# Postal Service  - Public or Private ???

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postal-service-public-or-private/22789>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 18, 2000, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postal-service-public-or-private/22789 "2000-06-18T18:14:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gatsby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@Gatsby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatsby)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2000, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postal-service-public-or-private/22789/21 "2000-06-23T04:04:23Z")

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> I live on a rural delivery route, about 7 miles from the local PO. Every day (except Sundays, legal holidays,and Mondays closely preceeding or following legal holidays) a friendly, concientious carrier stops by my drive, and delivers whatever anyone has seen fit to send my way. For thirtythree cents, he will deliver my missives anywhere in the country. Hell, I charge three times that for the time it takes to walk to the mailbox and back.  
> Does anyone have a site/formula for converting .05 in 1969 to .33 in 2000 in constant dollars? I’m betting that adjusted for inflation, 1st class mail is a great bargain.  
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Even though I understand economies of scale and all, it never ceases to amaze me that I can pay some guy 33¢ to carry an envelope to the other side of the country.

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