I hadn't heard anything about the [u]minor[/u] stamp price increase until I read this and did a little research. All I know is that this will increase my first class stamp expense ~$40... + probably a $50 other postage expense... <$100 = not that major, although that is 100 bucks that can't go to another cause.
-M

*I was one of the nuts who figured it be better to stock up on 'forevers' a while ago and am down to ~1,200- so I guess we'll see how long these last.

It goes up every year, so I'm pretty used to it by now. They wouldn't raise the price just due to the olympic logo. It's just their annual price hike. {up}[/quote]


i dont know its pathetic thou i mean i just bought them like a month ago the 96 cent stamps now what, i still have a few left and the rest ive sent out.

Seeing the posts, I feel REALLY lucky.

P.s. I do agree on the 50 cent deal. It sure would make life a WHOLE lot easier

[quote="miley cyrus fan"]i was just their about a month ago, thats really pathetic.

but i think their only more because their olympic logo stamps, i really dont know and all i can say is this is truly pathetic its almost a dollar to send a letter, wow are postage system actualy is flawed i take back my other statement.[/quote]

It goes up every year, so I'm pretty used to it by now. They wouldn't raise the price just due to the olympic logo. It's just their annual price hike. {up}

Ah I am going to stock up on stamps now though :)

[quote="SelenaandDemiFan"]I wasn't alive in 1912.

Once Again, Prices are just too high to mail a small envelope. Not now but wait. If the economy keeps going where it is- who knows how much it'll be :roll:[/quote]

....I don't think you understand just how big of a steal the USPS Stamp(s) is for the people in the US (as a US citizen myself...); $.44 is practically nothing to what a lot of the other people have to pay in the world (including Britain and a lot of European nations too). The stamp price going up $.02 is nothing...if it goes up past $.50/$.60-ish, then I'd be concerned. Think of the gas prices: $2-ish. Your stamp doesn't even cover a fourth of a gallon of gas for the truck that has to either come from your house (if you do that) or deliver it...! Not to mention if you're sending to NY/LA/etc.!

So again, I agree with whoever said it above: Raise the stamp to $.50, and keep off the increases for a few years, and potentially just cap it off at that.

[quote="Larisie"]Actually, it's 98 cents now, mileyfan. Price went up mid-January. If you've been to the post office to buy stamps, hopefully that's what they've been telling you. {up} At first they only had 96 cent stamps but I'd have to add 2 cents, but they are now selling the 98 cent and $1.65 for international stamps.[/quote]

i was just their about a month ago, thats really pathetic.

but i think their only more because their olympic logo stamps, i really dont know and all i can say is this is truly pathetic its almost a dollar to send a letter, wow are postage system actualy is flawed i take back my other statement.

I can live without Saturday mail. No big deal there. I do hate the constant rate increases every year or two. The forever stamp is a great thing for us collectors. I don't want to sound like the old guy here, but when I started sending out autograph requests the stamps were 22 cents and now it's double that. They should just raise the rate to a flat 50 cents and not bother us with any increases for a few years.

That's a little obsurd - $2? It's not that big of a difference...Our Canadian stamps are only about 10 cents more than the USA at 54 cents. And don't forget a lot of it has to do with the exchange rate.

Now I feel lucky! :)

But again, if I've compared prices, it's always like two more dollars in Canada. :) LOL