Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
Wow, those prices go up steeply with added weight for US and International mail.
Login to Like
this post
No, "smauggie", those rates are a bargain for clients.
Canada Post is on life supports. All sorts of bottom-liners
are itching to pull its plug.
As a taxpayer, I'm a supporter of the user-pay principle,
am hoping for a deathbed recovery, and am prepared
to pay for it.
John Derry
2 Members
like this post.
Login to Like.
Why is metered mail less expensive than using stamps? Is this to encourage business use? To discourage stamp printing (e.g., reduce costs)?
Login to Like
this post
I assume so Peter. Most medium/large size businesses have their own postage meter machines or many now use on-line printing of postage labels.
What confuses me is that if we purchase a booklet of 'P' stamps that cost us 85c plus tax, when we use these for USA or International mailing do we calculate that stamp at $1 face postage or 85c ? Maybe Canada Post will inform us that we cannot use 'P' stamps for other than mail destined for a Canadian address.
I assume they will pull all those 'p' stamps out of their vaults that they pulled off sale several months ago and restock the post office with those stamps.
If someone living in Ontario walks into a post office and purchases one stamp for $1, their out-of-pocket expense after HST will be $1.15. Example: Ontario $1.00 + $0.13 HST - rounded to $0.15 = $1.15 because we do not use pennies. HST rates differ by Province.
Liz
Login to Like
this post
Does Canada use an international "P" stamp, as they have here, an International "Forever" stamp? If you use the domestic Forever stamp for non-US mail, it is valued at the current first class rate (49c) but you can use it on that type of mail.
Login to Like
this post
I use obsolete postage from stamp dealers.
I never pay more than 50% of face value.
Until Canada Post voids the old stamps, I'll keep using them. Five 17-cent stamps (remember those?) will meet the 85-cent domestic rate.
David
(El Cheapo)
Login to Like
this post
Many thanks to Liz for posting the new rates issued by Canada Post. I think we will all have to raise our rates in accordance, effective April 1st this year.
Login to Like
this post
"I think we will all have to raise our rates in accordance, effective April 1st this year."
Are you sure this is not a joke?
Login to Like
this post
US prices going up also at end of April:
1st class still 49 cents
Additional ounce up 1 cent to 22 cents
Postcards up a penny to 35 cents
Mail to Canada and foreign countries up 5 cents to $1.20
Britain raising their rates plus a few other European countries as well.
But the US still has the cheapest postage in the world.
Login to Like
this post
Malta Post is considerably cheaper:
Local upto 50 g.: € 0.26
Foreign mail per 20 g.: €0.30 to €0.68 depending the country.
But then again, Malta may not be a good comparison...
Login to Like
this post
re: Canada Post - Letter-Post Prices as of March 31, 2014
Wow, those prices go up steeply with added weight for US and International mail.
Login to Like
this post
The past is a foreign country, they do things different there.
25 Mar 2014
04:02:36pm
re: Canada Post - Letter-Post Prices as of March 31, 2014
No, "smauggie", those rates are a bargain for clients.
Canada Post is on life supports. All sorts of bottom-liners
are itching to pull its plug.
As a taxpayer, I'm a supporter of the user-pay principle,
am hoping for a deathbed recovery, and am prepared
to pay for it.
John Derry
2 Members
like this post.
Login to Like.
04:36:00pm
re: Canada Post - Letter-Post Prices as of March 31, 2014
Why is metered mail less expensive than using stamps? Is this to encourage business use? To discourage stamp printing (e.g., reduce costs)?
Login to Like
this post
Auctions
re: Canada Post - Letter-Post Prices as of March 31, 2014
I assume so Peter. Most medium/large size businesses have their own postage meter machines or many now use on-line printing of postage labels.
What confuses me is that if we purchase a booklet of 'P' stamps that cost us 85c plus tax, when we use these for USA or International mailing do we calculate that stamp at $1 face postage or 85c ? Maybe Canada Post will inform us that we cannot use 'P' stamps for other than mail destined for a Canadian address.
I assume they will pull all those 'p' stamps out of their vaults that they pulled off sale several months ago and restock the post office with those stamps.
If someone living in Ontario walks into a post office and purchases one stamp for $1, their out-of-pocket expense after HST will be $1.15. Example: Ontario $1.00 + $0.13 HST - rounded to $0.15 = $1.15 because we do not use pennies. HST rates differ by Province.
Liz
Login to Like
this post
06:44:18pm
re: Canada Post - Letter-Post Prices as of March 31, 2014
Does Canada use an international "P" stamp, as they have here, an International "Forever" stamp? If you use the domestic Forever stamp for non-US mail, it is valued at the current first class rate (49c) but you can use it on that type of mail.
Login to Like
this post
re: Canada Post - Letter-Post Prices as of March 31, 2014
I use obsolete postage from stamp dealers.
I never pay more than 50% of face value.
Until Canada Post voids the old stamps, I'll keep using them. Five 17-cent stamps (remember those?) will meet the 85-cent domestic rate.
David
(El Cheapo)
Login to Like
this post
re: Canada Post - Letter-Post Prices as of March 31, 2014
Many thanks to Liz for posting the new rates issued by Canada Post. I think we will all have to raise our rates in accordance, effective April 1st this year.
Login to Like
this post
Approvals
re: Canada Post - Letter-Post Prices as of March 31, 2014
"I think we will all have to raise our rates in accordance, effective April 1st this year."
Are you sure this is not a joke?
Login to Like
this post
re: Canada Post - Letter-Post Prices as of March 31, 2014
US prices going up also at end of April:
1st class still 49 cents
Additional ounce up 1 cent to 22 cents
Postcards up a penny to 35 cents
Mail to Canada and foreign countries up 5 cents to $1.20
Britain raising their rates plus a few other European countries as well.
But the US still has the cheapest postage in the world.
Login to Like
this post
Approvals
re: Canada Post - Letter-Post Prices as of March 31, 2014
Malta Post is considerably cheaper:
Local upto 50 g.: € 0.26
Foreign mail per 20 g.: €0.30 to €0.68 depending the country.
But then again, Malta may not be a good comparison...
Login to Like
this post