Originally Posted By: Redrum
So there is not way of knowing how much cheaper a privately run mail company would be that delivers to your mailbox.


It probably doesn't cost Federal Express $46.85 ($51.72 -$4.85 -$.02 to cover the USPS deficit) to put the letter on my doorstep instead of in my mailbox.

If you want to try and deliver a letter in half a week clear across the country for 44 cents, be my guest!

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