We may all hate surepost, however, I am seeing a lot more Amazon packages sitting on steps with a post office label. Not Surepost. Makes sense, if I was the post office and or Amazon, I would bypass surepost and make a deal to eliminate the middleman.
I am also seeing a lot of Amazon packages being delivered by A1. They are a small same day delivery service in the Philadelphia area and other major cities across the US. Amazon is not going to continue to pay our rates if they can save money and get the same service. With the obsession of Orion, seems service is not the up most importance. Can't charge top rate and give 2nd class service. Also, Amazon is going to keep as much of the $'s as they can. As they grow, their ability to keep everything in house will continue to grow as well.
In a perfect world, UPS would go into the internet sales business to take over Amazon.