05-11-2009, 10:01 AM
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11/11/11 EPIC IV
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Scott
Location: Clearwater, FL
Posts: 5,626
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Re: USPS price hike
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Originally Posted by md4958
in the grand scheme of things, $.44 is not a lot to send a letter or card across the country.
My understanding is that the need for the hikes is because the USPS lost up wards of $2.8Billion last year, and are already $2.3 billion in the hole for 2009.
While the USPS might be a "dying" industry for letters, they are cheaper than FedEx or UPS, and unlike UPS, the packages usually arrive intact. They also deliver packages from Switzerland on Saturdays 
I usually sent my cousins in Italy Christmas cards this year. They all called to thank me. With text and email, sending cards has been forgotten. However, I cant tell you how appreciative they were at the gesture. |
Maybe the government should bail them out.
Woops.
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