Trump pushed postmaster general to double Amazon's shipping rates

[Care4all]

The lightweight packages have brought USPS back to life and allows you to get mail every day....

a 1 ounce letter envelope is a .49 cent stamp to mail it,

a 1 ounce small package is $2.61 cents to mail it....and goes up in price from there by weight....all deliverable in to your mail box....

the postal service needs more small package business, not less.... if it wants to make more money....

AS said, the smaller lightweight package business is the US Postal service's saving grace!

 

[rightwinger]

Before the Amazon boom, the Post Office was talking about eliminating Saturday deliveries

Now, they are delivering on Sunday

 

[Harry Dresden]

Get rid of the post office.

We don't need it anymore.

dont hold your breath,wont happen....its the only cash cow congress has....

 

[Harry Dresden]

The Toxic Orange Turd has officially become more Nixonian than Nixon himself. Wonder if he has an Enemies List?

President Trump followed through on his frequent complaint that Amazon is costing the U.S. Postal Service "many billions of dollars" by urging the postmaster general to double the rate the U.S. Postal Service charges Amazon and other companies to ship their packages, the Washington Post reported Friday.

Citing three sources familiar with the conversations between U.S. Postmaster General Megan Brennan and President Trump, the Post also reported that Brennan has not acceded to the president's wishes for several reasons. For one, the Postal Service has binding contracts with these companies, and a regulatory commission would have to review those contracts. But she has also reportedly told Mr. Trump that the USPS relationship with Amazon is beneficial. In 2017, Postal Service revenues from private shippers including Amazon added up to $7 billion, Politifact noted.

If the rates were doubled, it would cost Amazon and private shippers billions, which would likely be passed on in the form of higher prices for shoppers.

The Post's sources said that Brennan and Mr. Trump have met on this issue several times beginning in 2017 and also had a meeting on it four months ago -- none of which appeared on Mr. Trump's public schedule.​

Trump has pushed postmaster general to double Amazon's shipping rates, report says

Apparently Trumpelthinskin is not only angry about WaPo's honest coverage of his presiduncey - Bezos suggested launching him into space ... a VERY fine idea!

Jeff Bezos on Twitter

Waiting for the day Lying Trump doubles the cost of mailings for the Democrat Party, he'll call it The Watergate Decree. Then he'll get busy doubling the cost of parking for Democrats near the capital building.

politicians should pay first class rates for the way they abuse their franking privileges....

 

[Harry Dresden]

Ummm ummmm...why doesn't bezos want to pay his fair share...….plus hes a modern slaver......

Apparently you failed to read the story and check out the links. USPS is making a fortune off Amazon and they offer every other large bulk shipper the same exact rate.

doesnt matter they aint allowed to make a profit ....so they will blow the money like they have in the past....

 

[Harry Dresden]

I for one hope he succeeds. I absolutely hate - hate when UPS joins up with the postal service to deliver packages.
If it stays with UPS, you get the package on time well over 90% of the time...but if the USPS so much as touches the package it delays it by at least a couple days if not longer, and there is no guaranteed date - only "arrive on or before date".
So we have dramatically reduced online shopping because of it. If I am buying something worth several hundred dollars I want to know exactly what day it will be on my front porch.

i know what you are saying but you can blame UPS and Fed-X for that.....it saves them money....

 

[Harry Dresden]

Aye, but...and this is a big one, it is noted that the rates given are at least break even, but all data points to "just above costs".
That means they are losing money.
Why? Because the numbers don't include capital and other service cost in that figure. In order for the USPS to deliver the $7bn in packages, the overall equipment/employee/facility-logistical needs surpass the revenue.
This is true in any business. You cannot have "wholesale" revenue streams beyond whatever the critical mass costs of doing business. In these cases, the cost of doing business is higher than the small profits allow.

Again, USPS charges every other large bulk shipper the same rate and they are indeed turning a profit on package delivery, while taking a loss on just about everything else. Here's a good read:

What the US post office really gets from Amazon

My mail delivery gal has been there for 30 years and close to retirement. She said that if it weren't for Amazon, they'd be struggling mightily. USPS is VERY profitable. The reason they post losses is the Republican bill forcing them to fund employee pensions 75 years in advance.

that bill was co-sponsored by democrats....and obama and co sure as hell did nothing about it....

 

[Toro]

Ummm ummmm...why doesn't bezos want to pay his fair share...….plus hes a modern slaver......

Thank you, Karl Marx.

 

[Care4all]

Justice is Blind

The president personally picking winners and losers among American businesses, is an abuse of power.

Add that to the impeachment charges list, if there ever is one...

 

[Mr Natural]

Trumpy's got a hair up his ass over Bezos for some reason.

 

[Care4all]

Trumpy's got a hair up his ass over Bezos for some reason.

Envy

 

[Mr Natural]

Trumpy's got a hair up his ass over Bezos for some reason.

Envy

He's a very small man, isn't he?

 

[Care4all]

Trumpy's got a hair up his ass over Bezos for some reason.

Envy

He's a very small man, isn't he?

yes.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Before the Amazon boom, the Post Office was talking about eliminating Saturday deliveries

Now, they are delivering on Sunday

they were talking about eliminating sat when bush was president....

 

[rightwinger]

Before the Amazon boom, the Post Office was talking about eliminating Saturday deliveries

Now, they are delivering on Sunday

they were talking about eliminating sat when bush was president....

Amazon saved them

 

[saveliberty]

I for one hope he succeeds. I absolutely hate - hate when UPS joins up with the postal service to deliver packages.
If it stays with UPS, you get the package on time well over 90% of the time...but if the USPS so much as touches the package it delays it by at least a couple days if not longer, and there is no guaranteed date - only "arrive on or before date".
So we have dramatically reduced online shopping because of it. If I am buying something worth several hundred dollars I want to know exactly what day it will be on my front porch.

Based on what? Packages dropped off by UPS are delivered same day or the next at worst. UPS would deliver in a much longer time frame if it were not for last mile delivery by the USPS on a large number of packages. You have tracking on your package, of course you know where it is.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Ummm ummmm...why doesn't bezos want to pay his fair share...….plus hes a modern slaver......

Thank you, Karl Marx.

HOlding em to their own position.....

 

[Care4all]

Aye, but...and this is a big one, it is noted that the rates given are at least break even, but all data points to "just above costs".
That means they are losing money.
Why? Because the numbers don't include capital and other service cost in that figure. In order for the USPS to deliver the $7bn in packages, the overall equipment/employee/facility-logistical needs surpass the revenue.
This is true in any business. You cannot have "wholesale" revenue streams beyond whatever the critical mass costs of doing business. In these cases, the cost of doing business is higher than the small profits allow.

Again, USPS charges every other large bulk shipper the same rate and they are indeed turning a profit on package delivery, while taking a loss on just about everything else. Here's a good read:

What the US post office really gets from Amazon

My mail delivery gal has been there for 30 years and close to retirement. She said that if it weren't for Amazon, they'd be struggling mightily. USPS is VERY profitable. The reason they post losses is the Republican bill forcing them to fund employee pensions 75 years in advance.

that bill was co-sponsored by democrats....and obama and co sure as hell did nothing about it....

was it??? really??? didn't know that....!!

 

[Harry Dresden]

Before the Amazon boom, the Post Office was talking about eliminating Saturday deliveries

Now, they are delivering on Sunday

they were talking about eliminating sat when bush was president....

Amazon saved them

did they?....Why Amazon Can’t Save the USPS

 

[ABikerSailor]

You know, this wouldn't be an issue if Trump had said to raise shipping costs on all mail order businesses, but he didn't. He specifically singled out Amazon because he hates Bezos. And, sorry, but using governmental powers to single out one company for price hikes is illegal.