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Old 05-04-2014, 03:33 PM
 
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I ordered some canned drinks from Amazon the day before yesterday. I order these drinks regularly, using Amazon's free 2-day delivery Prime service, and they've always been delivered via UPS or FedEx. This time, however, Amazon sent them via USPS -- and they were delivered early this morning (Sunday). Had I not seen the USPS truck in front of my door, I'd never have believed it.

Has anyone ever heard of the post office's delivering on Sunday morning? Back when I was a little kid, the mailman used to deliver on Sundays during the month of December, but, of course, life was different back then.
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Old 05-04-2014, 03:35 PM
 
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I just found an article on this:

https://theweek.com/article/index/25...ages-on-sunday
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Old 05-04-2014, 03:42 PM
 
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Yes. Amazon has contracted USPS for Sunday deliveries. This is part of a larger move to use USPS more.
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Old 05-04-2014, 03:47 PM
 
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Yes. Amazon has contracted USPS for Sunday deliveries. This is part of a larger move to use USPS more.

Well, I, for one, am thrilled about it. I've long complained about how the USPS hasnt even tried to compete with UPS and FedEx, but this partnering with Amazon to provide Sunday deliveries is a wonderful idea.
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Old 05-04-2014, 06:00 PM
 
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I think the USPS should really fix their regular deliveries first before biting off another chunk of pie. Twice now in the last month I have had packages show up over a week after the "contact us if you haven't received your package" date. Best part is the package tracker was completely worthless in both these situations, they could only say "we do not know where your package is at this time because it has not been scanned since date X."
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Old 05-04-2014, 06:35 PM
 
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I had a package deliver to me on a Sunday via USPS. This was back in 1990 I think. I was so surprised that it was delivered to my door (I only had a Post Office box). When I commented about the fact that it was a Sunday, the letter carrier told me that they do in fact deliver on Sundays for Priority mail. Who knew?



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