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pyotr filipivich

on Mon, 22 Jan 2018 22:11:21 -0500 typed in
rec.woodworking the following:
On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 20:52:23 -0600, -MIKE-
wrote:

On 1/22/18 7:38 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:55:57 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

Electric Comet on Mon, 22 Jan 2018
11:52:16 -0800 typed in rec.woodworking the following:

who let them ship for free
someone has to pay for the cost to ship
maybe amazon absorbed some of it but usps and others must have been
bullied into absorbing the costs too

Amazon charges $9 a month for "free" shipping.

No, Prime is more than $9 (I think it just went up to $13) but they do
free shipping on orders greater than $50, also.

It's a lot more than just free shipping. There's a lot of online
content available.
Also, cheaper to pay by the year.

All correct. I was responding to the letter of the post.

They may have cut a deal with UPS/USPS for a discount, but they
would not be the first.

Yes, there are reports that they have a real sweetheart deal with
USPS, subsidized by everyone in the US.

They may be the only thing besides junk mail keeping the USPS afloat.

The only thing keeping them afloat is the taxpayer.

That is the way it has been since it was a Federal Agency and the
largest employer in the land.
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pyotr filipivich
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