Comments on: USPS Price Hike – Stamps to 42 Cents

By: G

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:54:32 +0000

I agree with Richard Throop.

“who are are you going to pay 42 cents to take something from LA to NY for you?”

By: Richard Throop

Richard Throop — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:12:50 +0000

41 cents

By: Mary Beal

Mary Beal — Fri, 30 May 2008 23:41:47 +0000

I have some stamps with an American Flag, tan background and no price on them. What is their worth?

By: Richard Throop

Richard Throop — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:40:57 +0000

I think the cost of a stamp should be $1.00 each. How does the postal service operate? Answer: GASOLINE !! The use gas to ship your letter by plane, truck, boat, etc. The price of gasoline has gone up over 1 dollar in the past year, but people want to complain that the cost of a stamp rises 1 penny? Give me a break people………who are are you going to pay 42 cents to take something from LA to NY for you? Try fedex or ups and you will pay over 10 bucks easy. The cost of a stamp is easily the beat deal out there !

By: JIK

JIK — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:26:57 +0000

Here’s an excerpt from a USPS announcement:

“A First-Class Mail stamp will be 42¢. Customers can continue to use the Forever Stamps that they purchased prior to May 12 at 41¢, even after the price change. We will have 5 billion Forever Stamps in stock to meet increased demand before the price change.”

Note the number of Forever Stamps they’re stocking up on. Five BILLION. With a “B.”

At 42 cents a pop, that’s a windfall of $2.1 BILLION. All at once, into the coffers of the Postal Service.

No real reason for people to buy that many stamps right now…except for the existence of the Forever Stamp and the convenient little 1-cent increase so soon after the hike from 39 to 41. Who’s going to complain about one more penny, right?

The timing of all this seems just way too convenient.

By: RacerX

RacerX — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:00:53 +0000

The real issue is us…Thats right the emailing, direct depositing, wire-transfering, ebilling public!

The volume of mail is much less then when it was at its peak. I thionk of my self and twice a month I would have a big stack of bills to send out.Not I probably mail 3-4 checks a month!

It is actually the catlog and third class mailers that are going to get whacked…again!

By: Lord

Lord — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:45:31 +0000

The subsidy actually runs in reverse. Your stamps go towards paying off some of the pension liabilities of government.

By: rocketc

rocketc — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:58:49 +0000

I just love the passion, drive, creativity and innovation of the government worker.

By: Forex Trading Blog

Forex Trading Blog — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:43:19 +0000

Think yourself lucky. Here in overpriced UK they currently cost 34p+, depending on weight, equivalent to about 63 cents in US money.

By: Rob Carlson

Rob Carlson — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:49:53 +0000

I did a thorough office cleaning last year and came up with dozens of wax paper strips and perforated stamps of various denominations from 21¢ to 37¢ that I lost or stopped using after the rates went up. I went to the post office and bought two sheets of 20 2¢ stamps to mix and match with them.

One nice benefit of having all those random numbers is that I can almost always get exact postage without leaving the house. Even on large, bulky, and heavier envelopes by mixing 2¢, 24¢, 35¢ and 37¢ stamps together I can match whatever my little office scale and the USPS website say.