Comments on: Costs of Mail, Postal Insurance, and PO Boxes to Rise in July

By: Chester

Chester — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 20:59:03 +0000

In reply to Ina Steiner. I see it now, Ina, thanks. Hefty increase, considering it's a mid-year add on. Strange that they didn't list Media in the more general announcement as a class that would be impacted. Trying to spare up of too much bad news.

By: Ina Steiner

Ina Steiner — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 15:34:28 +0000

In reply to Chester.

They didn’t put all details in the press release, go to PRC website:

See the line in the story above at the end “Details are available in today’s filing on the Postal Regulatory Commission’s website” – there’s a hyperlink going to PRC website. When there, do Control-F (find) and enter the word Media, hit return – shows the table. Hope that helps.

By: tsme35

tsme35 — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 20:02:09 +0000

In reply to Metrogirl. Its the Post master general DeJoy, he's trying to end the USPS. Congress just passed a bill giving the PO over 100 billion dollars grant, change the retirement plan to medicare(which saves them billions each year) so they won't be losing money every year.

By: Chester

Chester — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 17:42:29 +0000

I’m not seeing an increase for Media Mail in the announcement, as indicated above in the first sentence of the article.
USPS announcement: https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2022/0406-usps-new-prices-for-2022.htm

Media went up at the beginning of the year, the first lb. going from $2.89 to $3.19, an increase of 10.4%. Some heavier packages went up as high as 12.1%. But I don’t see any new increases for July.

By: The End

The End — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 12:28:40 +0000

I overcharge for shipping with the solid understanding that any remainder is returned to the customer.
USPS is so unpredictable this is the ONLY tactic that works 100% of the time.
I encourage all to use the same approach.
But it will only work with complete honesty.

By: Metrogirl

Metrogirl — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 11:42:06 +0000

I am starting to question if USPS is purposefully driving away business so they in turn have substantially less volume and can cut back on staffing, facilities etc. I have shipped more via UPS and FedEx in the last four months than I have in five years combined selling on eBay. The price difference is frequently as much as 40-50%.

By: crunruh

crunruh — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 04:01:30 +0000

The POs costs related to postal insurance are primarily claims which are driven by the PO not doing their job.

By: tsme35

tsme35 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 21:18:56 +0000

So if they raise prices in July, that would be the 2nd increase, does that mean they won’t add a holiday seasonal increase in Oct. or is that consider “seasonal”. I honestly don’t think the USPS will make it to the 10 year mark at this rate. I mean they just lost about half my packages Sunday, I’ve figure for every rate increase is the same decrease in sales which would mean I’ll be priced out in about 2-3 years.