New postage rates

[Cheyenne]

Damn it, I just realized I have mail to get out and I don't have the new postage stamps yet. ARRGGGH..

Time for a trip to the post office, I guess. I think I should buy only about a 6 month supply since that is about how often the rates change lately!

Later, gators. Got to run before they close.

 

[red_rose]

How much is it now??

When did it change?



Yes, I live in a box... why do you ask?

 

[Cheyenne]

I just did a quick stamp inventory, I still have 32 cent, 33 cent and 34 cent stamps. Didn't it just jump to 37 cents this month? Seems the rate of acceleration is increasing...

 

[Hamletmaschine]

Yeah, it went up to 37 cents. When that happened I don't know. I just got a bunch of bills returned to me for insuffient postage. Now there'll be late fees on the bills to add insult to all this.

 

[Private Vasquez]

June 30th is when it happened.

 

[Spinaroonie]

To quote clerks

THIRTYSEVEN!?

This new postage rate rocks.

The post office is the only government agency that is allowed to make a profit.

That is why they keep hiking the rates.

 

[InnocentAngel81]

ugh i still have a thing of stamps i still need to use.

 

[Wiggles]

What? I knew nothing about that. So, I guess they have little packs of 3 cent stamps now? Pfft. I'm pissed.

I'm going to just start taping pennies to the damned things.

 

[LovetoGiveRoses]

To quote clerks

THIRTYSEVEN!?

This new postage rate rocks.

The post office is the only government agency that is allowed to make a profit.

That is why they keep hiking the rates.

It changed last Sat night/Sunday morning. The post office is allowed to make a profit, but they're losing lots and lots of money and that's why they needed a price increase. While I applaud the efforts of our postal workers, I'm very curious about why the increase was needed. I'd like to do a thorough review of their operations and make a independent analysis.

For most non-government organizations the choices are increase prices or decrease costs. Most government organizations have a disincentive to decrease costs, it's much easier not make any operational changes and pass along whatever rate increases are needed.

 

[OpposingBalance]

I don't buy stamps anymore. We have one of those P.B. machines at work. Just run the envelope through and it gets the stamp.
We just make a little hash mark on a roster hanging on the wall, and 37 cents get taken out of our paycheck.
No more wasted stamps =P

 

[Cheyenne]

While I was there buying new 37 cent stamps, I bought 3 cent, 4 cent and 5 cent stamps, too, so that I could use my old stamps up first.

Post cards are now 23 cents, if anyone is interested.

 

[Spinaroonie]

Post cards are now 23 cents, if anyone is interested.

Jesus crack-smoking Christ!

23 cents? I remember when it was a dime and regular stamps were a quarter.

 

[red_rose]

Well, shit.

I have a feeling I'll be getting some bills sent back to me here shortly.

*sigh*

 

[Shaq]

They say the next postage hike won't be until 2004 at the earliest...

 

[SpectralDragoon]

I don't buy stamps anymore. We have one of those P.B. machines at work. Just run the envelope through and it gets the stamp.
We just make a little hash mark on a roster hanging on the wall, and 37 cents get taken out of our paycheck.
No more wasted stamps =P

Thats a really cool idea, we have a PB too.

 

[teddybear4play]

Yeah, it went up to 37 cents. When that happened I don't know. I just got a bunch of bills returned to me for insuffient postage. Now there'll be late fees on the bills to add insult to all this.

You know, why can't they just raise it a nickel at a time so the addition is nice? A couple of comedians have theorized that the reason post offices became such hostile work environments is because when the stamp rate was changed from 25 to 29 cents, it made calculations a pain in the ass.

TB4p

 

[Saint Peter]

Postal rates are only keeping up with the high cost of ammunition.