A lot of the time, packages are delivered by the post office who makes that final delivery. Sure, the packages start out with UPS or some other carrier, who then transferers them to the post office for that final step. I received one of those packages recently and the box was only being held together by a bit of packing tape, one end of the box being totally disconnected from the rest. Surprisingly, the product I ordered was still intact. Impossible for me to know which carrier did the damage. However, I shudder when I think about the Post Office being no more as I don't think those private carriers are set up at the moment pick up mail from my house nor to make deliveries to my house. The post office I hear sometimes operates at a loss making those final delivery steps from other carriers who can't be bothered with it.