[mcguire]

Or perhaps "don't get into a contractual relationship with someone much more powerful than you.

But that's exactly the point of the system Amazon set up. They don't want to deal with UPS/USPS/etc.

[WalterBright]

I once had a contract with a very large and powerful corporation. They violated the terms. They laughed at me. I sued them and won.

Contracts work, they're a great leveler.

P.S. The breach was so bad, my lawyer took the case on contingency.

[mcguire]

I'm curious: did they violate their contract terms, or did they violate terms that you negotiated onto them.

[WalterBright]

The latter.