient and more expensive,” Burrus said...."    

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