None of those other retailers are as big as Amazon. So the resources required to do this for Amazon are so much more than other retailers that it isn’t feasible, as the article shows.
At the same time, no other retailers profit off the situation as much as Amazon. So Amazon can afford to fix the problem they caused and other retailers aren’t even causing this problem.
More like Amazon dumping their unrealistic loads on USPS since they have no infrastructure to handle them. The original contract was for 2 big US cities, but now Amazon wants to expand it to small cities without providing the same support they were required to do for those 2 big cities.
You mean the federal government that can be easily bought? And the contract is secret, so nobody knows what it entails.
Let me remind you that the current Postmaster General is Louis DeJoy who used to be a CEO of a for-profit shipping company and has no experience in the public sector. And he’s known to take bribes.
Two things can be true at the same time. Nobody is disputing the contract existing or it being profitable for USPS, they got 1,9 billion from Amazon in 2019 from that contract which covered 2 big cities. The issue is it expanding to small cities that don’t have the same requirements the original contract had for the 2 big cities.
If you don’t see the problem with a random Amazon package being given priority over time sensitive bills or paychecks, you need to reexamine your perspective.
Then that means USPS is at fault for having made a shitty decision, not Amazon for being too big for the post office.
If you get such an avalanche of packages that you can’t deliver them anymore, then that contract should’ve been better negotiated. It should bring you enough money to expand everywhere you need to handle the load. If you are unable to do that, don’t accept responsibility / the contract.
Imagine someone approaching a machining business saying “we need 1500 of these parts a month”. You accepting the cash and contract, then going to your smaller clients and saying “sorry folks, this big bad company is giving us too much business, we can’t fulfil our old contracts :(”
I get it, shitting on Amazon is trendy, and they deserve it. But this case seems like the post fucked up royally, and they only have themselves to blame.
Tldr usps is underfunded and can’t handle their existing contracts?
TLDR Amazon is making taxpayers fund their business model by dumping their work on USPS and pocketing the payment.
Which is the same thing every other retailer does.
None of those other retailers are as big as Amazon. So the resources required to do this for Amazon are so much more than other retailers that it isn’t feasible, as the article shows.
At the same time, no other retailers profit off the situation as much as Amazon. So Amazon can afford to fix the problem they caused and other retailers aren’t even causing this problem.
Lololol business goes under due to too many customers 👌
Sounds like USPS should get its shit together.
USPS isn’t a business it’s a service
Then maybe the service, shouldn’t promise things it can’t deliver.
Or we could just fund it to the extent needed to serve the people it’s meant to serve.
I’m pretty sure I’m ordering the packages.
How do you know what was promised? Can you share a copy of the contract?
More like Amazon dumping their unrealistic loads on USPS since they have no infrastructure to handle them. The original contract was for 2 big US cities, but now Amazon wants to expand it to small cities without providing the same support they were required to do for those 2 big cities.
Usps accepted the contract
You mean the federal government that can be easily bought? And the contract is secret, so nobody knows what it entails.
Let me remind you that the current Postmaster General is Louis DeJoy who used to be a CEO of a for-profit shipping company and has no experience in the public sector. And he’s known to take bribes.
Just keep moving those goal posts.
Two things can be true at the same time. Nobody is disputing the contract existing or it being profitable for USPS, they got 1,9 billion from Amazon in 2019 from that contract which covered 2 big cities. The issue is it expanding to small cities that don’t have the same requirements the original contract had for the 2 big cities.
If you don’t see the problem with a random Amazon package being given priority over time sensitive bills or paychecks, you need to reexamine your perspective.
Then maybe they shouldn’t accept contracts they can’t deliver on 🤷♂️
USPS offices in small city has no say in which contracts gets accepted by the Postmaster General and the board…
Then that means USPS is at fault for having made a shitty decision, not Amazon for being too big for the post office.
If you get such an avalanche of packages that you can’t deliver them anymore, then that contract should’ve been better negotiated. It should bring you enough money to expand everywhere you need to handle the load. If you are unable to do that, don’t accept responsibility / the contract.
Imagine someone approaching a machining business saying “we need 1500 of these parts a month”. You accepting the cash and contract, then going to your smaller clients and saying “sorry folks, this big bad company is giving us too much business, we can’t fulfil our old contracts :(”
I get it, shitting on Amazon is trendy, and they deserve it. But this case seems like the post fucked up royally, and they only have themselves to blame.