In round numbers all delivery services other than the USPS have personnel costs of approx. 20%.
USPS labor cost are approx. 80%.
With that as your business model, your competitors will eat you alive in very short order.
The USPS should have amazon, UPS or walmart deliver for them.
Simply a matter of time until Americans tire of pumping money into another failure in waiting.
Sad but true.
Another Disgraceful waste of our hard earned money sent to Washington.
Not the fault of the USPS workers, just another government boondoggle.
Fedex and UPS have broken the code on this one.
If you want it there fast and with reliability choose wisely.
And E Bay...............????
Someday it will all be just inhabited by pirates, thieves and China.
It's chances of remaining the number one alternative to brick and mortar become slimmer each day, even as small businesses are failing at accelerating rates.
If you fail to continuously tweak your business model, you will indeed fail.
Consumers are a demanding lot, but if you want their business then you must perform and always give them what they want and that changes often.
Even Henry Ford went to colors other than only black.
Marty