Proposed USPS Increase

[1940fc]

Yup! Says 'proposed' but we know how that goes

Postal Rate Temp Increase  10/3 to 12/26

Priority Mail, Priority Mail Express, Parcel Select Ground and USPS Retail Ground:

• $0.75 increase for PM and PME Flat Rate Boxes and Envelopes.
• $0.25 increase for Zones 1-4, 0-10 lbs.
• $0.75 increase for Zones 5-9, 0-10 lbs.
• $1.50 increase for Zones 1-4, 11-20 lbs.
• $3.00 increase for Zones 5-9, 11-20lbs.
• $2.50 increase for Zones 1-4, 21-70 lbs.
• $5.00 increase for Zones 5-9, 21-70 lbs.

United States Postal Service Announces Proposed Temporary Rate Adjustments for 2021 Peak Holiday SeasonProductCurrentPlanned Increase

Parcel Select Destination Delivery Unit (DDU)	Starts at $3.30	No change
Parcel Select Lightweight (DDU)	Starts at $2.15	No change
FCPS Commercial	Starts at $3.01	30 cents
FCPS Retail	Starts at $4.00	30 cents
Parcel Select Lightweight (DSCF and DNDC)	Starts at $2.55	$1.00
Parcel Select DSCF	Starts at $4.84	$1.00
Parcel Select DNDC	Starts at $6.85	$1.00
Parcel Return Service	Starts at $3.21	$1.00

Merry Christmas!  

[thirry]

May all your proposed gifts be on sale cos we are  gonna soak up your savings!

And a very merry ef fing holiday season to you, our customers!

Yours truly,

USPS

[evelyb30]

And this is why I buy most of my gifts in thrift stores, estate sales, tag sales etc.  The ones that I don't make from stuff found at tag sales, estate sales etc.(LOL)   I use two of those coupon sites that pay you for buying stuff you were going to get anyway.  One pays out via Paypal and the USPS.com takes it ... so the coupon guys pay my postage.  

Sorry USPS, you will NOT joy-suck me at Christmas! 

[dream*peddler]

The lousy service certainly doesn't justify the price increases.

[don-franciscos-sister]

I agree, but it looks like USPS — like everyone else — is having trouble attracting / retaining employees  😕

[thirry]

Louie DeJoy is taking himself too seriously. Now he's Louie De-joy...

[evelyb30]

If he doesn't watch himself, people will be calling him Lousy Kill-Joy if they aren't already.  

[vernon1959]

I think they could keep their cost under control if they would have a more efficient routing system.

I was expecting 3 packages, a RX from PA, 2 auctions lots one from TX & one from NJ coming to me in CT.

Normally our mail gets routed thru MA then to us.

Well all 3 packages started as they normally do, then "disappeared" before they got to MA & ended up in Puerta Rico!!!

 Then back up to various stops in the states, finally to MA then to me in CT!

[1940fc]

Yepper..so we have to pay for their incompetency!  Makes sense to me!  

NOT!!!!!!!!

[southernmermaid8]

Ouch !  

  The one that sticks out to me because I use it a lot is seventy five cents on flat rate envelopes.  Definitely hiking up my postage too.   Need to commit 10/3 to my memory.  

[khatsvintagejewels]

The lovely thing about ONLY selling jewelry is that with rare exceptions, everything goes 1st class, which doesn't seem to have changed. I don't sell here, anymore, only on the other place, but they are getting just as bad with their demands on sellers.