USPS price hike

[chippewastud79]

Originally Posted by JE3146

The 'wife' wanted the ones with the rings on them... no liberty bells...

Got the forever stamps for the RSVP cards though...

Allie said the same thing, but she is an accountant and a quick "cost/benefit analysis" put an end to that, well that and I was too lazy to drive back to the post office to buy them. We need the extra 17 cents ones anyway.

[kaelaria]

Originally Posted by icehog3

You must be furious about gasoline then.

I was when it went over $4, but it's just under $2 here - and that's perfectly normal.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by kaelaria

I was when it went over $4, but it's just under $2 here - and that's perfectly normal.

What's irritating is the rate of change not the price.

[kaelaria]

Exactly - when it shot up to $4 it was a very rapid change. I still didn't really mind the actual price of $4 because we drive MINI Coopers getting better than 30MPG and I primarily ride a bike getting over 50MPG.

[TripleF]

Price goes up, service goes down............... best to pay online if you feel comfortable doing that.

[icehog3]

I only wish I could use the bike year round up here, especially when it gets back over $3 a gallon later this summer.

[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.

[TripleF]

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.

[md4958]

Originally Posted by TripleF

Maybe the government should bail them out.




Woops.

I didnt realize that USPS isnt government subsidized.

I wish my motorcycle didn't leak gasoline all over the garage floor this winter.

[thetpi825]

I may get bashed for this. But if 2 cents is making you infuriated or angry maybe you shouldn't be smoking cigars. I'm a college kid and even if I was sending out 1000 envelopes a month that would be an extra 20 dollars I'm sure I could find a way to budget around that.
Just my (pun intended)

[gpugliese]

I'm not one to ***** about postal prices, but the cost of Priority Mail above a pound jumped at least a few dollars. Up to 1 lb is $4.95, but anything above a pound adds at least two dollars!

I just priced a 1lb package via Priority Mail from Boston to Chicago at $4.80 online. Same package, at 1 lb 1OZ (just one OUNCE more) increases to $7.19 online.

Prior to the hike on the 11th, I seem to remember ounces adding cents, not dollars after the 1lb limit.

In the grand scheme of things, it's still cheap but ...