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Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« on: January 27, 2019, 09:19:50 pm »
Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect

By Michael Burke - 01/27/19 03:04 PM EST  

A 5-cent price increase for the the United States Postal Service's (USPS) "forever" stamp goes into effect Sunday, marking the largest price hike for the stamp since 1991.

The USPS originally proposed the increase from 50 to 55 cents in October, and the increase was improved in November by regulators.

The 10 percent hike is the largest since 1991, when the price of the stamp jumped 16 percent from 25 cents to 29 cents.

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https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/427171-biggest-usps-stamp-price-jump-since-1991-goes-into-effect
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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2019, 09:20:48 pm »
  This ought to fix that USPS Pension problem we are on the hook for.   /s
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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2019, 09:27:16 pm »
I think the last time I used a stamp was to mail my mother a letter from Camp Wannasmokareefa.
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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2019, 09:34:19 pm »
Quote from: andy58-in-nh on January 27, 2019, 09:27:16 pm
I think the last time I used a stamp was to mail my mother a letter from Camp Wannasmokareefa.

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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2019, 12:12:41 am »
Well, I'm an old fashioned gal.  I still write checks to pay bills and still write letters.  I thought I was smart getting a coil of Forever stamps back in December, but about a week ago, I knocked the coil off my desk and it rolled somewhere parts unknown.  I can no longer get on my hands and knees to look for it, so if I can't find someone to do so, guess I'll have to buy another coil.  Doh!
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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2019, 12:26:48 am »
Quote from: dfwgator on January 27, 2019, 09:34:19 pm
"Hello Muddah.....Hello Fuddah....."
Muddah, Faddah kindly disregard this letter....
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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2019, 02:03:13 am »
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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2019, 01:30:29 pm »
How About, . . . . . we conduct Congressional hearings into fiscal irresponsibility in the USPS?

You and I both know that no matter what gets dug up nothing will happen because of it, . . . . BUT:

It might tie up a few Dems to keep them Off their impeachment and Russia stupidity.
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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2019, 01:35:59 pm »
Time for the Post Office to charge for e-mail?
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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2019, 01:38:11 pm »
Quote from: rustynail on January 28, 2019, 01:35:59 pm
Time for the Post Office to charge for e-mail?

The fact that you've thought of it means it's probably in the works already.
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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2019, 01:50:17 pm »
Great. As slow as they have been getting my payments to the vendors, now they'll come back for insufficient postage....
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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2019, 01:52:46 pm »
They don't call it a forever stamp for nuthing.  Rates are forever going up.
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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2019, 01:59:26 pm »
Quote from: rustynail on January 28, 2019, 01:35:59 pm
Time for the Post Office to charge for e-mail?
You know Congress is just itching to regulate the internet as much as possible. Email tax is right up their alley.
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« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2019, 02:03:23 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on January 28, 2019, 01:59:26 pm
You know Congress is just itching to regulate the internet as much as possible. Email tax is right up their alley.

If it's making a buck, Tax it till it's not, then subsidize it.

And peeps get upset when even a tiny part of this Benevolent Big Brother shuts down?
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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2019, 02:04:38 pm »

Make the Post Office competitive?

The higher the cost of postage, the less
it will be used.

Something about supply and demand.

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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #15 on: January 28, 2019, 02:47:17 pm »
Quote from: Slide Rule on January 28, 2019, 02:04:38 pm
Make the Post Office competitive?

The higher the cost of postage, the less
it will be used.

Something about supply and demand.

:)


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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #16 on: January 28, 2019, 02:50:31 pm »
and the increase was improved in November by regulators.

So the increase was "improved" The Hill? Maybe you Millennial filth should proofread your bullshit before publishing.
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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #17 on: January 28, 2019, 02:54:15 pm »
Quote from: Amb. Frank Cannon on January 28, 2019, 02:50:31 pm
and the increase was improved in November by regulators.

So the increase was "improved" The Hill? Maybe you Millennial filth should proofread your bullshit before publishing.
Didn't you get the memo? When you're perfect, you don't need to proofread.

Here's your participation trophy....
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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #18 on: January 28, 2019, 03:05:09 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on January 28, 2019, 02:54:15 pm
Didn't you get the memo? When you're perfect, you don't need to proofread.

Here's your participation trophy....

I'm not one of the fossils around here but I am old enough to remember when it was highly unusual to see a typo in the newspapers or magazines. Now we have morons using the wrong words for things and then publishing them on a daily basis. I know this is a case of someone using the wrong word to describe something because I hear Millennials using the wrong words all the time trying to sound smart.
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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #19 on: January 28, 2019, 03:15:37 pm »
Quote from: Amb. Frank Cannon on January 28, 2019, 03:05:09 pm
I'm not one of the fossils around here but I am old enough to remember when it was highly unusual to see a typo in the newspapers or magazines. Now we have morons using the wrong words for things and then publishing them on a daily basis. I know this is a case of someone using the wrong word to describe something because I hear Millennials using the wrong words all the time trying to sound smart.
Yeah, reminds you of these guys


Sorry...
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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #20 on: January 28, 2019, 03:18:52 pm »
Quote from: Amb. Frank Cannon on January 28, 2019, 03:05:09 pm
I'm not one of the fossils around here but I am old enough to remember when it was highly unusual to see a typo in the newspapers or magazines. Now we have morons using the wrong words for things and then publishing them on a daily basis. I know this is a case of someone using the wrong word to describe something because I hear Millennials using the wrong words all the time trying to sound smart.


Read the comments on youtube.

It's become a national sport, seeing who can make a bloodier mess of simple English.
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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #21 on: January 28, 2019, 08:31:12 pm »
Quote from: Amb. Frank Cannon on January 28, 2019, 02:50:31 pm
and the increase was improved in November by regulators.

So the increase was "improved" The Hill? Maybe you Millennial filth should proofread your bullshit before publishing.
Hey, you don't know, maybe the increase asked for was actually less and was improved by the regulators.

Apparently the 'Regulators' of the old west were criminals and thieves https://www.theregulatorsusa.org/but-who-were-the-regulators--really.html

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« Reply #22 on: January 29, 2019, 02:40:18 pm »
Quote from: Amb. Frank Cannon on January 28, 2019, 03:05:09 pm
I'm not one of the fossils around here but I am old enough to remember when it was highly unusual to see a typo in the newspapers or magazines. Now we have morons using the wrong words for things and then publishing them on a daily basis. I know this is a case of someone using the wrong word to describe something because I hear Millennials using the wrong words all the time trying to sound smart.

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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #23 on: January 29, 2019, 11:28:17 pm »
I stopped at the post office today for a sheet of "forever" stamps.

Price:
$11.00.
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Re: Biggest USPS stamp price jump since 1991 goes into effect
« Reply #24 on: January 29, 2019, 11:29:59 pm »
I just need to go through the drawers and find some of those old "Forever" stamps and may not ever need to buy more!
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