View Full Version : Shipping Rate Increases on the Way
Griking
11-15-2005, 12:32 PM
First Class Stamp, up 2 cents
First-class letter, one ounce, up 2 cents to 39 cents.
First-class letter, two ounces, up 3 cents to 63 cents.
Post card up 1 cent to 24 cents.
Priority Mail, one pound, up 20 cents to $4.05.
Express Mail, 8 ounces, up 75 cents to $14.40.
Express Mail, 2 pounds, up 95 cents to $18.80.
Certified mail up 10 cents to $2.40.
Delivery confirmation (priority) up 5 cents to 50 cents.
Delivery confirmation (first-class parcels) up 5 cents to 60 cents.
Return receipt (original signature) up 10 cents to $1.85.
Return receipt (electronic) up 5 cents to $1.35.
Money orders up 5 cents to 95 cents.
Link (http://apnews.excite.com/article/20051115/D8DT05DO2.html)
mb7241
11-15-2005, 10:55 PM
Darn, that sucks... Good to know, though. Guess I'll have to reconfigure my domestic shipping charges. Any word as to whether international rates will increase, too?
Kitsune Sniper
11-16-2005, 12:19 AM
USPS Press Release (http://www.usps.com/communications/news/press/2005/pr05_097.htm)
SoulBlazer
11-16-2005, 12:44 AM
"This rate increase - the first since 2002 - is needed to fulfill the requirement of a federal law passed in 2003. That law requires the Postal Service to establish a $3.1 billion escrow account, with use of the funds to be determined by Congress at a later date. Without this federal mandate, it would not have been necessary to raise rates in 2006."
I'm not sure I believe that.....I think it's just a excuse myself....but whetever. We'll have to deal with it. It IS the first rate hike since 2002, so I guess that's not too bad.
jajaja
11-16-2005, 10:09 AM
Can be good to know, but c'mon.. Its just a few measly cents. I dont think the sellers on Ebay will increase their shippingrates alot because of this.
kevin_psx
11-16-2005, 11:36 AM
Probably due to gasoline jumping from $1.50 to $3.00 during last year. Still hovering around $2.25 which is costing USPS extra shipping expense.
No change to media mail charge? That's all I care about!
Funk Buddy
11-16-2005, 07:04 PM
Still cheaper than UPS for most people. When I ship stuff for customers, USPS is normally cheaper for the same shipping time to most places in the US. UPS does include insurance of $100 though.
FABombjoy
11-16-2005, 07:27 PM
Still cheaper than UPS for most people. When I ship stuff for customers, USPS is normally cheaper for the same shipping time to most places in the US. UPS does include insurance of $100 though.
And tracking too... not that delivery confirmation crappy-excuse-for-tracking.
The cheapest I've found lately has been Fedex Home delivery. Get a few quotes online and see - they're pretty tough to beat. Same $100 insurance + tracking by default. Plus, they deliver on Saturday & you can drop off at any Kinko's.
Well, FedEx Home Delivery also has the worst, most unorganized package handling system I've ever seen. I know, I worked there for a little while. Boxes would get tossed around, crushed, slammed, spilled on, and no one gave a damn. If you couldn't fit it, you just didn't take it and that person had to wait another day... unless you couldn't fit it the next day, either.
All in all, it's a horribly managed company.
kevin_psx
11-17-2005, 07:49 AM
Maybe it's just that one branch?
FABombjoy
11-17-2005, 08:55 AM
Yeah, I've never had a single problem with Fedex Home.
Reference: Misleading Vividness (http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/misleading-vividness.html)
Whiskers the Wonder Cat
11-17-2005, 09:04 AM
As long as it rise in cents, it won't bother me. Dollars, however, is a :/