First-Class Mail letter (1 oz.) $0.42
First-Class Mail letter (2 oz.) $0.59
Postcard $0.27
First-Class Mail large envelope (2 oz.) $1.00
Certified Mail $2.70
First-Class Mail International to Canada and Mexico (1 oz.) $0.72
First-Class Mail International to all other countries (1 oz.) $0.94
They need bigger jumps less often...I wonder how much money they lose reprinting all of the prices and having to tell people about the price change.
]]>they need to just make stamps 50 cents and leave us alone for a few yeas, jeeze stop bugging me
]]>Good idea about using them on packages.
Um.... "interation"? You must be a "Lost" fan! ;)
]]>So back to the post office again for 57 1-cent stamps to add to the rest of my 100 41-cent roll so they're useful a little longer for mailing letters......
]]>Just my 2 cents.
]]>I'm sure it's due in no small part to the astronomic rise in gasoline prices...
I would not be shocked in the least if this was the bigger factor.
]]>Does It Make Sense to Buy Forever Stamps?: [www.portfolio.com]
]]>I hate the high denomination stamps because I never have an opportunity where I can use them. And I cant bring myself to spend a 6o cent stamp on a 42 cent letter....its like wasting money to me. lol
]]>@forgottenpassword:
I'm such a sucker for small-denomination stamps ... I've got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 cent stamps, as well as postcard stamps, first-class stamps and super-duper-high-denomination stamps for when I write letters to Mexico.
I write a lot of letters.
]]>@Landru:
I agree! I enjoy it as well! I really like using small denomination stamps (1,2,3,5,10 cent)to fill up the whole face of the envelope. Rarely get to do it, but when I do.... its fun for some odd reason. Must take me back to my childhood "stickers" days. lol
]]>I've gotten it down to where I only have to use 2 stamps per month (utility bills) & I generally get those 2 stamps from my work's accounting dept from bill payments recieved thru the mail with uncancelled stamps on the envelopes. Customers sometimes write up & stamp an envelope with the intention to mail it & then just drop it off by hand but dont remove the stamp....then it's snatched by me.
Free stamps! Woot!
]]>Where's the "lick my ass" stamp when you really need it?
]]>I like using a "Love" stamp when I send in my taxes.
]]>I find I enjoy taking the time to put stamps on letters and even adding the one-cent stamps. Okay, now two-cent stamps. It's relaxing.
]]>Anyone who does mails more than 200 pieces at a time gets a bulk mail rate, and its a little cheaper than a stamp.
]]>The prices will continue to go up every year in accordance with the consumer price index, so expect an announcement every March, followed by postal rate reform every May.
I left the conference a little irritated that the post office is walking, talking and acting like a business, when it's really a government run not-for-profit agency.
I say if they truly want to start acting like a business, they need to open up the door for competitors (i.e. FedEx, UPS, DHL) to get in on the action. Otherwise, they are simply monopolizing the market, and it's not fair to the end consumer.
]]>/ CP/M shame
]]>Don't forget you can pay your bills at the grocery store too lol.
]]>Praise the lord of sites that offer free webshipping! [www.encure.com]
On a more serious note, this totally sucks in this kind of economy. More reasons to pay via internet!
]]>Actually postage is a good indicator of inflation. Inflation started in 1913 when the Federal Reserve System was implimented. The cost of a stamp in 1913 was 2 cents.
Inflation calculator states 42 cents in 2008 was 2 cents in 1913. So it's right on par with inflation.
]]>Postage goes up 1 time every year or so and people bitch? Gas has gone up 30 cents in a week and not as many people are complaining.
You can't drive 1 mile to deliver a letter for 42 cents yet alone across the country.
]]>They should just raise the price of bulk junk mail, thus lowering the amount sent out, and make everyone happy. I don't know of a single person who gets their junk mail and says "yay!"
]]>Oh no!!!! Now I have to pay $.42 to send MAIL!!!!!
wtf is mail anyways, is that anything like E-mail?
]]>Just raise the price of stamps to a dollar and leave me alone. That might cut down on the amount of junk mail we get too.
]]>Manager: This gentleman here can write better fortunes than all of you put together.
[to Homer] Show them.
Homer: Okay, let's see ... um, The price of stamps will climb ever higher.
[the writers murmur appreciatively]
]]>Not to mention how much this screws over small press publications.
]]>Very few left though alas...
]]>Less than half a dollar to physically take a letter and have it delivered to the doorstep of anyone in the entire US still sounds like a pretty good deal to me.
Read down a few articles and start lobbying with the direct marketing association if you want to fight the perpetual, glacier-like rise of postage costs.
Oh, to answer your question, though. NEVER.
]]>@zentex: All depends on how important the delivery is.
I wonder, if USPS would just charge the junk-mail companies more to delivery the letters would it cut down on the junk we get or just bankrupt USPS so we have to pay even more.
]]>Just kidding.
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