FYI -- Stamp Price Increasing this Sunday

[ammayernyc]

In case you hadn''t heard, the price of stamps will be 39 cents starting on Sunday...

Here''s a link to some other increases as well:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,180891,00.html

 

[ame]

The stamps at this rate ARE available. I bought some at Christmas.

 

[FireGoddess]

UGH - are you serious? I just bought a freaking pack of 100 stamps and the teller at the USPS never bothered to tell me I might want to get a roll of 39c stamps instead.

 

[Tacori E-ring]

Is it just be or does anyone else this that 39 cents seems so high? Looks like I''ll just pay my bills online from now on.

 

[ame]

Date: 1/6/2006 5:26:02 PM
Author: FireGoddess
UGH - are you serious? I just bought a freaking pack of 100 stamps and the teller at the USPS never bothered to tell me I might want to get a roll of 39c stamps instead.

Ugh! That''s not cool. Seriously, at least TELL people. Not everyone follows that! 2 cent stamps are available but that''s another freaking trip! That sucks she didn''t say anything!

I pay some of my stuff online, but Id totally suggest continuing that trend.

 

[larussel03]

Date: 1/6/2006 5:35:42 PM
Author: Tacori E-ring
Is it just be or does anyone else this that 39 cents seems so high? Looks like I''ll just pay my bills online from now on.

I cant even tell you the last time I even saw a stamp was b/c I pay all my bills on time. That is freaking insane, man!

 

[FireGoddess]

I do pay my credit card bills online, but I''m not a big fan of automatic bill pay. A friend of mine had a big screw up with that, so I only pay online the accounts that I can go in and manually send the payment each month over the internet. The ones where I would have to set up auto bank deduction are the ones that I send checks out for instead...so a roll of 100 stamps lasts forever!

I''m going to have to buy a freaking roll of stupid 2 cent stamps.

 

[monarch64]

we''re all about auto bill pay and paying bills online. Have yet to have a problem after 3 years...the only time I have used stamps in the past year alone was for Christmas cards!

 

[monarch64]

I forgot to ask though, does this mean postcard stamp rates will go up as well from .25? Only asking because I still have a few left over from wedding RSVP cards that I take on our travels...does anyone know?

 

[icekid]

we pay all of our bills online, too. We use about one stamp/ month for our rent

But now we''ll have to go and get those 2 cent ones

I''ve heard USPS isn''t too thrilled about everyone paying their bills on the internet these days!

 

[bstraszheim]

This is from the USPS website:


Rate Current Jan. 8

First-Class Mail Letter (1 oz.)
37¢ 39¢
First-Class Mail Letter (2 oz.)
60¢ 63¢
Postcard
23¢ 24¢
Priority Mail (1 lb.) and Flat Rate Envelope
$3.85 $4.05
Priority Mail Flat Rate Box
$7.70 $8.10
Express Mail (1/2 lb.) and Flat Rate Envelope
$13.65 $14.40
Express Mail (over 1/2 lb., up to 2 lb.)
$17.85 $18.80

I copied the table, the current price is on the left, the new price is on the right.

I don''t think the price increase is that bad. Really, if you send out as many as 20 bills a month, that is an increase of 40 cents per month. We wouldn''t bat an eyelid if our morning coffee went up 40 cents. Also when you think of what that letter/ bill has to go through to get across the US, it''s not that much.

I wish you well,

Bridget

 

[perry]

I have had a problem with authorizing a company to use "auto-pay." They would not stop grabbing money after I cancled there service. The bank said that they could not stop it - that only the company I had previously authorized could stop it.

I had to close the checking account to stop it, and change banks - and lost I believe $900 before it was over (which I could never recover).

I now refuse to let anyone access my account for Auto-pay. Perhaps I am "old fashioned" - but I have not had any problems with checks and the mail.

Stamps are in.

My local post office has been teling people for about a month that postage was going up. I bought 39 Cent stamps a couple of weeks ago - and also some 2 Cent stamps to cover most of the existing stamps I have.

Buy your 2 cent stamps today or monday if you can. I''ll bet by Wednesday that they will be out.

Perry

 

[Tacori E-ring]

auto-pay scares me too Perry but you can pay bills online manually.

 

[MissGotRocks]

You know what? I knew this but forgot. I just put something in the mailbox today (Sunday) with a .37 stamp on it. Now what - the post office returns it to me for insufficient postage? What a hassle!