FedEx $$$$
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In the early 90s I used them so much I had my own account and had the number memorized.
I probably haven’t used them for outbound mailing in 20+ years.
So I return from Florida yesterday, leaving my better half down there to spend Mother’s Day with her aunt and cousins. I get home yesterday afternoon and notice I have her passport. So I fedex it to her aunts house for early delivery (before 10am).
The cost? $132. Obviously worth it in the end, but I was kind of surprised. I was expecting half that at most.
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I think it is pretty amazing that the cost to mail a letter (especially) in the US is a good bargain. You can send something from one end of the country to the other, including all the steps it has to go through, and it is less than USD$1
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And there is a reason the post office is massively in debt LOL!
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@89th LOL
I also think of the amount of steps before you put petrol into a car.
pump up from under the ground -> transport to terminal -> pipeline (or ship/truck/train) to refinery -> refinery tank -> refine to petrol -> store in tank -> load into truck -> tranport to station -> put into car. All for about USD $2/gallon (without taxes)
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FedEx and other private couriers are there to make money. They can and do forego markets and routes that are not profitable.
The national postal system was created to service a critical need for the entire citizenry; its mission does not allow it to just "give up" on markets/routes that are "not profitable."
