Comments on: US Postal Service, A New Year, An Old Failure https://www.lexiconn.com/blog/2012/01/us-postal-service-a-new-year-an-old-failure/ All about e-Commerce, ShopSite, and Web Hosting Thu, 16 Dec 2021 19:59:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.1 By: Rob Mangiafico https://www.lexiconn.com/blog/2012/01/us-postal-service-a-new-year-an-old-failure/#comment-20637 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:36:26 +0000 http://www.lexiconn.com/blog/?p=4612#comment-20637 I agree with you. The failure on the USPS part in my opinion was in how they implemented their API for ecommerce applications, and the lack of a global notification for a far reaching change.

I won’t argue with you about the cost and the service they provide in terms of actual mail delivery. It’s their “e-business” that they have to fix.

]]> By: obiewan https://www.lexiconn.com/blog/2012/01/us-postal-service-a-new-year-an-old-failure/#comment-20633 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:52:05 +0000 http://www.lexiconn.com/blog/?p=4612#comment-20633 US Postal Service, A New Year, An Old Failure…You Say!

Lets compare USPS and Fed-X first-class rates…
Currently, a 44 cent stamp will get a letter from Houston to New York in two to three days. According to the FedEx website, two-day delivery of a similar letter to the same destination will cost between $20-30 dollars.

As a private company FedEx is expected to make a profit, and its rates reflect this fact. As a government agency, the USPS is intentionally designed with no requirement to make a profit in order to provide a universally accessible service to the country.

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