Technically, this law means that even for you, putting a letter in someone else`s mailbox is a crime! So think twice the next time you decide to put a note in your neighbor`s mailbox. Transportation analysts said access to mailboxes for companies like UPS and FedEx would allow them to serve their customers faster - by simply reducing the time it takes for a courier service to get to the front door, especially in rural areas. (So yes, even throwing a note in your neighbor`s mailbox is technically a crime.) If the Trump administration`s recommendation is implemented, it would be “a new way the postal service exercises its exclusive control over everyone`s mailboxes - without a doubt,” said Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Robert Taub. for a fee that they would of course pay to USPS. What does this mean exactly? Basically, the Trump administration is suggesting that USPS should allow private carriers like FedEx and UPS to deliver to your mailbox. However, the Trump administration recently released a report in December 2018 stating that “the USPS should investigate license access to the mailbox” to generate new revenue. In fact, only two parties can legally touch a private mailbox: USPS and the customer receiving the mail. This means that USPS is legally the only carrier that can deliver mail to our mailboxes. Postal Service`s postal delivery system is a monopoly product.
Others, such as Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union, argue that franchising the mailbox would actually take money from the postal service.Ī White House task force said in December that the USPS “should investigate mailbox franchising as a means of generating revenue.” Everyone knows that the U.S. They passed this law to crack down on people who don`t pay shipping costs and don`t deliver letters themselves, and it`s still in effect today. In 1934, Congress passed a law prohibiting anyone from getting their hands in mailboxes, except for the USPS and the customer who receives the mail. But what if companies like FedEx and UPS could do that too? These companies currently leave small packages at your door instead of your mailbox because USPS has a mailbox monopoly – and has done so for decades. Postal Service are allowed to put things in your mailbox. David Abney, CEO of UPS, said he is ready to investigate mailbox access as more details become available. To quote this famous phrase from Zoolander: “How can we expect children to learn to read if they don`t even fit into the building?” A FedEx spokesman declined to comment on NPR. Frustrated Since most packages don`t even fit in mailboxes, this whole idea can be a contentious point.
My FedEx driver puts items in my mailbox if the label says to deliver the items to the back door.
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