On May 12, my friends at the US Post Office will be charging 42 cents for a first class stamp, up from 41 cents.
I'm hoping the extra penny will provide adequate funding to compensate the postal counterpersons for the extra effort involved in affixing the customs form to international priority mail. There might even be some left over funding to affix the certified mail form as well, but we can't be sure.
I think these "forever stamps" are a scam. Sure they are designed to protect from futher rate increases. But what happens if the Postal Service decides to decrease the price of a first class postage stamp and increase the price for a second ounce? Not impossible. And who would you complain to? Write a letter? I don't think so.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
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3 comments:
Up here, no postage is required to send a letter to your Member of Parliament. I've taken to finding old envelopes, crudely crossing out the address, replacing it with the Ottawa address of my MP, taping it up and sending it off. Sure, I should get a life, but . . .
Is it just that my awareness of this has increased or does it seem like they are increasing the price more often? Hmmm...
nanuk- Would it be alright if I send all my outgoing mail to Canada for you to re-send? Nobody appreciates a bargain like me
Janet- more often. I found a sch of postage increases somewhere online. Last one I think was a year ago.
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