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Would it even be in the best interest for UPS or FedEx to compete in the letter mailing service sector? It seems to be more of a cursed Monopoly than anything else which is why USPS is now aggressively pursing the package delivery business. I think the post office is doing a great job with innovating and outsourcing some of their business to private sector companies. For brick and mortar's they've become much better in offering opportunities such as UPS and FedEx franchise stores. They now have computer kiosks at most post offices allowing you to easily print labels and ship a package. They've teamed up with many online postage vendors such as mail.com and endicia.com. A big part of eBay's business and ecommerce in general for small items comes from USPS flat rate shipments which tend to be a substantial discount in comparison to UPS or FedEx. Even if money is lost in order to continue first-class, it's still a necessity. In total, people are not ready to go completely paperless anytime soon. By the time that happens I see USPS being just as robust if not more so than the private sector carriers. I'm a major advocate for private sector business as its nature is to turn a profit thus requiring innovation and motivation to do so but these days it seems that gov. sector entities are getting smarter by allowing partnerships with private sector entities. They're almost becoming hybrid models (Gov/Private).