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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 3214268, member: 77639&quot;]Amazon tried operating their own fleet of delivery vans in the SF Bay Area and found it didn&#039;t pay.&nbsp; What has worked is getting folks to use their own vehicles (ala Uber) or to invest in a Amazon van.&nbsp; Whether these folks really make much is debatable.&nbsp; Many get into it without&nbsp; realizing the total cost, especially maintenance and depreciation of the vehicle.</p><p><br /></p><p>I remember when my son fell for the &quot;use your own car&quot; pizza delivery scam.&nbsp; Thought he was making good money until the car wore out and he was faced with replacing it.&nbsp; A lot of Uber and Amazon drivers will face the same problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>USPS is required to do a lot of inefficient things that cost real money.&nbsp; In most areas, they have to go house to house or mail box to mail box six days per week to see if there is any outgoing mail.&nbsp; That&#039;s a lot of labor, vehicle expense, etc.&nbsp; Costs could be cut dramatically if all outgoing mail had to be placed in centralized mailboxes, and carriers had to go to houses or individual mailboxes only to deliver mail. Exceptions could be made for the elderly and disabled.</p><p><br /></p><p>By law, post office has to accept and deliver live chicks. Try showing up at FedEx with a box of live chicks and see how far they get.&nbsp; Folks expect a lot of services from USPS, including ones that commercial services don&#039;t provide, and some of these services are pretty costly.&nbsp; Yes, USPS could be run more efficiently, but a lot of high-cost services are forced on it ... ultimately by voters.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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