Price of stamps....up again???

Makes me very glad that I have only used around 4-5 stamps in the last 6 months! I refuse to mail anything that I can otherwise do without using mail. I pay all of my bills online. I communicate with out-of-town relatives online and by cell phone. They know not to expect letters from me. I do mail a birthday card to my two sons who live out of town. Other than birthday cards and extreme instances, I don't use the mail. Yet somehow my own mailbox is full....of CRAP...perhaps if they would do something about the junk mail....

I cam remember when postage was 3 cents. The post office relies solely on the sales of stamps and services for ALL funding. They do not get one cent of our tax dollars. They have how many vehicles??? Multiplied by how many miles driven every day ????? That's a lotta gas. What's the price at the pump where you live?????? I'm suprised it's only going up 2 cents. I am not a postal worker. I am a stamp collector. Tom

It wasn't so long ago that they went up. They said that is not as much as the postal service really wanted. I do like the idea of the forever stamp. That way you don't have to worry about it. Everything goes up except our paychecks.

I truly believe that the USPS is prcing itself right out of business, With more people opting for eft directly from the bank or paying online, the USPS keeps having to raise its prices to cover operating costs, whcih drives more people toward doing their coreespondences online. The one thing USPS has going for it is its ability to overcomeweather issues. When we had blizzards here in December, I got packages sent via USPS right on time. UPS, however, took an extra 10 days to process everything. The items that were sent me through them were late. Funny thing is, USPS delieverd my items that came from CHINA right on time...LOL The things that were delievered from within the United States via UPS were late! Go figure.

I will be stocking up on forever stamps. I hate when stamps go up. I always buy a roll of 100 stamps and by the time I am running out sure enough they are going up. I hate filling evelopes with rows of 1 cent stamps. When will it end?

I hope they don't go up again, that is crazy...didn't they just go up?? It seems like it, I can remember when they were 25 cents too =)

Hmmm-the forever stamp? If that were the case then is the government planning on keeping stamps at the cost of that forever? Yes, you are very right, stamps are very ridiculous in price these days. I try to steer clear of sending mail as much as possible by sending e-mails and doing a lot of bill paying online. By the time I send out 4 bills, I am up over 1.50 in postage! Breaking the bank...and they want to raise it yet again...great.

Stamps may be going up but how many still use them? I rarely use them. If I want to send a letter I use the internet. It's much cheaper, being free. I can also hand deliver most things I would normally send out.

It seems like they just increased the postage. I think I'm going to start paying my bills online.

Oh no! Tell me it's not so! I go through so many stamps every time a new Tupperware catalog comes out, not to mention our fliers that also serve as invitations when I get parties, and I send out recipe postcards with discounts monthly, not to mention fliers at random time! I am going to go and have a good cry! But when I see your avatar I always brighten up!~Donna

Yes I heard about this too. I am so tired of the stamps going up all the time.Its getting so ridiculous a person cant even write a letter no more. its cheaper using your phone, with all the free minutes you get.I do remember when the stamps were 1 cent...

doesn't the government make enough of our money? how much do they need- I don't understand it....

LOL, I heard about that too. I have questions about the forever stamp though, especially when I think of how many increases there have been in the last several years. It would be nice not to have to chase down the 1 & two cent stamps though. I wonder what the increase is going to do to priority mail this time. I remember when it started out, up to 2 pounds, in 2 to 3 days for $2.00. Now its over $4! Not complaining since I know they do a good job, but I pay everything I can online now.

I can't believe this. I don't know how it is at your local post office, but the lines at mine are super long now that everyone has to have a passport to get to Mexico or Canada. I would think that with all this extra business that they wouldn't need to raise the cost of stamps.

The forever stamp definitely sounds like the way to go if continuing to use the postal service for sending mail. I use the post office rarely as I now depend more heavily on our technological advances (email, online banking, etc.) Sending birthday cards through email, to me, is a lot cheaper than sending birthday cards through the mail. However, I do send my family and friends birthday/holiday cards if they don't have email. A book of ten stamps will last me months! Increasing the postage rate seems to be a nearly annual move now by the USPS.

Wow it seems like the price went up not long ago! It won't effect me much, unless I'm mailing a package. I pay all my bills online for free so I don't buy a book of stamps very often.