Regular stamps are going up to 44 cents on Monday?

[Beaverhausen]

Am I the last to know this?

[LiberalAndProud]

1. Stock up on Liberty stamps today.

[robinlynne]

8. grab some freedom fries whil you're at it?

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

2. Yes, yes you are

That's why I bought 100 Forever stamps at Costco.

[Muttocracy]

3. Stamp run on the post offices this weekend! It's a better investment than gold

:woohoo:

:yoiks:

[Beaverhausen]

4. I'll be getting a few 2 cent stamps

I still think this is a bargain.

[Critters2]

5. You're not the last. I may be, though.

When was this announced?

[Muttocracy]

10. I happened to see a sign on the door at my local post office a few weeks ago.

Not exactly a public relations campaign.

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[Missy Vixen]

7. The post office is actually a private-run concern

Don't let that ruin your rant, though.

[Liberal In Texas]

9. Unless you're clearing over 250K/yr. your taxes are going DOWN under

Pres. Obama.

[STOP_BS]

12. I SAID sales taxes and property taxes in Miami is going UP AND UP

SALES TAXES IS GOING UP
PROPERTY TAXES IS GOING UP

:) :)

due to abuse of SPENDING AND SPENDING ON PORK AND EARMARKS.

THE MIAMI POLICE IS STOPPING AND TICKETING DRIVERS AGGRESSIVELY SEEMS THE CITY IS ON DESPERATION FOR $$$ AND ATTACKING THE CITIZENS.

[ejpoeta]

14. here they've gotten creative. they reassessed all the property around her up

about double what it was before. that way they can raise the taxes without actually raising the taxes. they are doing it all over in wny... i am sure they are doing this elsewhere as well.

[hedgehog]

11. Nope, I am (the last person to know)

I still love the post office, though. They do a good job.

Imagine what Fed-Ex or UPS would charge for this:

http://crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=312644

[ejpoeta]

13. it seems every time i buy stamps the price goes up again. it's ridiculous!

if i buy stamps, they should still be good! i shouldn't have to buy 1cent stamps or 2 cent stamps! i just got rid of my 41cent stamps and was putting two stamps on things because i didn't even know for sure how much it was for a stamp. i am so tired of them continually raising the damned prices of stamps. they should only be allowed to do it once a year or something. grrr. and they don't give you those forever stamps unless you explicitly ask for them. can you even get those anymore?

[Davis_X_Machina]

15. Self-del.

[TreasonousBastard]

18. They do only raise it once year-- in May. Every year.

[Occam Bandage]

22. Yes, they still sell them. nt

[michreject]

16. Cool

I thought they were .47. I'm saving .03.:)

[HereSince1628]

17. The Post Office is TOO BIG TO ALLOW IT TO FAIL!

How much did they jack up the price of 3rd class junk mail?

[FailureToCommunicate]

19. I'm not the first to say "chill". Look what you get for .42 CENTS: You walk up to a blue

box anywhere, or slot, or even FROM YOUR MAILBOX at the end of your 1/4 mile drive in Frozen Sneakers Nebraska. And a real person takes it and sorts it and delivers it......ANYWHERE in America. Even if it's going to a concrete jungle
in Erie, PA or to some mountain retreat in Colorado, or even to the cute next door neighbor you're too chicken to call. For $.42 cents!!! An amount so small they don't even bother putting a symbol for it on my keyboard!
I'm not fretting the .02 cent raise.

[rvablue]

20. I agree. It's one of the few bargains that still exist. And after having lived in a developing

country with a "postal system" (emphasis on the quotation marks) it has made me appreciate the accuracy and speed and breadth of the USPO even more.


Can't ever understand why people get mad about the small increases. It's a true bargain!

[Beaverhausen]

21. I agree it's still a bargain

I said so in my second post on this thread.

I'm just used to getting more foreknowledge of the increase.

[SoCalDem]

23. They should have raised the price to 50 cents..ages ago

they've done this penny-here-penny-there routine for so long, they never get ahead of the game..The way they raise it, they just piss people off because of all the "supplemental" stamps they have to keep buying..

It's like pricing milk by the mouthful, instead of by the carton.. Many times you'll dump milk that spoils, but you don't have to keep running to the store every day for a fresh dribble of milk either..