Why, you ask? Well, first of all: UPS and FedEx don’t touch mail to begin with. While we respect the Trump administration’s initiative to generate more revenue for USPS, we don’t think this solution makes sense. Why We Don’t Think It Makes Sense for FedEx and UPS to Deliver to Your Mailbox Technically, that law means it’s a crime for even you to place a letter in someone else’s mailbox! So, think twice next time you decide to drop a note in your neighbor’s mailbox. They passed this law to clamp down on people not paying for postage and delivering letters themselves, and it’s still in effect to this day. In 1934, Congress enacted a law prohibiting anyone from putting their hands in mailboxes besides USPS and the customer who receives the mail. Why Is USPS the Only Carrier That Can Legally Touch Mailboxes? What does that mean exactly? Basically, the Trump administration is suggesting that USPS should allow private carriers such as FedEx and UPS to deliver to your mailbox…for a fee that they would pay to USPS, of course. However, the Trump administration recently published a report in December 2018 stating that “USPS should explore licensing access to the mailbox” as a means of generating new revenue. In fact, only two parties can legally touch a residential mailbox: USPS and the customer who receives the mail. That means that, by law, USPS is the only carrier that can deliver mail to our mailboxes. Everyone knows the United States Postal Service‘s mail delivery system is a monopoly product.
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