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<blockquote data-quote="beentheredonethat" data-source="post: 970724" data-attributes="member: 4886"><p>The post office should still be able to do great. It's total mismanagement that is causing the majority of their problems. First off, think of all the benefits they have. They pay no property taxes, they pay no excise taxes and they pay no taxes on any profit they make (when they ever make it). They have a monopoly granted to them by law for mail. They already go to every address for deliveries. </p><p></p><p>Granted, 1st class mail is dwindling, also bills etc are going paperless and they are losing that. But junk mail is still a popular marketing ploy. They have recently started getting into more direct marketing. For ex a new local pizza shop that delivers pizza opens in town, they have a territory consisting of 400 streets in town they deliver to (within their time guarantee). They can send flyers to just those people on the streets. (USPS prints them and delivers). Targeted direct mailing. </p><p></p><p>Other companies like electric\gas send drivers out to drive around town to gather electronically the meter readings. The USPS could outfit the vehicles with the same sensors and charge a fee to these utilities that would be far cheaper then it currently costs them and very little cost to USPS. </p><p></p><p>They are delivering final mile for UPS and FDX currently, this volume can easily grown. The biggest problem is consistency, each USPS DDU is run by it's postmaster how he\she wants to and very little consistency. If they improve quality and performance metrics they can easily improve quality and seriously challenge our ability since they have a better cost structure for final mile delivery. </p><p></p><p>They give (in many areas) drivers a set route, no matter how much mail they have. They don't dispatch differently based on volume levels like UPS does. </p><p></p><p>If they got there act in gear they could be a force. If they stay the way they are going.. Yes, they will be in trouble.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="beentheredonethat, post: 970724, member: 4886"] The post office should still be able to do great. It's total mismanagement that is causing the majority of their problems. First off, think of all the benefits they have. They pay no property taxes, they pay no excise taxes and they pay no taxes on any profit they make (when they ever make it). They have a monopoly granted to them by law for mail. They already go to every address for deliveries. Granted, 1st class mail is dwindling, also bills etc are going paperless and they are losing that. But junk mail is still a popular marketing ploy. They have recently started getting into more direct marketing. For ex a new local pizza shop that delivers pizza opens in town, they have a territory consisting of 400 streets in town they deliver to (within their time guarantee). They can send flyers to just those people on the streets. (USPS prints them and delivers). Targeted direct mailing. Other companies like electric\gas send drivers out to drive around town to gather electronically the meter readings. The USPS could outfit the vehicles with the same sensors and charge a fee to these utilities that would be far cheaper then it currently costs them and very little cost to USPS. They are delivering final mile for UPS and FDX currently, this volume can easily grown. The biggest problem is consistency, each USPS DDU is run by it's postmaster how he\she wants to and very little consistency. If they improve quality and performance metrics they can easily improve quality and seriously challenge our ability since they have a better cost structure for final mile delivery. They give (in many areas) drivers a set route, no matter how much mail they have. They don't dispatch differently based on volume levels like UPS does. If they got there act in gear they could be a force. If they stay the way they are going.. Yes, they will be in trouble. [/QUOTE]
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