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Just in NYC and LA so far it looks like. And maybe other merchants later.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/11/business/postal-service-and-amazon-strike-deal.html?_r=0
WASHINGTON The cash-short United States Postal Service, which has failed to win congressional approval to stop delivering mail on Saturdays to save money, has struck a deal with the online retailer Amazon.com to deliver the companys packages on Sundays a first for both, with obvious advantages for each.
For the Postal Service, which lost nearly $16 billion last year, first-class mail delivery, particularly on Saturdays, is often a money loser, whereas package delivery is profitable.
The deal, announced on Sunday and taking effect immediately, in time for the holiday shopping season, gives the Postal Service a chance to take some business from United Parcel Service and FedEx, which do not deliver on Sundays. Now, some orders that would have been handled by either of those carriers for Monday delivery will go through the Postal Service and arrive on Sunday.
The Postal Service said it expected to make more such deals with other merchants, seeking a larger role in the $186 billion e-commerce market. Amazon.com would not say if it would try to arrange Sunday deliveries with other parcel carriers.
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)Explanation: I live in a Seventh Day Adventist community. The post office has always had a special dispensation to close on Saturday and deliver on Sunday. I wonder if this will get me Amzon packages on Saturday?
frazzled
(18,402 posts)break into the lucrative Internet package-delivery system. There's no earthly reason why FedEx an UPS get all that massive business. The post office's Priority Mail package delivery is totally excellent--far better, in my estimation, that either of those other two services. When I send a package, I use USPS exclusively.
Yay, I hope they take away business from FedEx and UPS.
kysrsoze
(6,022 posts)no downside IMO.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)shipping address as I always do (I am NEVER home during business hours) and they want to deliver on Sunday, when we are closed??
I am envisioning big trouble for people in my boat.