A little reminder

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:17 am

Postage went up to 41 cents today.

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Mon May 14, 2007 12:21 pm

Phlegm wrote:Postage went up to 41 cents today.

OH THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION

Yamori · Post by **Yamori** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:11 pm

Tacks wrote:
Phlegm wrote:Postage went up to 41 cents today.

OH THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION

I found it informative ;(

Diekan · Post by **Diekan** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:18 pm

I didn't care.

Ginzburgh · Post by **Ginzburgh** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:39 pm

You can't imagine how this effects me.

10sun · Post by **10sun** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:39 pm

What was it before? I never really paid any attention =(

Ginzburgh · Post by **Ginzburgh** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:55 pm

0.39

The post office is pretty greedy, they have rate changes once every couple of years. UPS and Fedex has theirs on the off years so every year we get hit with some kind of rate change.

USPS is also instituting shape based pricing, which throws the shape of a mail piece into the pricing equation. Before postal shipping cost was determined by weight, now it is determined by weight, height, length and thickness.

Post by **Arlos** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:56 pm

Well, one reason the post office raises rates is because they're the only government agency that is entirely self-sufficient. They get not a dime of tax money, they get every penny of their operating costs from postal rates. So, as costs go up, they kinda don't have a choice.

-Arlos

Ginzburgh · Post by **Ginzburgh** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:57 pm

They make a lot of money Arlos, trust me.

Eziekial · Post by **Eziekial** » Mon May 14, 2007 2:19 pm

post masters make over 60k a year. can you believe that! 5k a month to be in charge of postcard delievery. no wonder they charge .41 cent

Ginzburgh · Post by **Ginzburgh** » Mon May 14, 2007 2:30 pm

Not only that, up to four years ago, they estimated that they were losing 250 million dollars a year in meter fraud. So they implemented a plan to phase out all mechanical meters, which at the time were the only meters in the field.

As a result, they made all postage meter manufacturers design "crack proof" digital meters that print digital information based indicias that the USPS has to personally "ok" before we can release it to the public.

You can imagine the amount of dropped jaws when that little memo came out.

kaharthemad · Post by **kaharthemad** » Mon May 14, 2007 3:02 pm

that and piss poor management of funds. Stupid Union ethics, and all around government bureaucracy.

Oh at 12 bills in the whole.

Yamori · Post by **Yamori** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:52 pm

Considering I ship at least 2+ packages a week, at least it's worthwhile news to me. :P

Stamp haters ;(

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