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Postal rate increase
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 12:03 am
by Bookworm
Don't forget. On Sunday, January 8, the postage rate for a letter goes up from 37 cents to 39 cents. That's if you live in the US. I don't know what it costs to mail a letter in Canada or anywhere else.
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:01 am
by ycontrol
Thank you Bookworm. I guess I won't be sending those letters now.
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:40 pm
by 000
Bookworm wrote: the postage rate for a letter goes up from 37 cents to 39 cents.
BASTARDS!!!
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:33 pm
by angelsgrace09
damn bitches
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:10 am
by Red Squirrel
Blame it on the hurricanes. Because the hurricanes are blamed on for high gas prices, and high gas prices affect postal costs so they have to charge more.
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:17 am
by Chris Vogel
You may wish to
read the USPS announcement. It seems that this increase is to give money to Congress, not to keep up with the rising costs of delivering mail.
http://www.usps.com/communications/news/press/2005/pr05_097.htm wrote: 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.
We should, of course, blame Bush here.
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:19 am
by Red Squirrel
Yeah it's bushes fault, for sure. Stephen Harper also has a role to play here. evil politiciens.
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:51 am
by ycontrol
Damn them!
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:00 pm
by Bookworm
ycontrol wrote: Damn them!
I wouldn't go that far. I would just [****] them.
(****wording removed so as not to draw the attention of the government spies.)
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:36 pm
by andthebeast13
well at least they haven't started charging for e-mails yet
they talked about charging for emails at one point
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:42 pm
by Bookworm
andthebeast13 wrote: well at least they haven't started charging for e-mails yet
they talked about charging for emails at one point
That was a hoax. We never considered charging for e-mails. I'm not sure that would even be possible.
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:23 am
by Red Squirrel
I think message boards/IM are somewhat replacing email to a certain extent, so if they did charge for email, it would die out completely. I talk to people more over forums/IM than email.
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 4:04 pm
by andthebeast13
i wondered if it was a hoax the first time i heard about it... but that was like 2 or three years ago i forget why i started thinking it was a serious thought
and i see what you mean red, its alot easier to blog or comment on a blog or a forum than e or snail mail... they're so.... formal.. i guess
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 4:50 pm
by Clueless
i love getting mail, it makes me happy
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:23 pm
by andthebeast13
lol...
i enjoy getting mail as well... but i "hate" actually going through ALLLLL the effort to send it... sometimes it can be so much fun to be inconsistant
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:49 pm
by Red Squirrel
Yeah sending regular mail is annoying, so I use email most of the time. Heck, even to send money to my suppliers I use email now.
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Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 8:05 am
by Bookworm
I just heard that the post office is considering raising the rates again in a year or two, up to 43 cents. They are also considering selling a "forever" stamp. It would be good for a first class letter at any time in the future, even if the rates go up a lot higher than they were when you bought the stamp.
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Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 11:20 am
by Clueless
lol a "forever" stamp? sounds like something a little kid thought up
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 10:09 am
by Roger Waters
What do you think Bush is?
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:12 pm
by Clueless
a small shrub?
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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 2:30 pm
by Roger Waters
no he is just a lightheaded small shrub with a southern accent
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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 4:10 pm
by Clueless
ok then
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 10:30 am
by Roger Waters
yes, ok then
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 4:03 pm
by Clueless
i should send a letter
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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 10:07 am
by Roger Waters
Why we have the internet?
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