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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 07:43 PM
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I just read the Postal "service" wants to raise the price of stamps...AGAIN!
What, is the price of storage going up again? :grr:
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 07:44 PM
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1. $00.41
Gettin' close to half a buck a letter.
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 08:26 PM
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3. Indeed...
And there's no guarantee that it's even going to get there! It's worth the money to send stuff UPS or Fed Ex just to know it's going to get there.
Duckie
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 07:47 PM
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2. Still only a penny a day, folks!
Yep.
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 08:36 PM
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4. The main Reason I get so Pissed at the Stamp Raise is because it's illogical.
I mean...look...Post office...Just raise the price to 45 cents and than in time raise it to 50 cent...etc..etc.

This constant 2 and 3 cent stuff is ridiculous....
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 08:38 PM
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5. that's what i heard today too...
:mad:
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 08:39 PM
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6. but the good news
is they're considering a "perpetual stamp". That is, you could buy 41-cent stamps that will be good forever - no matter what the current postage rate is.

So.... mortgage your house, sell your car, put it all into stamps. Then, when the price goes up to 51 cents, sell 'em on eBay for 49 cents.

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L A Woman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 08:50 PM
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7. So? I am surprised they have kept it this low.
Who writes letters anymore? I pay all my bills online and send e-mails. I use a teeny fraction of the stamps I used in the 1980's. How are they supposed to stay in business if they don't raise the price?
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 10:41 PM
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8. When I was born, you could mail a letter with this stamp
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 10:47 PM
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9. Yeah, but they're gonna have "forever" stamps.
Buy them now and they'll be good forever.
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-26-07 10:50 PM
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10. I like that idea
No more extra trips to get rid of the old stamps.

But then the people like to guy in "Fargo" will be out of a job! ;)
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smtpgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 12:25 AM
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11. I pretty much do all of my bill pays online
at any given month, I only use one stamp.

I don't care about the prices of stamps.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 02:05 AM
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12. what they need to do
is triple the price of bulk mail, to help cut down all the junk.
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-27-07 05:26 AM
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13. Geez, I haven't even used the book of 39 cent stamps I bought
when they made the last increase. :-(
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