Amazon is adding a fuel surcharge to fees it collects from third-party sellers
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Re: Amazon is adding a fuel surcharge to fees it collects from third-party sellers
#2I wonder how visible it will be when showing final charges for an order.
I'd definitely be more likely to "wait it out" when considering purchases in my cart if I can see what I expect will be a temporary levy.
Re: Amazon is adding a fuel surcharge to fees it collects from third-party sellers
#3We could immediately provide relief to fuel prices, while doing the climate a huge favor, by immediately suspending the USPS accepting marketing material through the mail.
My mailbox is permanently jammed with paper that useless paper that is both produced and hauled away to a landfill by diesel fuel.
No I do not want your credit card offer.
No I do not want to switch phone plans.
No I do not want an extended warranty.
Re: Amazon is adding a fuel surcharge to fees it collects from third-party sellers
#4We could immediately provide relief to fuel prices, while doing the climate a huge favor, by immediately suspending the USPS accepting marketing material through the mail. My mailbox is permanently jammed with paper that useless paper that is both produced and hauled away to a landfill by diesel fuel. No I do not want your credit card offer. No I do not want to switch phone plans. No I do not want an extended warrant…
Not sure how it is in America, but in Canada you can post a note inside your mailbox stating that you don't want unaddressed mail.
https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/personal/consu...
Re: Amazon is adding a fuel surcharge to fees it collects from third-party sellers
#5We could immediately provide relief to fuel prices, while doing the climate a huge favor, by immediately suspending the USPS accepting marketing material through the mail. My mailbox is permanently jammed with paper that useless paper that is both produced and hauled away to a landfill by diesel fuel. No I do not want your credit card offer. No I do not want to switch phone plans. No I do not want an extended warrant…
What percentage of overall vehicular fuel use does junk mail (from inception to landfill) constitute, might you suppose?
Re: Amazon is adding a fuel surcharge to fees it collects from third-party sellers
#6We could immediately provide relief to fuel prices, while doing the climate a huge favor, by immediately suspending the USPS accepting marketing material through the mail. My mailbox is permanently jammed with paper that useless paper that is both produced and hauled away to a landfill by diesel fuel. No I do not want your credit card offer. No I do not want to switch phone plans. No I do not want an extended warrant…
What percentage of overall vehicular fuel use does junk mail (from inception to landfill) constitute, might you suppose?
It's not just the vehicular fuel that goes into this process, it's the growing the trees, harvesting them, making them into paper, then combining that paper with ink that likely has a similarly complex supply chain on a printing press that consumes a lot of power.
Getting flyers that are subsidized by the post office for stuff like lawnmowers and patio furniture even though I live in an apartment is peak absurdity.
Re: Amazon is adding a fuel surcharge to fees it collects from third-party sellers
#7Last year, Amazon backed down from sharing tariff pricing. I assume the same will happen here.
Re: Amazon is adding a fuel surcharge to fees it collects from third-party sellers
#8We could immediately provide relief to fuel prices, while doing the climate a huge favor, by immediately suspending the USPS accepting marketing material through the mail. My mailbox is permanently jammed with paper that useless paper that is both produced and hauled away to a landfill by diesel fuel. No I do not want your credit card offer. No I do not want to switch phone plans. No I do not want an extended warrant…
What percentage of overall vehicular fuel use does junk mail (from inception to landfill) constitute, might you suppose?
If the majority of mail stops are junk mail only, I would love to see some napkin math of the effect of all those diesel/gasoline accelerations per mailbox, dropped across the daily fleet of drop offs.
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#10We could immediately provide relief to fuel prices, while doing the climate a huge favor, by immediately suspending the USPS accepting marketing material through the mail. My mailbox is permanently jammed with paper that useless paper that is both produced and hauled away to a landfill by diesel fuel. No I do not want your credit card offer. No I do not want to switch phone plans. No I do not want an extended warrant…
In FY2022, fuel consumption was 221 million gallons of gasoline equivalent, with gasoline or diesel making up 99%. USPS fleet greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) made up 70% of overall GHGs for federal fleet vehicles in FY2022.
50-60% of all mail is marketing slop