Comments on: Postage Prices Not Set to Increase Again in 2011

By: June Boyer

June Boyer — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:50:56 +0000

What is this that is being circulated about a new forever stamp that has a Moslem symble on it. Is it true

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:49:28 +0000

I like the idea of the forever stamps just because I don’t have to worry about the price of postage going up and not having the right stamp.

By: John

John — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:39:01 +0000

I am really glad to be out of the post office. I worked for them for 15 years and saw a greedy decline in service.
When I resigned, I had been promoted to Postmaster.
When my manager of postal operations in Portland, Oregon informed me that he wanted me to give less in the way of customer service and concentrate more on just making more money I told him where he could put his job and I resigned.
I had already increased revenue more than 33% over the previous year because I offered customer service.
the problem with the post office is the fact they pay way too much for the employees. I was making over $26.00 per hour, I am actually more happier now making $14.00 per hour in my new job. I still get to provide excellent customer service.
I say cut the employees pay by at least 40% and you will see a dramatic change in postal revenue.

By: the truth

the truth — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 02:24:25 +0000

half of that amount is too much. it is a glorified paper route. mail delivery is crucial to our civilization but a high school graduate or less can do that job. some people can’t handle the truth.

By: Rodger Lodger

Rodger Lodger — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:55:39 +0000

This article misses an important point: additional ounces were not going to increase in price under the proposed raise — they’d still be 17 cents Amazon uses mostly additional ounces…they don’t send out one-ounce mailings normally.

By: Mrs C

Mrs C — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:17:15 +0000

Matt, I would love to see you trudging through below zero weather, in snow and ice, carrying a 40lb sack of mail on your back, in addition to a handheld scanner…. or through sweltering heat. Try that for a day or two and see if you still think $50k is too much.

By: Mrs C

Mrs C — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:15:31 +0000

Oh boohoo…. where else can you slap 42 cents on a piece of mail and it will go halfway around the world (New York to Hawaii, for instance). So you may have to pay an increase in some other prices, which when spread across the entire US population would be such a miniscule impact on you, you’d probably never notice. From an inflation point of view, the US postage stamp is a bargain, especially considering the stamp has only gone up from $0.06 cents to its current rate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_United_States_postage_rates

By: dot

dot — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 02:17:32 +0000

Bulk rate is great for company’s to reach alot of residents for a lot less costly way. I think that getting rid of parcel post which is shipping by truck would cut down on alot of cost.

By: //Ann

//Ann — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 06:52:58 +0000

GET RID OF BULK RATE!!!!!!!!!!

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:17:04 +0000

If you’re going to stock up on forever stamps, even better is to buy them online, let them deliver them to you and save even that one trip to the post office