So yeah target 300 upper class households that make >$100k, skew older, and live in houses that start at $2M for $53 + printing costs. <0.20 / household.
I know this bc my first job was a local small business and this was our primary marketing/ad run. It used to be cheaper 😳
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They have to be losing money on that. Even if they're not, there's a real externalized cost in the form of my attention and time to clear my spambox. I oughta be able to write this loss off on my taxes.
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I think they could double the price and not lose a single legit user. Maybe some spam isn't worth sending at that price.
Would be great if the USPS had a payment/banking system attached and every time they put a letter in my box, the sender pays me $1. I might accept the spam.
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If I ran the USPS, I'd introduce Prime.
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Prime needs to happen across all government services. Imagine Prime for DMV.
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It's effectively the privatization of public services so realistically not politically feasible but could work with USPS.
My grandpa mostly raised me. He was a delivery man for 35+ years. I have a special place in my heart for the USPS but the institution needs an upgrade.
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The other problem is no matter how much they try, they will never have Amazon DNA. You know what happens in reality when we privatize govt shit? Companies that shouldnt make any money make billions doing a piss poor job.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximus_I.
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Whenever I see these $100m+ government contracts to build a front end for Drupal or whatever it blows my mind. It was probably farmed out to India for $50k and doesn't work anyway with the project being a total write-off/loss. WTF. Seen it so many times.
It's been a while since I've heard the word Drupal! (I suppose Webflow is the new Drupal.)
My great wish for government procurement is an open source-first ethos ...challenge is there are elections every 2-4 years so maintainers are temp at best.
2015: congressionaldata.org/open-source-so
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Yup. For $100m, any half decent tech startup could deliver an excellent product that every municipality in the entire nation could use. We'd pay for it once and we'd be done.
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