10-16-2018 07:28 AM
If favorably reviewed by the PRC, the new prices will include a 5-cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp, from 50 cents to 55 cents. The single-piece additional ounce price will be reduced to 15 cents, so a 2-ounce stamped letter, such as a typical wedding invitation, will cost less to mail, decreasing from 71 cents to 70 cents.
First-Class Package Service, a lightweight expedited offering used primarily by businesses for fulfillment purposes, will move to zone-based pricing to better align with the cost of service and improve value based on distance.
he proposed Mailing Services price changes include:
Product
Letters (1 oz.)
Letters additional ounces
Letters (metered 1 oz.)
Outbound International Letters (1 oz.)
Domestic Postcards
Current
50 cents
21 cents
47 cents
$1.15
35 cents
Proposed
55 cents
15 cents
50 cents
$1.15
35 cents
The proposed domestic Priority Mail Retail Flat Rate price changes are:
Product
Small Flat Rate Box
Medium Flat Rate Box
Large Flat Rate Box
APO/FPO Large Flat Rate Box
Regular Flat Rate Envelope
Legal Flat Rate Envelope
Padded Flat Rate Envelope
Current
$7.20
$13.65
$18.90
$17.40
$6.70
$7.00
$7.25
Proposed
$7.90
$14.35
$19.95
$18.45
$7.35
$7.65
$8.00
First-Class Package Service, a lightweight expedited offering used primarily by businesses for fulfillment purposes, will move to zone-based pricing to better align with the cost of service and improve value based on distance.
10-16-2018 07:41 AM
10-16-2018 08:01 AM
Get ready to star raising shipping prices too. I dont like this time of year in the sense that USPS raises fees across the board..they should make more flat rates sizes to accomodate for bigger items and not have to pay an arm and a leg. Who knows they are probably thinking on it.
10-18-2018 09:03 PM
10-19-2018 04:44 AM
@savetons347 wrote:I dont like this time of year in the sense that USPS raises fees across the board..they should make more flat rates sizes to accomodate for bigger items and not have to pay an arm and a leg.
Actually, they didn't raise prices across the board ... if you are a fan of the overpriced, high-profit flat rate boxes, then you'll be pleased to hear that the prices on the Medium and Large boxes are dropping a wee bit for 2019.
10-19-2018 04:48 AM
If you use stamps then that is a good thing (55+15=70 instead of 50+21=71). You save one cent if you send 2 oz.
10-19-2018 05:15 AM
@fine_find wrote:
I would just like to see the flat-rate shipping boxes the same sizes they were before they decided to shrink them. ....
The box sizes have never changed, though the quality of the cardboard has changed.
This page has a chart with the current dimensions:
https://www.usps.com/ship/priority-mail.htm
And here's a link to a USPS announcement when the first "Large" box was introduced in 2008; it includes the meaaurements for the that box as well as for the Medium boxes. You can see that these 2008 dimensions match the current chart.
http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2008/pr08_017.pdf
10-20-2018 03:23 PM
I am located in California, and often ship to the east coast. I rarely use the flat rate Priority boxes, as I find that using regular priority that ships by weight/region is less expensive. I do use the regional rate A boxes that ship for the 2# price ( I have items on my other selling account that weigh 2-1/4 lbs that would ordinarily ship at the 3# rate), but I understand the RRA boxes will be increasing in price as well.
10-21-2018 05:08 AM
We are on the east side (GA) and historically we have shipped 45% of our sales to the Left coast & other Western region states and like you we seldom use flat rate boxes - medium or large except on occasions when we sell something above 4 lbs. A rare happening.
10-21-2018 09:31 PM
10-24-2018 08:19 AM
Has Ebay announced what thier rates will be? Ie, will they be changing thier discount to sellers?
10-24-2018 08:47 AM
10-24-2018 09:43 AM
@kix_queen wrote:Has Ebay announced what thier rates will be? Ie, will they be changing thier discount to sellers?
eBay can't announce their rates until after the proposed rates are voted on and finalized. Generally eBay domestic rates are identical to the USPS rates. You can see the proposed rates here:
https://pe.usps.com/resources/PriceChange/January%202019%20-%20Notice123.pdf
10-24-2018 10:22 AM
Postal rates won't be going up for the loads of Chinese sellers who have listings on the eBay USA site. Just wait till eBay starts implementing State Sales tax for USA sellers next year. Chinese sellers will also be immune to this. In 5 years from now I think we will be looking back at 2019 as the year USA eBay sellers went out of business and eBay USA became eBay China, but in english! Can't wait!
10-24-2018 09:56 PM