Posted on 04/07/2022 7:42:41 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced Wednesday that it aims to raise postage prices by July 10 and has filed a notice of the desired changes with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC).
The Forever stamp will move from 58 cents to 60 cents, marking what would be its second price hike in a year, CBS noted. In August, it moved from 55 cents to 58 cents. Between August of last year and this upcoming July, the stamp’s cost would have gone up nine percent, or five cents, should the prices take effect. But the Forever stamp is not the only postage increase that could come this summer, according to the USPS:
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I mail one thing every three months, and that is it. I could do that with a private company.
The USPS has become incompetent in getting my mail properly processed.
I basically can’t count on it and no longer use it for anything that matters.
SAD.
I think the LABOR UNIONS have had a LOT to do with the demise and service of the Postal Service. I remembered I had a ‘meter reading’ job and offered to coordinate the electric bills to be printed in the order that the postal workers routes were done. They said they needed ‘hours’ to use up and needed to sort them, and didn’t want them to come already set up to be delivered.
let me ask....are regular postage stamps the same prices as the forever stamps?
The USPS has become incompetent in getting my mail properly processed.
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I live in central Illinois and mailed my Verizon bill to New Jersey on Dec. 21, 2020. They received and posted it April 5, 2021.
Many years ago, someone gave me a box full of old postage stamps, going back to 2-cent ones.
Occasionally, I’ve used them to send mail just for fun. Took a lot of stamps, but they always arrived at destination.
I should try sending one again - though stamps will probably cover half the envelope, now :-)
Yeah, stuff like that.
Tell the IRS that you are Not Guilty, based on USPS performance.....
Actually mailing a letter with the post office today is way cheaper than it was when the first stamps were issued in 1847.
In 1847 to send a letter via the US Mail cost a minimum of 5 cents. That is equivalent to $1.73 in today’s dollar. Relatively speaking we are getting a better deal than our ancestors did.
They just upped package rates april 4th.
If you buy ‘Forever’ stamps, you pay the current rate for a first-class postage stamp. They stay good ‘Forever’.
When they change the rate of the first-class stamp, you pay more for the ‘Forever’.
If you use a lot of stamps, it might be worthwhile to stock up on ‘Forevers’ before the rate goes up.
Yes, forever stamps are the same cost.
I still pay all my bills by mail because I want as much control as possible of what money is being taken from me.
Nice!
My “forever” stamps have a better yield than most of my investments...
Cool story.
Have always been satisfied with USPS.👍
I always did that in the past, but over the last couple of years, some crucial things have arrived late and weren’t processed until past the due-date - even though I mailed them in plenty of time (or what USED to be ‘plenty of time’.)
So, I’ve reluctantly gone to ‘autopay’ for some things.
I’m not complaining - I don’t know if these problems have been due to the postal service, or the companies I deal with. My experience with the USPS has always been excellent, especially when it comes to all the increased package deliveries they’ve had to do during Covid.
“Have always been satisfied with USPS.👍”
I mailed a check to my credit union for my credit card. It took 5 days and the credit union is 3 miles away. It made my payment late and dropped my credit rating 7 points.
Monopolies are very detrimental for an economy and competition. Competition leads to lower prices and improved services. govt monopolies, like the postal service are the worst kind.
How do you know it was USPS, and not your credit union, that fell down on the job?
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