No wonder people don't send Christmas cards anymore

Well, a stamp costs the double here, I send no more cards, everything digital!

I gave it up for the most part. It’s just ridiculous. We have terrible mail service here, too. And mailing any sort of package is truly nuts, too.

I have no idea how much 73 cents mean in this scenario. But what I am a bit surprised about this the way you described your delivery system. You said it's bad and then I saw that you are from the US. Really speaking, the word and the country aren't synonyms with each other in most cases. That's we hear as foreigners about you. Secondly, why the reason for not sending Christmas cards is because most things are going digital today. And the print volume has gone down sufficiently. It's not that it's happening only in the US. Even we are experiencing the same thing here. The volume of sending wedding cards that the previous generation used to send to acquaintances and to relatives is fast going down. Many people prefer to send such invitation cards or any festival cards through various apps only.

People can now send pictures,, gifs, videos on social media and instant messaging apps! Why will they waste their money into buying cards! How much money it was earlier?

We;too;no more get or send Diwali cards.Sending cards is costlier.

i don't like the price of stamps, but I will be sending out Christmas cards this year as I usually do. Not too many people want to send me cards so i only send cards to those who reciprocity. I send cards once then and if I don't receive a card back then I don't send one back. I have my bad sides. i send about five or six cards at most

If I've calculated/converted correctly, our stamps cost more. The 2nd class stamp would work out the equivalent of a few cents more, I think, but the 1st class stamp is more than double. Ours have increased five times in three years. I have the same issue as you in that the service isn't great. It used to be but now we might as well get the 2nd class post because there's no guarantee that the 1st class will actually be delivered any sooner. I've sent things from UK to Canada that arrived sooner than things I sent within the UK! I rarely send cards anyway. I'll only usually send them with larger parcels or if the recipient of the card doesn't have any social media!

It’s pathetic. I spend a lot of money on stamps when Christmas comes, that’s for sure. And you’re right, service itself is just terrible.

Ugh. I haven't bought postage stamps in a long time, so I had no idea it went up that much. SHEESH.

Our stamps have been over a dollar for a couple of years now. I do not mind sending a few cards.

I don't know how much stamp cost now. It is easier to send it digitally

Now I know how much stamps cost, I will stick to e-mail except I do know people who do not have Internet,

I will send out my Yule Tales via the post office even if they cost five dollars a piece to send. Even the folks living in Canada can expect their yearly Tale.

I agree that for the service provided, $.73 is a lot. I still send birthday, anniversary, sympathy and Christmas cards. Have a good weekend.

I send E cards that I work on and this time I will send it in the form a QR

I only have a few cards to send to relatives and friends in other states. I might make them ecards. The mail is so expensive and you never know if you will get it or not.

It's been ages since I last sent out a Christmas card or any other greeting card. Instead, I usually just send my wishes through email, video calls, or messages. Hehe

73 cents don't sound too bad for us standards if i compare it with bosnian prices and wages. how much was it before?

It is one thing for the postal service to be bad. However, the prices of stamps increased as now maintaining postal services is now not easy. A vast majority of communication has become digital. It is just important documents , gifts or parcels which are getting transmitted and that too during specific times. There are many places, where postal offices are getting shut down as the numbers transmitted are getting down. For the service , well we can only complain but the authrorities need to invest and see to resolve. Partially the issue is also due to lack of fixing the service issues. Well, the prices will continue going up.

Shipping cards is expensive and you don't even know if they'll get there in time, yet sending a picture online doesn't really make it. But I've never shipped Christmas cards, I only deliver in person. I don't even send postcards anymore, when I'm on vacation that'd be.