[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - shop as post-partner

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

Am Do., 11. Feb. 2021 um 22:39 Uhr schrieb Robin Burek <robin.burek at gmx.de>:

> And there you are wrong. The problem, in germany you have already not
> only one postal service provider. I actual found six
> nationwide/suprareginal and 30 regional postal service provider (and i
> think there are some more)
>


have a look at the numbers of market share. Did you know the former public
monopolist does not pay any turnover tax when they sell to private
customers? They are even so powerful that now their competitors are exempt
as well, only to not have them pay themselves. It's their tradition, their
18 year long CEO Zumwinkel also didn't pay his taxes ;-)



> I have the feeling that this is much more of a free market than in many
> other countries
>
- in germany there don't exist "public, national postal services" - here do
> not exist an state monopol.
>


I have the feeling you should dig deeper. Have a look how many civil
actions their competitors have initiated, mostly for public subventions and
exploitation of a dominant position. Deutsche Post is not only the dominant
national postal service, it is also still owned, in part, by the public.
What is true: their (new) employees are no civil servants any more and can
be fired like anybody else. And they are retreating from their customers,
outsourcing to "service partners" and closing their offices.



>    And this postal service provider are not an courier service...
>


your picture showed a Hermes shop, clearly not Deutsche Post, and not in
the letter sending business.

Cheers
Martin
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