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Miigwech

(3,741 posts) Fri Jun 5, 2020, 06:34 PM Jun 2020

Is this an attack on our Postal Service? Please tell me.

So was driving and heard this ad on the radio for this .com company that is offering US Postage stamps and other postal service that cost less than our US Postal Service? What's up? So why would the USPS partner with a private for profit on basic services like stamps? Talk me down ... who owns this enterprise?

https://www.stamps.com/

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Is this an attack on our Postal Service? Please tell me. (Original Post) Miigwech Jun 2020 OP

Not necessarily leftieNanner Jun 2020 #1

Look at the fine print. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 #2

Thanks. Ok , but why? Miigwech Jun 2020 #4

More likely a bulk deal. We pay retail. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #5

They've been around for years. n/t Liberal In Texas Jun 2020 #3

It is, but it's a company that was in bed with the former soothsayer Jun 2020 #6

Thanks. Why should taxpayers pay for a private company profit off tax payers? Miigwech Jun 2020 #9

It is, but it's a company that was in bed with the former soothsayer Jun 2020 #7

No. matt819 Jun 2020 #8

leftieNanner

(15,058 posts)

1. Not necessarily

Reply to Miigwech (Original post)

Fri Jun 5, 2020, 06:36 PM

Jun 2020

Costco sells USPS stamps for slightly less than the regular rate.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,283 posts)

2. Look at the fine print.

Reply to Miigwech (Original post)

Fri Jun 5, 2020, 06:36 PM

Jun 2020

"Approved Vendor United States Postal Service"

Miigwech

(3,741 posts)

4. Thanks. Ok , but why?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 5, 2020, 06:40 PM

Jun 2020

trump is undercutting our Post Office, plans to eliminate it. Maybe they are being forced to do such by trump so that they may survive.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,576 posts)

5. More likely a bulk deal. We pay retail.

Reply to Miigwech (Reply #4)

Fri Jun 5, 2020, 06:46 PM

Jun 2020

These services have been around long before Trump.

Liberal In Texas

(13,528 posts)

3. They've been around for years. n/t

Reply to Miigwech (Original post)

Fri Jun 5, 2020, 06:39 PM

Jun 2020

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

6. It is, but it's a company that was in bed with the former

Reply to Miigwech (Original post)

Fri Jun 5, 2020, 06:52 PM

Jun 2020

Postmaster General Marvin Runyon (previously head of TVA) whose mission seemed to be to privatize the USPS. He held massive layoffs. And he set himself up pretty sweetly with stamps.com.

He’s dead now. I don’t miss him.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2000/mar/31/20000331-011043-9821r/

Miigwech

(3,741 posts)

9. Thanks. Why should taxpayers pay for a private company profit off tax payers?

Reply to soothsayer (Reply #6)

Fri Jun 5, 2020, 06:55 PM

Jun 2020

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

7. It is, but it's a company that was in bed with the former

Reply to Miigwech (Original post)

Fri Jun 5, 2020, 06:53 PM

Jun 2020

matt819

(10,749 posts)

8. No.

Reply to Miigwech (Original post)

Fri Jun 5, 2020, 06:54 PM

Jun 2020

Stamps.com is a legitimate company. As the usps puts it, an approved reseller. I used to use them, then used another company, which they bought, do now I use them again. Directed toward business shoppers. Postage is discounted. Not an attack on the usps.

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