Around here I've noticed that FedEx, USPS and to some degree UPS share facilities from point to point. I had a package coming USPS priority mail, and my tracking showed arrival at the KC FedEx Facility, to be routed out that afternoon via FedEx truck to the local post office, and then delivered to my home by my local mail carrier. My local post office says that they have a FedEx delivery every day, dropping off packages sorted by the regional hub in the city. The point is the package handling has become a complex, integrated system driven by fuel and personnel costs. My UPS guy is great - always the same guy, always the same time, and always a friendly comment. He was delivering a package to one of my boys a while back and asked, "Is Roger your Dad? What do you think about that car he's built?"