@lotzofuniquegoodies
Hey Lotz, Further to your link this is from a Feb 20 post by a well known US sellers blog;
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President Trump May Soon Control the Mail
By: Ina Steiner
President Trump will reportedly disband the Board of Governors overseeing the Postal Service and move the independent agency under the control of executive branch's Commerce Department. The Washington Post spoke to people familiar with the situation and said Trump is expected to issue an executive order as early as this week.
The hijacking report comes 2 days after Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced he would step down from his post heading the USPS after 5 years of service.
"When you control the mail, you control - information," sitcom Seinfeld's fictional mailman Newman famously said. But online sellers don't find shipping matters a laughing matter given the relentless rise in shipping costs (which also increases the cost of marketplace commission fees) and demanding customers who expect fast delivery.
If the report is true, it could be the reason UPS decided to recently bring 100% of its SurePost offering in-house rather than using USPS for some of the last-mile deliveries. If that's the case, it might not bode well for sellers if UPS doesn't have confidence in a transformed USPS.
The Trump administration is currently slashing costs and firing staff at many federal agencies in a scorched earth fashion, with major disruption causing fear, uncertainty, and doubt. That could concern sellers who rely on the USPS to deliver their packages.
On the other hand, sellers may be hopeful that the president can cut through bureaucracy and provide a more efficient and cost-effective service."
