I use Stamps.com for all my shipping, and they notified me early of the latest impending postal rate increases, which are happening more and more frequently these days.
Anyway, congratulations on receiving the honor of paying more for USPS increasing incompetence on the job (note last winter's disastrous Keystone Cops delivery problems that have yet to completely go away), and postal workers' overly-generous benefits and retirement system costs that we also get to pay for.
The current USPS system is a snowballing monster that seemingly cannot be stopped from rolling faster and faster downhill. As with most Federal Government agencies, the costs are always more than originally intended or admitted. The best thing that could happen would be to privatize the USPS and get real competition involved, along with revamping the benefits packages including the word "NO" in them.
It's not going to get any better, so buckle up!
Cheers, Duffy
