USPS wants to hike stamp prices for 2nd time in 6 months

[Lord-Humungus]

USPS wants to hike stamp prices for 2nd time in 6 months

Sound familiar? It’s set to be the second hike of postage prices since the start of the year and the fifth in two years.

www.wavy.com

USPS has been repeatedly increasing rates of many of its mailing services over the past few years to keep up with inflation and the growing cost of doing business.

The new proposal would raise the price of a First-Class Forever stamp from 68 cents to 73 cents. It’s the latest in a series of small increases that have accumulated since the pandemic, making the cost of one Forever stamp 33% more expensive than it was at the start of 2021.

A 33% jump during the Biden years. Way to go Joe. Raise the prices on the junk mail, maybe it will help cut down on the crap I get almost daily. This will effect the older generation on a fixed income the most

 

[Rambunctious]

Biden inflation strikes again....

 

[Manonthestreet]

IF UPS can cover everywhere without a manned bldg in site except their main terminals the PO can too. Close all the burg offices that each need a manager and supervisors and do it right.

 

[Harry Dresden]

IF UPS can cover everywhere without a manned bldg in site except their main terminals the PO can too. Close all the burg offices that each need a manager and supervisors and do it right.

the PO does cover every where.....and if they close all the "burg" offices then what?...

 

[Manonthestreet]

the PO does cover every where.....and if they close all the "burg" offices then what?...

They do it right. IF UPS and FEDEX can do it why cant they????

 

[Harry Dresden]

They do it right. IF UPS and FEDEX can do it why cant they????

they do it ...if UPS and Fed X do it right,why do they have the PO deliver a whole bunch of parcels for them?...

 

[Rogue AI]

They do it right. IF UPS and FEDEX can do it why cant they????

Hardly, those private companies deliver to a fraction of the customers USPS must service daily.

 

[Manonthestreet]

they do it ...if UPS and Fed X do it right,why do they have the PO deliver a whole bunch of parcels for them?...

Poor rube......keep raising prices....customers dont pay any attn to price......am I right.....Obviously th PO is doing something wrong with continuous rate hikes. I dont pay anything online, but if doing so turns into real money......I'll have too. Think they can survive on junk mail.......good luck with that.....crash and burn

 

[Manonthestreet]

Hardly, those private companies deliver to a fraction of the customers USPS must service daily.

Yeah so......do you need a bldg and staff in every burg......no you dont...its called waste

 

[1srelluc]

IF UPS can cover everywhere without a manned bldg in site except their main terminals the PO can too. Close all the burg offices that each need a manager and supervisors and do it right.

Negative, most of the rural POs in my extended AO are run by one person not counting the route carriers which are mostly contractors.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Poor rube......keep raising prices....customers dont pay any attn to price......am I right.....Obviously th PO is doing something wrong with continuous rate hikes. I dont pay anything online, but if doing so turns into real money......I'll have too. Think they can survive on junk mail.......good luck with that.....crash and burn

hey rube no 2......if the PO is so bad WHY do they deliver many parcels from UPS and Fed X?....and how many rate hikes has the other 2 had?...

 

[Rogue AI]

Yeah so......do you need a bldg and staff in every burg......no you dont...its called waste

Given the volumes involved? Not really. Trying to compare the two isn't realistic.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Yeah so......do you need a bldg and staff in every burg......no you dont...its called waste

its only waste if that station doesnt have any traffic and isnt profitable.........and many of those stations have been shut down....

 

[Manonthestreet]

Given the volumes involved? Not really. Trying to compare the two isn't realistic.

Absolutely is. Dad worked for em and pushed em to modernize their ops or die. Fast approaching exodus they cant survive.

 

[Manonthestreet]

its only waste if that station doesnt have any traffic and isnt profitable.........and many of those stations have been shut down....

think of all the diesal they wouldnt need to burn running semis to all the burgs.....they are killing the planet ...uummmm....ummm. If they were profitable that wouldnt be raising prices all the time dumbass

 

[Harry Dresden]

Absolutely is. Dad worked for em and pushed em to modernize their ops or die. Fast approaching exodus they cant survive.

i worked for them too......in the late 90's we had the Japan and German PO come and see these new optical sorting machines we had that moved so much mail....now they have them....the only thing that stops the post office from modernizing is the federal govt.....they have to approve everything..... it takes years to get major things approved....

 

[Polishprince]

The US mail isn't nearly as important as it was in years past. People pay their bills online, how many times do you need to write a check?

The only time I pull out my checkbook is if I am in line at the grocery store and the place is busy.

Other than that its a credit care or cash.

Mailing a check is just something not done so often today.

Maybe the USPS needs to reduce their delivery service to twice a week? And get back to having Staples sell postage .

 

[Harry Dresden]

think of all the diesal they wouldnt need to burn running semis to all the burgs.....they are killing the planet ...uummmm....ummm. If they were profitable that wouldnt be raising prices all the time dumbass

oh so this is about global warming?.....lol....oh geezus lol.....

 

[justoffal]

USPS wants to hike stamp prices for 2nd time in 6 months

Sound familiar? It’s set to be the second hike of postage prices since the start of the year and the fifth in two years.

www.wavy.com

A 33% jump during the Biden years. Way to go Joe. Raise the prices on the junk mail, maybe it will help cut down on the crap I get almost daily. This will effect the older generation on a fixed income the most

It's not the prices going up It's the dollar going down.

 

[Manonthestreet]

i worked for them too......in the late 90's we had the Japan and German PO come and see these new optical sorting machines we had that moved so much mail....now they have them....the only thing that stops the post office from modernizing is the federal govt.....they have to approve everything..... it takes years to get major things approved....

I doubt they are even trying. Congress should step in and force the matter