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a little expensive for standard mail i think

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What's it at now? I buy the Forever stamps so I have no idea what the current rate even is.

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What are thse words, "standard mail"? =Smiley Very Happy

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The cost to mail a letter or package here in the US is a whole lot cheaper and gets there faster than in other countries around the world.

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Actually, not necessarily true, ms. Katz. It took a package from halfway round the world to get to our local post office 2 days. After a week, our local P.O. still hadn't delivered it. My soninlaw had to go in person to retrieve it.
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On 1/7/2015 sgraham30 said:

What's it at now? I buy the Forever stamps so I have no idea what the current rate even is.

I too have bought Forever Stsmps 'not forever, but a loooong time',,,and each time I buy 100 of them, I notice the price increase.

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On 1/7/2015 Justice4all said: Actually, not necessarily true, ms. Katz. It took a package from halfway round the world to get to our local post office 2 days. After a week, our local P.O. still hadn't delivered it. My soninlaw had to go in person to retrieve it.
One example doesn't define the efficacy of the USPS. After thousands upon thousands of packages going through my hands, the problems were small in number.
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On 1/7/2015 straykatz said:

The cost to mail a letter or package here in the US is a whole lot cheaper and gets there faster than in other countries around the world.

I was going to say the same thing. What my European friends pay is obnoxious.
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On 1/7/2015 straykatz said:

The cost to mail a letter or package here in the US is a whole lot cheaper and gets there faster than in other countries around the world.

Absolutely! Just ask one of our Canadian friends about postage or anyone in Europe. We don't have it bad at all. I also buy Forever stamps at Safeway, saves me a trip to the local mail box branch/station.

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I have a sad post office. Packages are left willynilly, are three weeks late, if they come at all. Pick ups disappear, or are stolen from the mailbox. Lines are forever, as people have packages and transactions to all four corners of the earth. Still, we have some efficient and kindly mail persons!