The Styrofoam Cube In This Letter Serves A Bureaucratic Purpose
AT&T told me I can either get an unlimited Text Messaging plan or no text messaging plan and pay per text message.<p>Comcast told me that the 6mb internet service would be $50, and that I could only get the 20mb service, the service I wanted for $50 for the first six months, 60 for the next six months, and 70 for the next 12 months after that.  They called it a "bundle" because it included local TV channels, channels which I get for free.  The didn't offer me the choice of no free TV channels over cable.<p>Apple continually charges a ridiculous amount on memory upgrades.<p>Half the places I shop at want me to register with them in some capacity.  No REI, I don't need a special card for the 2 annual purchases I do a year.  You can keep the $2 I'd get back at the end of the year if I did have the card.<p>Amazon sells the same kindle at two different prices, depending on whether or not you like advertisements.<p>Are all these things stupid?  Yes.  The USPS is not alone, so stop pretending it's some government bureaucracy thing.  People sometimes complain that the government should act more like a business, and get upset when they actually do.