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USPS Postage stamps increasing to 73 cents each.
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:35 am
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:35 am
The price already increased to 68 cents earlier this year, now going up another nickel.
22
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:36 am to boudinman
I remember when it was 23 cents.....
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:37 am to boudinman
Well Biden said it was $1.00 when he took office, so he’s done a lot, but there’s still a lot more to do.
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:37 am to boudinman
Let's go Brandon
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:37 am to boudinman
We're gonna be trading the damn things like they do in prison in a couple years.
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:38 am to boudinman
Why not $.75?
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:38 am to boudinman
frick yeah! I still have almost a full book from back when they came out with “forever stamps” and they were $0.41. I’m holding on to them until I double my money!
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:44 am to BigBinBR
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frick yeah! I still have almost a full book from back when they came out with “forever stamps” and they were $0.41. I’m holding on to them until I double my money!
its like they are deliberately driving themselves to irrelevancy.
"Hey, hold on..forget that venmo. i'm going to write you a paper check and next time i'm downtown i'll stop at a meter & drop 50 cents in..go into the post office..wait in line..buy a book of stamps...use ONE...then put the rest in my desk drawer where i can open it every day for the next 7 years and look at the stamps that will never get used."
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:45 am to boudinman
Wait til we start getting charged for sending emails.
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:45 am to boudinman
And they will still not deliver items in a timely manner.
Incompetent just like all govt
Incompetent just like all govt
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:45 am to boudinman
Smartest thing the Postal Service ever did was come out with the forever stamp, therefore we forget what they cost, kinda like shrink fellation on bags of chips and other items that we don’t keep track of their weight. Milk industry is still kicking themselves for not simply calling it a jug of milk instead of a gallon of milk
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:46 am to BigBinBR
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I still have almost a full book from back when they came out with “forever stamps” and they were $0.41.
I told people when that happened to stock up. It’s still the best investment I’ve ever made. I have close to 5000 left. They either counted on nobody thinking into the future or they are just stupid.
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:49 am to OysterPoBoy
Don’t remember the last time I used a stamp.
This post was edited on 7/12/24 at 9:50 am
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:50 am to tigeraddict
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I remember when it was 23 cents.....
I went to go find what year this would have been to plug it into an inflation calculator and rail on the Federal Reserve for a minute, but you managed to throw out a number it's literally never been
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Maybe .22 in 1985-87?
This post was edited on 7/12/24 at 10:17 am
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:51 am to CAD703X
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"Hey, hold on..forget that venmo. i'm going to write you a paper check and next time i'm downtown i'll stop at a meter & drop 50 cents in..go into the post office..wait in line..buy a book of stamps...use ONE...then put the rest in my desk drawer where i can open it every day for the next 7 years and look at the stamps that will never get used."
You can get stamps at Walgreens. You don’t have to buy them from the post office.
But I do agree they’re fading into obsolescence. There are still some times you need to send something as a letter rather than an email for various reasons (in my experience, usually because of some legality where you need to document something in letter format) but often those situations call for certified mail anyway.
This post was edited on 7/12/24 at 9:52 am
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:52 am to OysterPoBoy
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I told people when that happened to stock up. It’s still the best investment I’ve ever made. I have close to 5000 left. They either counted on nobody thinking into the future or they are just stupid.
I imagine it's mostly that they don't care. Last I looked, junk mail constitutes something like 2/3 of all mail sent. Add to that non-junk "legitimate" metered business mail and I have to think the percentage of mail that goes out with an actual stamp on it is in the single digits.
So USPS got an immediate injection of currency when that currency was worth more (due to continued inflation) and a good number of them were either lost or are just sitting in a drawer somewhere, never to actually be used. But when they are used, who cares? They make up a staggeringly low percentage of "postage" being used.
This post was edited on 7/12/24 at 9:57 am
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:54 am to boudinman
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This post was edited on 8/8/24 at 9:03 am
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:55 am to boudinman
I remember when a dime bag cost a dime
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:57 am to evil cockroach
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therefore we forget what they cost, kinda like shrink fellation on bags of chips
Interesting typo. Go on..
Sincerely,
Dr Freud
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:59 am to lostinbr
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But I do agree they’re fading into obsolescence. There are still some times you need to send something as a letter rather than an email for various reasons (in my experience, usually because of some legality where you need to document something in letter format) but often those situations call for certified mail anyway.
I haven't had to do it in years now, but there was a period of my life in which I was having to somewhat frequently explain to some jackass that, yes, I can absolutely cancel their service via email, which is legally considered "in writing", and that no, I don't have to call them to do so verbally, which carries less legal weight.
They were generally willing to "make an exception in this case", the stupid fricks
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