Comments on: Postage Stamp Price Increase! Again.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:48:00 +0000

I cant believe i didnt know this ive been adding 1 cent stamps to them when the price went up no one ever told me……

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:44:00 +0000

The price will be going up $.2 every year until it reaches $.50 according to the cashier at the post office in my city. Stock up on the “Forever stamps”. I pay half my bills online and half snail mail… plus rebates, etc.
-Gina

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:54:00 +0000

Does it occur to anyone that not using the mail forces prices up? The USPS must still maintain its infrastructure – the mailman still has to cover the same number of miles to deliver fewer items – the cross country carriers still have to cover the same miles (though perhaps fewer times) regardless of the number of items being delivered. Cost efficiency goes up with volume, not the other way around.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:27:00 +0000

I don’t use stamps too much either but I like keeping the forever stamps on hand! I plan on getting several books before the price increase.

I love online bill pay!

By: Mandi

Mandi — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:03:00 +0000

Actually the US has the cheapest mail rates in the world. In Norway it’s like $2 for a single letter.

And it doesn’t actually make sense to stock up on stamps because the price of stamps has historically been WAY below the inflation rate.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:46:00 +0000

I heard about this. The government got rid of the restrictions on how often the USPS could increase its prices, and since the restrictions have been removed prices have gone up EVERY year.
I wish they’d increase the prices for bulk (junk) mail instead! The USPS would certainly make more money, and maybe we’d get less junk mail!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:39:00 +0000

I bought 2 books of the Forever Stamps before the last increase, but I’m savin’ those for when I’m really old and poor.

By: Allie

Allie — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:44:00 +0000

I understand, I sell a lot of extra coupons on eBay, so i go through stamps like crazy, but the post office is losing money, my mom is a mail handler, and she isnt getting any overtime, they are really watching that sort of thing.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:09:00 +0000

I can’t even imagine – soon it will be 50 cents to mail a piece of paper! The math just doesn’t seem right. Stamps are probably one of the few things you can stock up on without taking up any space so I guess I’ll be on my way to the post office soon

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:46:00 +0000

I’ll be running to the post office tomorrow! I can’t afford any price increases! Besides, it’ll be good to stock up! I can now have a stockpile of stamps too!