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		sxates on May 24, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Floyd Martin retires after nearly 35 years as a ma... It's actually the other way around. The junk mail is paying for your mailman to come by every day. The $.50 for a stamp doesn't cover the cost of delivering a letter.

dawnerd on May 24, 2019 [–]

Also people paying retail rate for packages help offset as well. I've been shipping a lot recently and it's crazy the price difference.

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