On Monday it'll cost you an extra 2 cents for a stamp. Yes, the price has gone up again. I think this is the 3rd year in a row the price of a stamp has increased. Other changes as of this Monday include:
~The postcard stamp increases by a penny to 28 cents.
~The first ounce of a large envelope increases 5 cents to 88 cents.
~ The first ounce of a parcel increases 5 cents to $1.22.
~New international postcard and letter prices are, for one ounce, 75 cents to Canada; 79 cents to Mexico; and 98 cents elsewhere.
I can't really hate on them for doing this. With the internet I rarely ever actually mail anyone anything. A few times a year Ill mail some DVDrs out but it's rare. As far as mailing letters, or paying bills, all of it's mostly done online for me. It seems the internet, while it is made convenient for all of us, is hendering many business from making the money they were use to. http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=1215712281985423634
Last year the postal service was 2.8 BILLION dollars in the whole. And we're almost half way thru this year and the count is at 2.3 billion dollars. I'm amazed that they haven't asked for a bailout! Because let's be honest about it. The measely increase in price over certain items is not going to pull them outta the hole. If anything it might actually make more people STOP using them and find alternative means of shipping their mail.
But maybe it'll work out for them. I think the untimely demise for the postal service is within the near future. Along with, and I hate to say it, newspapers.
Check the link
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1883785,00.html
But hopefully I'm wrong...
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