please mr. postman
- April 16th, 2008
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so i got a question about the postal service which has been bugging me for a while. any of you know how it works, do let me know.
suppose i mail a letter from toronto to karachi. i pay the postage here, so who pays for all the cost of the letter after it leaves canada, the route to get to pakistan, and delivery after it reaches pakistan? i doubt my postage will cover the entire cost of the journey nor will the recieving party see much of it, but they end up delivering it regardless.
Did you search on howstuffworks.com
it has a lame report on how usps works.
Evidently the different services pay terminal fees:
http://www.slate.com/id/2156925/
I guess it’s a bulk rate.
that’s fascinating. thanks hugh. such a body being developed that long ago is rather intriguing.