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Truly makes ya wonder! 
In the good ole days we had the same first class rate for decades!
Didn't it just go up to 60 cents?
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DeJoy had stated that the first class rates would be increasing gradually over time so expect more to come. It is becoming an annual event to have holiday surcharges.
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02:34:07pm
But thankfully DeJoy's term is coming to an end.
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I found this on the net:
The position is selected by the Board of Governors of the Postal Service, whose members are appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate. The serve seven year terms. The Postmaster General's office has no fixed term, meaning that DeJoy can serve as long as the Board of Governors approves.Aug 24, 2022
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Maybe I am weird, but it annoys me they don't start just rounding up to the nearest 5 cents.
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A letter in Canada is 92¢, the USA was $1.27, now I think it is $1.30 now and $2.71 for everywhere else.
Their app gives the rate to mail a letter or parcel, but once again the price includes tax. First time I used their app, tax was included in the total cost. Then not. Now tax is included again. I wish they'd give the cost without tax, with tax added on the side. It's really annoying!
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Canada Post Letter Rates.
https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/c ...
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11:08:13am
" ... The Postmaster General's office has no fixed term, meaning that DeJoy can serve as long as the Board of Governors approves.Aug 24, 2022 ..."
Yes.
The current administration has to fill two or three vacant seats to have a majority. I think getting the approval of the senate is the hold up. Perhaps no one wants the job, or the blame for raising prices again.
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"DeJoy had stated that the first class rates would be increasing gradually over time so expect more to come. It is becoming an annual event to have holiday surcharges."
those are two separate things: the permanent increase (5%) and the holiday surcharge (I believe all the main package carriers do this).
This second permanent increase would mean US rates will have gone up twice in 6 months for a total of about 10% or a 20% annual inflation rate.
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11:41:25am
" ... a total of about 10% or a 20% annual inflation rate. ..."
In the mid-late 1950s the raise from 2¢ to 3¢, was a 50% increase.
I think the inflation rate was a pretty flat.
To do that now, a 50% increase would have been 58¢ + 29¢ to 87¢.
Or 60¢ +30¢ to 90¢.
Imagine the screams that would bring.
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How about the service ? My mail gets delivered by temps, if its raining i can expect no mail.
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I did not see anyone posting this yet here. I just read that the US postal rates are increasing once again on January 22, 2023. The forever stamp first class postage will go from 60 cents to 63 cents. The international rate goes from $1.40 to $1.45. Most of the other rates are going up as well. I absorbed the previous rate increases without changing my shipping terms but I think I will have to increase them with this new increase. Steve
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re: Another USPS Postage Increase Coming
Truly makes ya wonder!
In the good ole days we had the same first class rate for decades!
Didn't it just go up to 60 cents?
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re: Another USPS Postage Increase Coming
DeJoy had stated that the first class rates would be increasing gradually over time so expect more to come. It is becoming an annual event to have holiday surcharges.
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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
17 Oct 2022
02:34:07pm
re: Another USPS Postage Increase Coming
But thankfully DeJoy's term is coming to an end.
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I found this on the net:
The position is selected by the Board of Governors of the Postal Service, whose members are appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate. The serve seven year terms. The Postmaster General's office has no fixed term, meaning that DeJoy can serve as long as the Board of Governors approves.Aug 24, 2022
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re: Another USPS Postage Increase Coming
Maybe I am weird, but it annoys me they don't start just rounding up to the nearest 5 cents.
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re: Another USPS Postage Increase Coming
A letter in Canada is 92¢, the USA was $1.27, now I think it is $1.30 now and $2.71 for everywhere else.
Their app gives the rate to mail a letter or parcel, but once again the price includes tax. First time I used their app, tax was included in the total cost. Then not. Now tax is included again. I wish they'd give the cost without tax, with tax added on the side. It's really annoying!
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re: Another USPS Postage Increase Coming
Canada Post Letter Rates.
https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/c ...
Doug
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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
18 Oct 2022
11:08:13am
re: Another USPS Postage Increase Coming
" ... The Postmaster General's office has no fixed term, meaning that DeJoy can serve as long as the Board of Governors approves.Aug 24, 2022 ..."
Yes.
The current administration has to fill two or three vacant seats to have a majority. I think getting the approval of the senate is the hold up. Perhaps no one wants the job, or the blame for raising prices again.
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re: Another USPS Postage Increase Coming
"DeJoy had stated that the first class rates would be increasing gradually over time so expect more to come. It is becoming an annual event to have holiday surcharges."
those are two separate things: the permanent increase (5%) and the holiday surcharge (I believe all the main package carriers do this).
This second permanent increase would mean US rates will have gone up twice in 6 months for a total of about 10% or a 20% annual inflation rate.
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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
18 Oct 2022
11:41:25am
re: Another USPS Postage Increase Coming
" ... a total of about 10% or a 20% annual inflation rate. ..."
In the mid-late 1950s the raise from 2¢ to 3¢, was a 50% increase.
I think the inflation rate was a pretty flat.
To do that now, a 50% increase would have been 58¢ + 29¢ to 87¢.
Or 60¢ +30¢ to 90¢.
Imagine the screams that would bring.
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re: Another USPS Postage Increase Coming
How about the service ? My mail gets delivered by temps, if its raining i can expect no mail.
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