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<blockquote data-quote="RustyPMcG" data-source="post: 780276" data-attributes="member: 30339"><p>One more thing to consider is the law considering First Class Mail. </p><p> </p><p>Sending a letter by an express service like UPS's NDA or FedEx's Overnight is clearly allowable under the law. Someone sends that same letter by Ground, and it's not so clear as to whether or not that constitutes competition with First Class Mail.</p><p> </p><p>Once you get over 13oz, the maximum weight for First Class Mail, the protections for the Postal Service are irrelevant, but under 13oz it can come down to a matter of interpretation: Is UPS just providing a better version of First Class Mail, or does the service rise to a higher level like a courier service? It's easy to justify UPS delivering something that could have gone by First Class Mail when there's a guaranteed 10:30 (or even 3pm) delivery. It's not quite as easy if it's going Ground, even with the complete tracking that isn't offered by the Postal Service. (I think it can be done, but it's not a slam-dunk.)</p><p> </p><p>So there's very good reason to not encourage people sending letters to just use Ground.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RustyPMcG, post: 780276, member: 30339"] One more thing to consider is the law considering First Class Mail. Sending a letter by an express service like UPS's NDA or FedEx's Overnight is clearly allowable under the law. Someone sends that same letter by Ground, and it's not so clear as to whether or not that constitutes competition with First Class Mail. Once you get over 13oz, the maximum weight for First Class Mail, the protections for the Postal Service are irrelevant, but under 13oz it can come down to a matter of interpretation: Is UPS just providing a better version of First Class Mail, or does the service rise to a higher level like a courier service? It's easy to justify UPS delivering something that could have gone by First Class Mail when there's a guaranteed 10:30 (or even 3pm) delivery. It's not quite as easy if it's going Ground, even with the complete tracking that isn't offered by the Postal Service. (I think it can be done, but it's not a slam-dunk.) So there's very good reason to not encourage people sending letters to just use Ground. [/QUOTE]
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