What is the most effective way to deliver my mail?

[HoreTore]

Depends on where you are sending your mail. If you are sending one to someone in your village, another to someone in Europe and the third one to someone in Africa, then maybe it could be better to have more postmen (specialized in certain deliveries) do the job.

We are talking about the standard mail sent within the country here. And I'm receiving, not sending.

[Vladimir]

So you actually receive non-electronic mail from friends? I choose "none of the above" as conventional mail is only fit for junk and useless coupons. Even bills are sent and paid online.

So, is this related to the US superpower thread? Something about a ban on monopolies?

[HoreTore]

As it is, Norway's nationalism and oil prevent EU membership, while Norway's wallet and common sense urge Norway to follow EU regulations. It's taxation without representation. Entirely voluntary.

If you want to tell us just where to stick it, you'll have to join first. Until then, be quiet and keep following our dictates like good semi-colonials.

Bah! I perform a daily ritual to cleanse any nationalist fibers from my body. And I don't mind sharing wealth(hey, socialist, remember ), the reason I want the EU to crash and burn is because they're market-libby fanatics, as is shown by this latest retardation, the privatization of the postal sector. Gah!

Form a social-democratic union(a real one, not a Blair one) and I'll happily overthrow my government, proclaim myself Tyrant of Norway, and join!

So you actually receive non-electronic mail from friends? I choose "none of the above" as conventional mail is only fit for junk and useless coupons. Even bills are sent and paid online.

So, is this related to the US superpower thread? Something about a ban on monopolies?

As you grow up, you'll find out that there are a number of documents(mostly sent out this time of year) you'd want sent by good ol' fashioned snail mail

[Vladimir]

As you grow up, you'll find out that there are a number of documents(mostly sent out this time of year) you'd want sent by good ol' fashioned snail mail

Says you! My baby's digital!

[FactionHeir]

We are talking about the standard mail sent within the country here. And I'm receiving, not sending.

Then probably A, though if delivering an hour later each means that the deadline for same-day/next-day delivery also advances by an hour, you could potentially receive mail today that you wouldn't normally receive until tomorrow with C.

[HoreTore]

Then probably A, though if delivering an hour later each means that the deadline for same-day/next-day delivery also advances by an hour, you could potentially receive mail today that you wouldn't normally receive until tomorrow with C.

Gah! Forget the hour delay then, the postmen comes within 5 minutes of each other.

[Husar]

It can only be A, in case of C the post companies will each have less customers but will also each have to cover the whole area/country with postmen, that means less income, same costs per company, they will have to raise prices to cover the costs, in other words, it's less effective.
In the end the one who pays for the mail pays more or the postmen earn less but since three companies together have more managers than just one company, some people will also earn more I guess.
Or maybe they will compete one another into bankruptcy.

[FactionHeir]

Gah! Forget the hour delay then, the postmen comes within 5 minutes of each other.

Your dog can handle this many in this short a time span?

[HoreTore]

It can only be A, in case of C the post companies will each have less customers but will also each have to cover the whole area/country with postmen, that means less income, same costs per company, they will have to raise prices to cover the costs, in other words, it's less effective.
In the end the one who pays for the mail pays more or the postmen earn less but since three companies together have more managers than just one company, some people will also earn more I guess.
Or maybe they will compete one another into bankruptcy.

Either way, it will be a ridiculous and completely unnecessary waste of resources. Free trade can go to hell.

Your dog can handle this many in this short a time span?

Dogs are for losers with no friends, cats are for winners.

[KukriKhan]

The primary purpose of any postal service is communication (secure delivery of hard-copy) between a government and its citizens.

All else: commercial advertisements, consumer goods, love letters, bank statements, et cetera... are secondary. Personally important, but secondary.

It is the reason roads are established (to insure effective, efficient delivery), and postal employees are sworn officers of the State.

Hence, the need for government monopoly. Even if it operates at a net loss, like Defense Departments.

So: Option A.

Full Disclosure: I am a US postal employee; and one of those whacky guys who thinks our Congressional Record should be mailed weekly to every registered voter in the country.

[Vladimir]

I wonder how this monopoly madness affects their view on the military. Just how privatized is Norwegian mail delivery?

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

The primary purpose of any postal service is communication (secure delivery of hard-copy) between a government and its citizens.

All else: commercial advertisements, consumer goods, love letters, bank statements, et cetera... are secondary. Personally important, but secondary.

I've never heard that perspective before. What is the logic behind that? Surely there would be no government without commerce, making it far more important than the government itself? Furthermore, what government communication besides taxes and draft notices even happen over the mail anymore?

[Seamus Fermanagh]

...Full Disclosure: I am a US postal employee; and one of those whacky guys who thinks our Congressional Record should be mailed weekly to every registered voter in the country.

Add in a "stop withholding" for Federal taxes and you'll make me even happier! Note: I do not mean don't PAY your taxes, I just don't want them withheld in advance. I want us all to see exactly how much we are taxed because we have to write a quarterly check AND see what we're buying with it by reading the Congressional Record.