Amazon Shipping Subsidized by the Government

Riouken said:
Business taxes are a joke, they are just another(Hidden) layer of tax on consumers. Businesses dont pay those taxes the consumers do in the way of higher prices.
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Which developed (i.e. first world) countries have lower prices?
 
nilepez said:
Strange. The vast majority of my shipments are delivered by Amazon and the rest just depend, but for the most part if it's not delivered by Amazon and it's small and light (e.g. a cable, earplugs, CD or DVD), USPS delivers it. The rest of the time it's UPS. Last mile by USPS is rare, IME, with Prime orders.
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yes and no.. it's a little complicated to explain for prime specific boxes but mostly has to do with when the order was placed and whether or not USPS can ship it in the 2 day required time period. but most non prime stuff from amazon fulfillment centers goes through usps because they have a 4 day maximum shipping time for air freight. the specific things usps doesn't handle is same day, hazardous material items, and boxes over 70 pounds.


while i'll give the guy that wrote the article credit for at least doing some of the research even though the data is old as hell he misses a few important facts about how the shipping networks really work.. 1. usps uses fedex, delta, and alaska/horizon airlines for their air mail/freight. 2. both fedex and UPS use USPS for their ground shipping(UPS: delivery/returns Fedex: returns). so to say USPS has some sort of monopoly over anyone isn't really true since all 3 companies rely on USPS and USPS relies on them. but people thinking usps is subsidized by the government is priceless given they're the only government entity that actually turns a profit, lol.
 
sirmonkey1985 said:
yes and no.. it's a little complicated to explain for prime specific boxes but mostly has to do with when the order was placed and whether or not USPS can ship it in the 2 day required time period. but most non prime stuff from amazon fulfillment centers goes through usps because they have a 4 day maximum shipping time for air freight. the specific things usps doesn't handle is same day, hazardous material items, and boxes over 70 pounds.


while i'll give the guy that wrote the article credit for at least doing some of the research even though the data is old as hell he misses a few important facts about how the shipping networks really work.. 1. usps uses fedex, delta, and alaska/horizon airlines for their air mail/freight. 2. both fedex and UPS use USPS for their ground shipping(UPS: delivery/returns Fedex: returns). so to say USPS has some sort of monopoly over anyone isn't really true since all 3 companies rely on USPS and USPS relies on them. but people thinking usps is subsidized by the government is priceless given they're the only government entity that actually turns a profit, lol.
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Im not sure where you got your information from but USPS is most certainly not turning a profit.

2015 - Net loss of 5.1b as in Billion
2016 - Net loss of 5.6b as in Billion
2017 - YTD they have lost 200 million so far.....

https://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2016/pr16_092.htm
https://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2017/pr17_007.htm
 
Uvaman2 said:
That horse is so dead, its bones already.
Dig deeper, things are not what they seem.
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I am not sure how I am beating a dead horse buy refuting a statement someone said with an actual press release from the actual entity, that contradicts what someone said.
 
Riouken said:
Business taxes are a joke, they are just another(Hidden) layer of tax on consumers. Businesses dont pay those taxes the consumers do in the way of higher prices.
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Which is why I always laugh at companies moving to "tax friendly" states... like really? It matters that much? You reinvest your earnings into your company and you pay no taxes, overly simplified yes, but that's the Cliff-notes version. I'm not aware of any AMT for corporate taxes.
 
Riouken said:
Im not sure where you got your information from but USPS is most certainly not turning a profit.

2015 - Net loss of 5.1b as in Billion
2016 - Net loss of 5.6b as in Billion
2017 - YTD they have lost 200 million so far.....

https://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2016/pr16_092.htm
https://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2017/pr17_007.htm
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I can't speak to all of the huge losses in the past, but they're forced to prepay retirement benefits for employees that haven't been hired and that costs hundreds of millions/quarter.
 
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