I was checking some rates this morning for USPS flat rate boxes . When I used my phone for the search, Google search sent me to a USPS page that said a Priority Medium Flat Rate box was $10.35.
When I checked to confirm on my desktop this afternoon, I could not find the same page, but the page I did find listed the price as $16.10
Roy
I did not see any package increase mentioned except for media mail. Interesting that they are blaming inflation. An easy out if you ask me. Makes those 100 forever stamps for $29 mighty appealing. Been tempted to pick up a roll and do some experimenting. I use discount postage so my letters cost me only 35 cents. Its the package increases that are killing me. I suspect free shipping on ebay is going to be on the decline. Even CVS which used to ship my meds for free, sent an email saying they will no longer do that.
Steve I agree with you 100% about making decisions due to a) increased postage and fees and b) the economy has definitely put a hurt on people selling things that people don't really need. I've adjusted prices to reflect Uncle Sam sticking his nose into my business.......
Greg
Roy, those rates are not current.
Here is the link to the USPS Notice 123.
Notice 123 provides all the rates and fees charged for all services offered by the USPS
https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/notice12 ...
I didn't see the increase either and mailed out a bunch of eBay orders Monday morning with 58 cents on them. They had multiple stamps on each so hopefully nobody will take the time to count them.
It does go to show that the original Forever stamps were the best philatelic investment of the century! Surely beats out all the stamps I buy as discount postage!
Tom I can tell you with certainty that they do not add up the postage......
The USPS has stated as part of the 10 year plan that rates would gradually increase to achieve financial goals but never saw a commitment on how much. I believe a. financial analyst would say first class letter is worth at least $1 so I expect more increases even if gas gets back to normal. They may argue it is under priced.
Lol
Here is what I am seeing for the various types of USPS Forever stamps:
Forever 1st class 0.60
2 oz 0.84
3 oz 1.08
Add. oz 0.24
Postcard 0.44
Non-machinable 0.99
Global Forever 1.40
Did I miss anything?
Thanks,
Josh
Reminiscing to way back when eBay was new, that's when Priority Mail was born! $2.99 for any package up to 2 pounds! I sold a lot of smalls in those days. Never a concern about shipping costs. Today? That's a minimum $10-12 charge!
Tom, a strange word smalls, in the UK it could mean your underwear, but I'm sure that's not what you were selling.
"Tom, a strange word smalls, in the UK it could mean your underwear, but I'm sure that's not what you were selling."
I did look up Paypal's financials on why they raised costs.
For the first quarter, they report net revenues of $6.5 billion with a net income over $1 billion. The year to year numbers were down so I guess they want more money.
This actually took me by surprise yesterday - Sunday July 10. The postage rates from the US Post Office went up. For some reason I must have missed any notice or discussion about this. The price of a First Class Forever stamp went up a mere 2 cents to 60 cents. Some of the other rates went up more. I need to re-think my shipping charges again. Between this and the increased PayPal fees we have seen -- I may need to make some adjustments. Add on top of that the new 1099 reportng requirement of only $600 for the year may be pushing me to make some harder decisions going forward. Even the rate of my post office box renewal is now up too. "Enough venting for a Monday morning ! " Steve
re: US Postage Rates UP !
I was checking some rates this morning for USPS flat rate boxes . When I used my phone for the search, Google search sent me to a USPS page that said a Priority Medium Flat Rate box was $10.35.
When I checked to confirm on my desktop this afternoon, I could not find the same page, but the page I did find listed the price as $16.10
Roy
re: US Postage Rates UP !
I did not see any package increase mentioned except for media mail. Interesting that they are blaming inflation. An easy out if you ask me. Makes those 100 forever stamps for $29 mighty appealing. Been tempted to pick up a roll and do some experimenting. I use discount postage so my letters cost me only 35 cents. Its the package increases that are killing me. I suspect free shipping on ebay is going to be on the decline. Even CVS which used to ship my meds for free, sent an email saying they will no longer do that.
Steve I agree with you 100% about making decisions due to a) increased postage and fees and b) the economy has definitely put a hurt on people selling things that people don't really need. I've adjusted prices to reflect Uncle Sam sticking his nose into my business.......
Greg
re: US Postage Rates UP !
Roy, those rates are not current.
Here is the link to the USPS Notice 123.
Notice 123 provides all the rates and fees charged for all services offered by the USPS
https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/notice12 ...
re: US Postage Rates UP !
I didn't see the increase either and mailed out a bunch of eBay orders Monday morning with 58 cents on them. They had multiple stamps on each so hopefully nobody will take the time to count them.
It does go to show that the original Forever stamps were the best philatelic investment of the century! Surely beats out all the stamps I buy as discount postage!
re: US Postage Rates UP !
Tom I can tell you with certainty that they do not add up the postage......
re: US Postage Rates UP !
The USPS has stated as part of the 10 year plan that rates would gradually increase to achieve financial goals but never saw a commitment on how much. I believe a. financial analyst would say first class letter is worth at least $1 so I expect more increases even if gas gets back to normal. They may argue it is under priced.
Lol
re: US Postage Rates UP !
Here is what I am seeing for the various types of USPS Forever stamps:
Forever 1st class 0.60
2 oz 0.84
3 oz 1.08
Add. oz 0.24
Postcard 0.44
Non-machinable 0.99
Global Forever 1.40
Did I miss anything?
Thanks,
Josh
re: US Postage Rates UP !
Reminiscing to way back when eBay was new, that's when Priority Mail was born! $2.99 for any package up to 2 pounds! I sold a lot of smalls in those days. Never a concern about shipping costs. Today? That's a minimum $10-12 charge!
re: US Postage Rates UP !
Tom, a strange word smalls, in the UK it could mean your underwear, but I'm sure that's not what you were selling.
re: US Postage Rates UP !
"Tom, a strange word smalls, in the UK it could mean your underwear, but I'm sure that's not what you were selling."
re: US Postage Rates UP !
I did look up Paypal's financials on why they raised costs.
For the first quarter, they report net revenues of $6.5 billion with a net income over $1 billion. The year to year numbers were down so I guess they want more money.