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First Class Stamp may rise to 55 cents

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MBZ321
10-12-2018 at 06:56 PM.
10-12-2018 at 06:56 PM.
Quote from CheapestGamer :
How about no. It's bad enough the state of Taxsylvania nails us for everything now (even online subscriptions like Playstation Plus) to pay for road projects that take 3x as long as states like NY and we STILL have the same shitty roads.
Try buying a digital gift card for it off of Target.com....they don't charge tax or state 911 fee for TMobile refill cards, maybe the same holds true with PS cards.
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CheapestGamer
10-12-2018 at 10:17 PM.
10-12-2018 at 10:17 PM.
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Try buying a digital gift card for it off of Target.com....they don't charge tax or state 911 fee for TMobile refill cards, maybe the same holds true with PS cards.
Good to know. I just checked it and even signed in on their site to be sure it didn't add the sales tax after the system recognizes I'm from PA.

Maybe I'll have to bookmark that page for around Black Friday then. Although I think $40 is as low as it goes then now. Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)
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Xiroteus
10-13-2018 at 01:29 AM.
10-13-2018 at 01:29 AM.
I don't care about stamps going up, I hardly use them. What I do care about is package costs going up yet again. It's expensive enough to mail boxes.
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Jokester713713
10-13-2018 at 08:27 AM.
10-13-2018 at 08:27 AM.
Last time stamps were about to go up a lot of places were out of them. I still don't know why we can't get rid of Saturday or Monday delivery. With all the holidays on Mondays I think that would work.
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10-13-2018 at 02:00 PM.
10-13-2018 at 02:00 PM.
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Last time stamps were about to go up a lot of places were out of them. I still don't know why we can't get rid of Saturday or Monday delivery. With all the holidays on Mondays I think that would work.

My husband is a mail carrier so I have a little bit of insight on USPS. That would be horrible, IMO. The day after a holiday is always insane, the CCAs (carrier assistants, essentially substitutes for carriers who are out sick/injured) are out 12 hours on those days and that's with coming in on Sundays and on holidays to carry Amazon packages all day.


A regular week is 10 hours a day, 6 days a week (7 days a week for some very understaffed areas) for most of the substitutes, regulars work 40+ hours depending on whether they want overtime (you can request overtime or you can sign a list saying you'll only carry your own route or one saying you want 8 hours only). There is plenty of mail volume already, dropping delivery from 6 days a week to 5 isn't going to help anything and likely would hurt more than help, IMO.


Also, with their Amazon contract they'd have to deliver packages on Saturdays anyway, might as well deliver all the mail and reduce the amount of overtime they have to pay everyone. Any hours above 10 in a day are actually paid at double the regular rate so it likely would be more expensive in the long run to eliminate a day.
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ProfessorChaos
10-13-2018 at 06:33 PM.
10-13-2018 at 06:33 PM.
I doubt there's a better bargain anywhere than having something personally delivered anywhere in the country for 55¢.

Whatta buncha whiners we all are....

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dayv
10-13-2018 at 08:05 PM.
10-13-2018 at 08:05 PM.
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I doubt there's a better bargain anywhere than having something personally delivered anywhere in the country for 55¢.

Whatta buncha whiners we all are....

Big Grin
i can buy a 3 dollar cell phone case from china and delivery is free....
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fsyowad
10-13-2018 at 10:05 PM.
10-13-2018 at 10:05 PM.
Quote from popcorn173173 :
Last time stamps were about to go up a lot of places were out of them. I still don't know why we can't get rid of Saturday or Monday delivery. With all the holidays on Mondays I think that would work.
Dumb idea. 610 BILLION defense budget and thinking Saturday and Monday mail delivery is where we need to cut back. I thinking your mom shouldn't have used lead paint in your room when you were a kid.
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Jokester713713
10-14-2018 at 08:13 AM.
10-14-2018 at 08:13 AM.
We already have several Monday holidays, I didn't say both Sat and Mon, one or the other. Sat has been proposed before, but Congress had different ideas.
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10-15-2018 at 07:21 AM.
10-15-2018 at 07:21 AM.
Quote from dayv :
i can buy a 3 dollar cell phone case from china and delivery is free....
It's not free, it's included in the $3
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Dumb idea. 610 BILLION defense budget and thinking Saturday and Monday mail delivery is where we need to cut back. I thinking your mom shouldn't have used lead paint in your room when you were a kid.
Podium is that way ---->
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fsyowad
10-15-2018 at 10:45 AM.
10-15-2018 at 10:45 AM.
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It's not free, it's included in the $3

Podium is that way ---->
My post isn't political.
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10-15-2018 at 10:53 AM.
10-15-2018 at 10:53 AM.
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My post isn't political.
Then what was it and what does the defense budget have to do with mailing a letter?
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fsyowad
10-15-2018 at 11:03 AM.
10-15-2018 at 11:03 AM.
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Then what was it and what does the defense budget have to do with mailing a letter?

Dude the thread is about the US postal service....
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10-15-2018 at 11:07 AM.
10-15-2018 at 11:07 AM.
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Dude the thread is about the US postal service....
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I thinking your mom shouldn't have used lead paint in your room when you were a kid.
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10-15-2018 at 11:11 AM.
10-15-2018 at 11:11 AM.
Quote from Fallacy :
Then what was it and what does the defense budget have to do with mailing a letter?
They both wear uniforms? Dontknow
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