U.S. Postal Service Stamps goes up again.

[NocturnalPS]

Gerrrrr... from 34 to 37 whats the deal man? Next thing you know the price of stamps will be right up there with gas prices.

 

[made in holland]

37 cents?
That's not much, is it

 

[NocturnalPS]

Originally posted by made in holland
37 cents?
That's not much, is it

for one stamp I think it is.

 

[made in holland]

In Holland it is 37 cents for like 10 years now

 

[boombexus]

Originally posted by NocturnalPS
Gerrrrr... from 34 to 37 whats the deal man? Next thing you know the price of stamps will be right up there with gas prices.

Now I gotta go out and buy a bunch of 3 cent stamps

Watch all my bills that I just sent out get returned due to insufficient postage!

 

[boombexus]

I'm curious to know how many times the price of stamps has been raised. It seems like it has been raised a few times here in the last couple of years.

 

[NocturnalPS]

Originally posted by boombexus




Now I gotta go out and buy a bunch of 3 cent stamps

Watch all my bills that I just sent out get returned due to insufficient postage!

Naw you had up until yesterday i think? To mail out what ever you had with the 34 cent stamps.

 

[NocturnalPS]

The 37 starts on the 1st of July.

 

[NocturnalPS]

Originally posted by boombexus
I'm curious to know how many times the price of stamps has been raised. It seems like it has been raised a few times here in the last couple of years.

yeah i think it was only about 2 or 3 years ago it was 29 cents.

 

[Klostrophobic]

God i hate people that complain about 37 cents. I'd pay 10 dollars to ship a letter across the continent.

I'd like to see what you would do if there was no postal service.

 

[boombexus]

Originally posted by Klostrophobic
God i hate people that complain about 37 cents. I'd pay 10 dollars to ship a letter across the continent.

I'd like to see what you would do if there was no postal service.

Who's complaining?
I don't mind at all. I didn't think that Nocturnal wasn't being all that serious either.

 

[Joey D]

God I can't even send a letter without being hassled out of my money.

 

[1X83Z]

Yep, again! Worst part is the Postmaster General PROMISED no more hikes until 2003 about a week before this. Now, he's made the same promise again. Hmmmm...

 

[NocturnalPS]

Originally posted by boombexus


Who's complaining?
I don't mind at all. I didn't think that Nocturnal wasn't being all that serious either.

Nope. Not too serious about it. Its just a pain in the butt when they raise the price every 8 to 16 months. Just why cant they keep it at a fixed rate?

 

[troy]

because our money value is rising

 

[1X83Z]

You kidding? Our money value's lowering.

 

[boombexus]

Originally posted by NocturnalPS
Just why cant they keep it at a fixed rate?

Exactly!

 

[1X83Z]

Inflation. But maybe they should charge monthly for it. Though frankly the way to stop it from going up is to not deliver mail on the weekend.

 

[Talentless]

Well, it's better than having it footed by more government subsidies. Anyway, I'm pro postal service whether private or run by the feds, because e-mail is not reliable. Anyone ever tells you technology will replace something with a certainty in their voice, be cautious.

 

[1X83Z]

That's true, but that brings me back to fixed rate. I pay $21.95 per month to use AOL. My idea for the USPS is that there should be one rate - if you send many things, you pay x, if you send less things, pay y, send less, pay z, etc. and if you exceed your quota, you are assessed a penalty worth more than the value of a stamp just so they can make a tidy profit.