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re: USPS Postage stamps increasing to 73 cents each.

Posted on 7/12/24 at 10:00 am to
Posted by TinGym
Member since Jun 2016
3257 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 10:00 am to
This is just to offset the decrease in quality of service.
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
19939 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 10:01 am to
Haven’t bought stamps in quite a few years.

Anytime i have to mail anything, i just go to the post office and they do all that
Posted by Thracken13
Aft Cargo Hold of Serenity
Member since Feb 2010
18841 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 10:18 am to
man the Fed Gov really fricked the Post Office over. took it from clearing millions of dollars in profit yearly, to losing double digit millions yearly.

the law they passed was stupid and really fricked the PO up.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
72399 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 10:27 am to
Having a pen pal is getting damn expensive these days.
Posted by Lsupimp
Ersatz Amerika-97.6% phony & fake
Member since Nov 2003
86161 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 10:28 am to
Yes I know. I send out 300 pieces a week.
Posted by tigeraddict
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
14803 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 10:30 am to
quote:

Maybe .22 in 1985-87?


sounds about right..... remember a teacher in 6th grade asking anyone if they had a stamp...she was giving a quarter and you could have made 3 cents.....


was in 1985.....
Posted by Dawgfanman
Member since Jun 2015
26314 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 10:31 am to
quote:

Wonder how many forever stamps are still circulating.


All stamps bought today and going forward are forever stamps..
Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
32875 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 10:34 am to
quote:

sounds about right..... remember a teacher in 6th grade asking anyone if they had a stamp...she was giving a quarter and you could have made 3 cents.....


was in 1985.....


Then purely adjusted for inflation and not taking into consideration any other increased costs, a $0.22 stamp in 1985 would be worth $0.64 today.

frick the Fed
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
61428 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 10:37 am to
Jesus

.18 cent increase since Biden. I still have about 300 customers that like mailed invoices. 60 additional dollars a month in costs.

Yes. It is peanuts but that’s a good many peanuts
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
80792 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 6:50 pm to
quote:

therefore we forget what they cost, kinda like shrink fellation on bags of chips


Interesting typo. Go on..

Sincerely,
Dr Freud


Maybe he's in the Southern Hemisphere where it's winter.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
80792 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 6:54 pm to
When exactly?

I might want to grab a book before it kicks in.
Posted by Big_Sur
Member since Nov 2012
1175 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 6:58 pm to
quote:

Wait til we start getting charged for sending emails.


Should've been this way from the start. You'd have far less spam, nonsense newsletters, etc.

Make the sender pay.
Posted by Barrister
Member since Jul 2012
5295 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 7:06 pm to
So what if is a dollar.

For a dollar… one stinking dollar… someone is going to carry your letter all the way across the country to a specific address and to a specific person.

I wouldn’t take your letter to the corner mailbox for a dollar. Some things are still a deal
Posted by lsu xman
Member since Oct 2006
16810 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 7:15 pm to
Still get 5+ pieces of mail a day
Posted by NawlinsTiger9
Where the mongooses roam
Member since Jan 2009
39590 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 8:13 pm to
Spot on
Posted by NawlinsTiger9
Where the mongooses roam
Member since Jan 2009
39590 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 8:14 pm to
quote:

18 cent increase since Biden


Who do you think runs the USPS right now and who do you think appointed him?
Posted by cypresstiger
The South
Member since Aug 2008
14041 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 8:25 pm to
I remember when it was 23 cents.....
—Try 5 cents, kiddo
Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
60558 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 8:26 pm to
Mail delivery should be like twice a week - it’s such a waste - and just have a truck carrying packages most days
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
173559 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 8:27 pm to
I hope they go up to 5 dollars each
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
173559 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 8:29 pm to
quote:


Should've been this way from the start. You'd have far less spam, nonsense newsletters, etc.

Make the sender pay.

It should be as cost prohibitive as possible for businesses to send unsolicited mail to a residence
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