Posted on 03/01/2016 9:40:35 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
A rare drop in postal prices will become effective Sunday, April 10, the United States Postal Service announced Feb. 25.
The decrease, which results from the expiration of a temporary rate increase ordered in late 2013, had been widely anticipated.
It will be only the third time that there has been “a general reduction in postage rates,” according to the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers.
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No wonder the stamps you buy now say FOREVER.
FOREVER stamps are the best thing the post office ever implemented.
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I might not be the only person to ask this question, but what is the rate now?
Not a big deal. USPS just jacked the prices on priority mail and exploded air mail prices.
49 cents for 1 oz first class card or letter, but there are complicated surcharges for odd sized envelopes, too thick, too thin, etc.
The prices on packages on the other especially those going overseas have shot though the roof.
Most of us use the mail for packages and for the small mail order business this has been a killer.
48 cents.
I'm an old-fashioned letter-writer. I may be the only person in America keeping the USPS in business.
Sorry about that.
Thus the relation bust hits the economy as everyone waits until April to mail their Easter cards. Does anyone want to buy my Forever stamps I invested in instead of gold?
The only accomplishment for 0bama which doesn’t cause destruction of the US; however, I’m sure there is more to the story.
LOL! Yeah, I think the last piece of paper I mailed was two years ago.
Since every man, woman and child must buy health insurance, what is keeping this despot from requiring that everyone buy postage?
49cents
“Forever”?
That’s a LONG time.
Can the Post Office really keep THAT promise?
Right. But I’m still working on my 48-cent Forever stamps. I thought it might be a good investment....
So they are solvent now?
Our mail carrier knew nothing about this.
Equivalent postage for all!
Moderate ALL postage for every item sent by USPS and watch what happens!
The4 amount of “junk mail” sent under “bulk postage rules” will decrease. The revenue for the USPS will increase. The volume of junk-mail will decrease and, among advertisers, the amount of REAL mail will moderate.
IOW, eliminate BULK RATES for advertisers / marketers.
That is one of the sad results of the Digital Age. No longer will families cleaning out a dresser or attic come across a stack of love letters or correspondence from a parent/grand-parent/etc.
Almost all of my Amazon stuff comes via USPS now days. The great thing is they deliver "Prime" on Sundays.
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