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Postage increase

gidgetgh — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 21:37:33 GMT

On January 27th to 55 cents (up from 50 cents now).

Just a heads up, if you're a person who uses stamps.

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Kachina624 — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 22:27:13 GMT

I'd like to know how they justify this increase with transportation costs so low now. Ever see the salaries the Usps executives make?

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insomniac2 — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 22:56:49 GMT

It's still a bargain!

(I wouldn't do all that work for well under a dollar.)

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RedTop — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 23:30:45 GMT

I use a lot of stamps, and have already bought half the amount I want to buy before the increase.

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Sweetbay magnolia — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 23:51:37 GMT

Buying stamps now! Thanks, @gidgetgh

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sunshine45 — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 23:57:19 GMT

@insomniac2 wrote:
It's still a bargain!

(I wouldn't do all that work for well under a dollar.)

its only a bargain if the service is excellent, which it isnt unfortunately.

this has been a bad year for our usps service......lost mail, late mail, mail delivered that isnt ours, 5 windows available with only one person on duty, long lines, and it seems like the GOOD postal workers are retiring.

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grandma r — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 00:25:13 GMT

Thanks. I just bought a roll today.

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threecees — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 01:02:01 GMT

@gidgetgh

I think 55 cents a stamp is pretty expensive so I just bought several as well.

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VanSleepy — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 01:25:15 GMT

I didn't even know it was up to $0.50 until I bought them for my Christmas cards. I guess I had a big enough supply since the prior increase. I'll have to stock up again!

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GCR18 — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 02:32:58 GMT

In the realm of things, five cents isn't bad. Having said that, it's probably not going toward things that impact customers. It will end up driving more customers to pay bills online.

I planned ahead and bought a couple extra books of stamps. That should last a long while.

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queendiva — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 02:53:34 GMT

In addition, if you do not use the Q's return labels, get those returns to all e-commerce sites back before the 27th.

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Pook — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:48:04 GMT

Rarely do I ever use a stamp so 50 cents is no big deal to me but my SO pays his bills by mail and has more stamps stockpiled than he could ever use but I'm sure he will buy more!! Where I live, the mail service is excellent with no issues so I think it depends on each local post office and how they are run!

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Cats3000 — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:59:27 GMT

I do very little business with the USPS. Most of my stuff is done on-line.

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Cats3000 — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 11:02:40 GMT

It has little to do with transporation costs. Because they're losing money hand over fist. Because they have tremendous legacy pension costs that were never fully funded and that they'll have trouble meeting. And, yes, because of current salaries for ALL postal workers. Because trying to do ANYTHING with the USPS is a "3rd rail" of politics.

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BirkiLady — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:16:30 GMT

Most of my stuff is auto-pay through my bank. However, I do support the USPS with cards and letters to family and friends and through donations. Using USPS a lot following this accident for accident reports, etc. (Pitching all the incoming stuff from non-reputable, never heard of attorney's who are offering to handle litigation. SMH) I plan to purchase more stamps before the rates rise! That was on my "to do" list the day of the accident.

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Justice4all — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:28:17 GMT

@gidgetgh

I have stamps that say FIRST CLASS- are these like forever stamps?

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gidgetgh — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:40:08 GMT

@Justice4all wrote:
@gidgetgh
I have stamps that say FIRST CLASS- are these like forever stamps?

@Justice4all I would think those would be really old and would NOT be forever stamps.

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Justice4all — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:46:43 GMT

@gidgetgh

I just looked it up and it seems that they are the same. Thanks for the quick response! I have interesting stamps in all denominations, but this one had me stumped!

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Allegheny — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:00:20 GMT

@threecees Where were you able to get the O'Beautiful stamps? I ordered my stamps about two weeks ago from the USPS store and those weren't offered. They are beautiful, I would like to get some.

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gidgetgh — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:27:48 GMT

@Allegheny wrote:
@threecees Where were you able to get the O'Beautiful stamps? I ordered my stamps about two weeks ago from the USPS store and those weren't offered. They are beautiful, I would like to get some.

@Allegheny- they had been offered online but it looks like they’re sold out, or temporarily sold out. My guess is that people are doing a lot of stamp purchasing in advance of the increase in postage.

You might try your local post office for them.