U.S. Postal Service Raising Rates July 13th

Paladin1950

Paladin1950

Still love 50's & 60's music!
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Mohawk Valley, NY
I lost track of the price. For whatever reason, I didn't realize that the price of a first class stamp was 73¢. In July it will be 78¢. The lady who waited on me suggested that some people might start stocking up in advance.

That sounded like a better idea than to wait until I run out to buy more stamps, like I usually do.
U.S. Postal Service Recommends New Prices for July 2025 - Newsroom - About.usps.com
 

It's no secret that I love my music. I'm also willing to pay far too much for the music I crave.

That said, I have stopped buying music from the US. Postage costs just kill the deal.
 
I've been searching through drawers, papers etc and mailed stuff with atleast a 1/2 dozen stamps on it being lower/different prices. Know of people who gave up on their stamp collection and use that minus some really vintage or rare stamps also cover their packages and envelopes with stamps

Someone said some of their lighter package rates are pretty good. And judging by the lines at the local post offices hear anyway can't believe some of them aren't making enough money to cover costs.
 
I still mail a couple cards each year and use stamps to send in my income tax payments.

I could probably automate those and eliminate using any stamps.

I do use USPS to send and receive a few packages each year with good results but there are several other options available.

Do we really need the USPS? 🤔

IMO it would be relatively easy to get along without it.
 
We only send out a piece of mail 4 or 5 times a month, so a few extra cents is no big deal. We did, however, buy enough Forever stamps to last us for the better part of a year, last week. Their rates for mailing a package have gone up quite a bit over the past year, or two...so if we have to mail a package we usually use UPS, which has a drop off at a nearby store.....often for half the price of the USPS.
 
Disgustedman said:
Before you all get your dander up you might want to look at what the rest of the world pays for mail services.

https://stories.uspsoig.gov/the-price-of-a-stamp-an-international-comparison/index.html
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We pay a dollar for stamps in Canada in Canadian Dollars which is $.73 U.S., but our postal service is 3 billion dollars in debt. At the current moment our postal service is ready to strike . I’m not sure what’s going to happen to our postal service. They went on strike last Christmas . Our postal system might be discontinued.
 
Be very thoughtful about hoarding postage stamps,
a couple of years ago, I bought a load and used quite
a lot before the Royal Mail got wise and added a bar
code to a new batch, I lost maybe 20% - 25%, worth
of my stamps, they were fairly expensive when I bought
them.

Mike
 
Aunt Bea said:
I still mail a couple cards each year and use stamps to send in my income tax payments.

I could probably automate those and eliminate using any stamps.

I do use USPS to send and receive a few packages each year with good results but there are several other options available.

Do we really need the USPS? 🤔

IMO it would be relatively easy to get along without it.
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i can see it for mailing packages but if the computers go down then we'd get no mail. it would be a death spiral from there. :ROFLMAO:
 
My dad loved buying stamps. He also collected foreign stamps. I now have all his stamps and I don't know what to do with them. :(
 
Mike said:
Be very thoughtful about hoarding postage stamps,
a couple of years ago, I bought a load and used quite
a lot before the Royal Mail got wise and added a bar
code to a new batch, I lost maybe 20% - 25%, worth
of my stamps, they were fairly expensive when I bought
them.

Mike
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In the U.S. we sell “Forever” stamps. Whatever price is at the time of purchase, the Forever stamp covers the newest price. If people bought a roll of 100 stamps, 5 years ago, they can still use them today under any prices that have increased.
 
Yup, I have a bunch of "Forever" stamps. Yeah, I can remember the 3 cent stamps, but the reason stamps were so cheap is that the US government subsidized the Postal Service back then. Now, the Postal Service has to get by mostly on what it takes in, while dealing with a shrinking need for their services, but maintaining a huge mail delivery system. I'm not going to begrudge them the 73 cents for a stamp.
 
The USPS is in red again. Last year, they were $9.5 billion in the red. This year, they are projecting a loss of $6.9 billion. They never learned that residents do not need to receive mail 6 days a week. If I got mail 3 days per week, like Monday, Wednesday and Friday or Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday would be fine.
 
oldman said:
The USPS is in red again. Last year, they were $9.5 billion in the red. This year, they are projecting a loss of $6.9 billion. They never learned that residents do not need to receive mail 6 days a week. If I got mail 3 days per week, like Monday, Wednesday and Friday or Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday would be fine.
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In the newer housing development, the mailman delivers to a central point where all small individual mail boxes are. I don't even check my mail box more than a couple times a week.
 
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There is only one company I order from. They ship to my post office box (my request). The last order was shipped via USPS and took 10 days to arrive. Each day, I checked the tracking number, and it went from here to there with no logical progression: some days going in one direction, the next day, in an opposite direction. This was repeated several times. It would help their budget if they used a logical plan in routing packages.
 
Nearly all the mail received by me and my neighbors consists of advertising and bills (our mailboxes are all on one wall in the lobby, so we get a chance to compare and complain). We'd all be happy to do without both. The advertising, and particularly the constant barrage of pleas for donations, are just annoying, and I have to wonder how much money any of them raise that way. I get slick, expensive looking catalogs from several clothing chains, which go right into the trash can conveniently located next to the mailboxes. There's always a big pile of those throwaways. I'm sure the paper gets recycled, but even so, what a waste.

Sending stuff like the electric bill, etc. is another story. That obviously can't be just thrown away. But most businesses and utilities offer the choice to pay online now. That's probably what will happen if they keep raising postal rates.

A few pennies per letter doesn't bother me. But sending a package can be pretty expensive even now. If they raise it any more, people may just stop using the USPS.
 
I don't do much electronic payment stuff, the wife loves it.
I enjoy sitting down and writing checks, applying stamps and mailing them.
I remember shipping a Birthday toy to a grandchild 80 miles away.
A kid's drum set. Several Boxes. The kids said drums last forever!
UPS charged more than the Drums Cost. Last time I said. We arrange
to see the kids all the time now. Busy they are. They both teach at the H.S.
 

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