I have just started a (30-day trial) Amazon Prime subscription and ordered some items on Saturday with free 2-day shipping. The package was delivered today (as promised) by USPS. BUT today is a national holiday with no regular postal deliveries, so wouldn't USPS have to have paid someone overtime rates (and perhaps even with payment for some specified minimum number of hours)? AND the delivery was made from a nearby major city rather than from the much smaller city from which our mail is normally delivered.
Is USPS making money on this deal? Does Amazon pay USPS per item, or do they have some kind of blanket deal with USPS?
Perce