USPS regular mail stamps pricing going DOWN! - Page 3

lobstergal · ‎12-03-2010

@Chrystaltree2 wrote:
II don't care, I only mail one bill payment a month and I mail out about 12 Christmas cards a year. I have enough Forever stams to get through the next 6 years. Which is probably why stamp prices are going down. No mails anything anymore.

You have a habit of trying to make you're "opinion" be the only and absolute must for everyone. I still write checks to pay my bills (which you have also criticized people for) and send out mail 3 or more times every week.

Just because someone doesn't do things the way you do does not make it wrong!

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

JaxsMom wrote:
LOL I guess a bunch of people didn't read the OP.

This is what I was thinking.

I don't pay too much attention to the cost of stamps or shipping, as I figure there is nothing I can do to change it.

If the cost of stamps really is going down - wow! I do think that that is unheard of - in my lifetime, anyway.

I use about THREE stamps a YEAR. I send my father a birthday card, a Father's Day card, and a christmas card. So if I have ten or twenty stamps on hand I'm good for a really long time.

I think that the 'Forever Stamp' thing is a good idea. Hopefully, it caused a lot more stamps to be purchased and was helpful to their business picture.

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

HappyDaze wrote:
millieshops wrote:
Just be glad you didn't buy a house for $200,000 and then see it go down to half that or less.

Life is just not fair - you were probably perfectly happy to mail a letter with a Forever stamp that costr you less than 49 cents, now you'll be evening out the price since you "overpaid" to try to save a dollar over a few years time.d more. It also wouldn't be fair if they could never decrease the price, but it's not going to be enough money for me to worry even about the principle of the thing - maybe for me less than 20 cents a year -10 stamps at a 2 cent lowered price.

I could only wish my morning newspaper would be such a bargain!
I hope aren't directing this at me since I wasn't even complaining. Just shocked that they would make it go down. I don't find the price of mailing letters costly at all, actually. I still have stamps I bought a few years ago since I rarely mail anything.

i dont think she was @HappyDaze ......i think it is more directed at me since i complained that i had purchased well over 200 stamps at 49cents each.

but it is very good news for anyone who didnt buy a lot of stamps at once during this past year or so.

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HappyDaze · ‎06-13-2012

@sunshine45 wrote:
@HappyDaze wrote:
@millieshops wrote:
Just be glad you didn't buy a house for $200,000 and then see it go down to half that or less.

Life is just not fair - you were probably perfectly happy to mail a letter with a Forever stamp that costr you less than 49 cents, now you'll be evening out the price since you "overpaid" to try to save a dollar over a few years time.d more. It also wouldn't be fair if they could never decrease the price, but it's not going to be enough money for me to worry even about the principle of the thing - maybe for me less than 20 cents a year -10 stamps at a 2 cent lowered price.

I could only wish my morning newspaper would be such a bargain!
I hope aren't directing this at me since I wasn't even complaining. Just shocked that they would make it go down. I don't find the price of mailing letters costly at all, actually. I still have stamps I bought a few years ago since I rarely mail anything.

i dont think she was @HappyDaze ......i think it is more directed at me since i complained that i had purchased well over 200 stamps at 49cents each.
but it is very good news for anyone who didnt buy a lot of stamps at once during this past year or so.

@sunshine45 ah okay, I was kind of confused by the seemingly semi-angry tone of the post, lol. Not sure why we have to get kind of rude over a simple discussion about stamp pricing?

scotnovel · ‎12-31-2013

@sunshine45 wrote:
@scotnovel wrote:
@sunshine45 wrote:
...and they push us to buy the forever stamps to avoid the price increases....now whoever stocked up and bought a lot of forever stamps will actually lose money. too bad they wont be able to demand a rebate.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/26/news/stamp-price-decrease/
The price is only supposed to go down a couple of cents. If you bought forever stamps anytime between 2007 and 2013 you still paid a lower price (41 to 46 cents) than the current price of stamps less the 2 cents (47 cents).

within the past year i have bought well over 200 forever stamps.....didnt buy them that far back. it still doesnt sound fair, even though the amount is not a lot, it is the principle of the matter.

There was no guarantee that stamp prices wouldn't change and what difference does it make? You bought them to save money and assuming you paid 46 cents they will still be cheaper than what these new stamps will cost. Also, just hang on to them - stamp prices will very likely go up again.

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

@scotnovel no, there was no guarantee of course, but that is exactly how the post office marketed them......buy them at a certain price and even if the cost is raised you have saved yourself some money own the road......evidently, i didnt save any money. i paid 49 cents for them.

evidently i buy a lot more stamps than everyone else.

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Sister Golden Hair · ‎03-09-2010

We should all feel blessed that our postage is cheap.

Pook · ‎03-20-2010

Wow, such a fuss over a few pennies!! I'm sure it's not going to break the bank for anyone!

Witchy Woman · ‎03-15-2010

@deepwaterdotter wrote:
I'm one of those 'dinosaurs' who still sends hand-written letters and cards. The recipients will comment that I am the only person they know who still uses pen, stationary, and postage stamps. Not sure what this says about my communication habits, but I welcome any decrease in the cost of stamps.

To the OP, I don't ever remember a decrease, but, honestly the cost of stamps doesn't rile me up all that much. I consider it a bargain to drop a letter in the mail and have it arrive across the US in a few days. And, I love my local PO!

As to writing....Me too. I write to two wonderful ladies (in their 90s) and regularly send out cards to a few friends.

I love beautiful stationary and pretty stamps. I coordinate them all when I can. And, I order colorful, decorative address labels.

It's a lost art, but I still love doing it!