Comments on: Netflix Faces the Post Office’s Ire http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/netflix-faces-the-post-offices-ire/ Digital Trends is your home for technology news, CE product reviews, mobile app reviews and daily videos. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:19:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Netflix divorces discs, now what? (Digital Trends) | Breaking News Today http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/netflix-faces-the-post-offices-ire/#comment-410226 Netflix divorces discs, now what? (Digital Trends) | Breaking News Today Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:53:08 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-410226 [...] are different. Where DVD-by-mail needs warehouses, inventory management, mailing services (and the goodwill of the postal service), plus all the paraphernalia of dealing with a business shipping physical goods, streaming is a [...] [...] are different. Where DVD-by-mail needs warehouses, inventory management, mailing services (and the goodwill of the postal service), plus all the paraphernalia of dealing with a business shipping physical goods, streaming is a [...]

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]]> By: W. J. Gardner http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/netflix-faces-the-post-offices-ire/#comment-55366 W. J. Gardner Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:18:45 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-55366 As an ex-substitute mail CARRIER (back when we actually carried the mail including LIFE magazine), I can only chuckle when I hear the US Postal Service plead for more revenue. I was able to case my mail, deliver it to an unfamiliar route and drive over the Skulkill bridge in time to work an 8-hr shift at Campbell Soup during tomatoe season for three months between semesters at Med School. Not my idea of a demanding job,and the pay was great...not to mention the perks the full-time employees get. Overworked & Underpaid we were not. Sol'n: charge more for Junk Mail.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> As an ex-substitute mail CARRIER (back when we actually carried the mail including LIFE magazine), I can only chuckle when I hear the US Postal Service plead for more revenue. I was able to case my mail, deliver it to an unfamiliar route and drive over the Skulkill bridge in time to work an 8-hr shift at Campbell Soup during tomatoe season for three months between semesters at Med School. Not my idea of a demanding job,and the pay was great…not to mention the perks the full-time employees get. Overworked & Underpaid we were not. Sol'n: charge more for Junk Mail.

]]> By: Roger http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/netflix-faces-the-post-offices-ire/#comment-55365 Roger Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:00:43 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-55365 The post office is getting super greedy lately. Evyerthing costs more through them, and they seem bent on gouging consumers. Let's be real here, if they increase prices too much, they will lose business. Fed Ex and UPS are MUCH better at what they do. The post office is getting super greedy lately. Evyerthing costs more through them, and they seem bent on gouging consumers. Let's be real here, if they increase prices too much, they will lose business. Fed Ex and UPS are MUCH better at what they do.

]]> By: milliamp http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/netflix-faces-the-post-offices-ire/#comment-55364 milliamp Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:00:32 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-55364 You left out an important point.<br /> The post office charges more to send envelopes that are in the shape of a square.<br /> <br /> To counter this Netflix and others have added excess length on 2 sides to make the envelope rectangle in shape.<br /> <br /> Now the post office is countering by stating the excess paper on the side is too flimsy and they are going to charge them extra anyway.<br /> <br /> Interesting little spat.<br /> <br /> You left out an important point.
The post office charges more to send envelopes that are in the shape of a square.

To counter this Netflix and others have added excess length on 2 sides to make the envelope rectangle in shape.

Now the post office is countering by stating the excess paper on the side is too flimsy and they are going to charge them extra anyway.

Interesting little spat.

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