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| maggie14 |
Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 11:48:25 AM
This just makes me sad..... 
I know that e-mailing people is free but it is just not the same as getting a handwritten letter in the mail. Anyone else feel this way?!?
I think soon they will try and get it up to 50 cents a stamp.  Isn't it sad?!
Hugs,
Channah
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| Roxy7 |
Posted - Jul 08 2010 : 9:22:17 PM
I pay almost everything online. I also return every single piece of mail that says postage is prepaid on return. I send them back empty. Usually its just a credit card application I didnt ask for anyways. I figure its my little part to earn the USPS more money since I dont mail much. |
| Betty J. |
Posted - Jul 08 2010 : 7:11:10 PM
My son is a rural carrier. He is given an alloted time to deliver his mail and if he goes over that time, he just doesn't get paid for it! It behoves him to keep his a*s in motion and get things done. He isn't allowed to leave the post office until 9:30 a.m. and must return by 5:00 p.m. His time is his own after that. He works six days one week and five the next, so he doesn't get much time off--not like most workers do. I used to be down on the postal carriers until I was one for a brief time. It is a lot of work and hard work at that.
Betty in Pasco |
| OneCraftyBugger |
Posted - Jul 08 2010 : 6:47:54 PM
The rate increase makes me so mad I could spit fire. My X was a postal worker and they have more tricks for waisting time so that their mail route takes longer and they are excpected to delivar less. When they are being shadowed by a supervisor they walk at a snails pace so that their work load isnt increased. Oh please, I could go on for ever, its a joke....
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| maggie14 |
Posted - Jul 08 2010 : 4:37:44 PM
At least not yet.
Hugs,
Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
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| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Jul 08 2010 : 4:28:27 PM
Some good points here - if you think about how much the cost of gas and transportation have increased in the last 5 or 6 years, and that postage is transported a lot of places, the price increase doesn't seem so unreasonable.
Amy Grace
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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Jul 08 2010 : 3:52:37 PM
Thanks Channah! I will hopefully use up the ones I have before then.
Dawn in IL |
| maggie14 |
Posted - Jul 08 2010 : 1:42:52 PM
I know. I am very blessed to have animals and hope that I can keep them forever but that is in Gods hands. :)
I'm already starting one job and hope to get a second. :)
Hugs,
Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
Just a small town country girl trying to live her dreams. :) |
| Betty J. |
Posted - Jul 08 2010 : 1:16:26 PM
Channah,
I wasn't upset with your statement. Everyone has their opinion and is respect that. I'm 68 and live on a limited income. I will purchase Forever stamps until the price goes up and use those until. My health insurance went up greatly this year, but it is the secondary insurance after Medicare. That leaves my take-home pay even more limited. I feel I am blessed to have what I do have.
I envy (green though I am) your animals and your talking about them. I would love to have animals, but covenants in my area do not allow.
Keep up the questions.
Betty in Pasco |
| maggie14 |
Posted - Jul 08 2010 : 11:31:09 AM
Hi Robin! I just e-mailed you!
Hugs,
Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
Just a small town country girl trying to live her dreams. :) |
| maggie14 |
Posted - Jul 08 2010 : 11:23:42 AM
Hi Betty, I did not mean for this to become a debate. All I was saying is how sad it is that it is going up in price again and how hard it will be for familys like mine to pay for stamps. But thats life! Its hard and tough to get through.
I am so glad that your DS and DDIL still have jobs. So many don't now.
We are so blessed that my dad is a hard worker and that he still has a job. But we don't know how long that will last.
Anyway, sorry this thread got so many people upset.
Hugs,
Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
Just a small town country girl trying to live her dreams. :) |
| Betty J. |
Posted - Jul 08 2010 : 10:44:17 AM
Channah, it is sad to see postage stamps go up. However my DS and DDIL are postal carriers and since this economical slump which also includes e-mail, they have seen their work decline. However also, my kids are union employees and have to maintain their own vehicles. That costs too. I don't know a mechanic that hasn't raised their rates. I will continue to use the USPS to pay my bills and write my thank-you notes plus send packages to keep them employed. My DS has a degree in chemistry and certificate in education, but hates teaching teenagers because of the way they behave. He says he was put here to impart knowledge, not to be a disciplinarian. The things he has told me about kids these days would never have been appreciated in my day--mostly when word got back to my parents.
Forever stamps will continue to be sold in the Liberty Bell form for 42 cents until January 1. I saw a photo of a newer forever stamp that had trees and pinecones on it. I didn't pay that much attention as to when they would go on sale.
Please keep the above in your mind. Thank you.
Betty in Pasco |
| Roxy7 |
Posted - Jul 08 2010 : 10:22:11 AM
Channah, did you get my mail? |
| JojoNH |
Posted - Jul 08 2010 : 06:15:44 AM
Well, I guess I look at this increase a little differently. I always think " who the heck would deliver a letter from NH to CA for only 42 cents?" When you really sit down and think about it. . all the other services we use have been going up by way more then 2 cents. . . so even though it may be another pinch in the pocket it's not as bad as the rest of the increases we deal with. ( hmmm, they are even waiting until after the holidays to do the increase. . . unlike other companies that will do it just before)
Just my thoughts on the subject.
Joanna #566
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| farmmilkmama |
Posted - Jul 08 2010 : 05:09:31 AM
The article I had read (although I can't find the link now) had said the forever stamps WOULD still be valid...
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Jul 08 2010 : 05:06:39 AM
Wonder why they call them forever stamps if they can't be used then?
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Jul 08 2010 : 05:05:12 AM
Personally I believe it is so we will do everything online though I don't klnow what that means for things that will be shipped. Unless they just won't bother with stamps anymore. I know they want everyone to be bill paying online. I don't do that. I still prefer the mail and a check. It all seems to be towards banking and all online too.
farmgirl sister#43
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| maggie14 |
Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 5:56:36 PM
Thats terrible Julie! I have 20 penpals so I might not be able to write as much.... Well see.
Hugs,
Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
Just a small town country girl trying to live her dreams. :) |
| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 5:31:41 PM
I also heard that after this postage rate increase the "forever" stamp that they pushed so much a few years ago will no longer be valid. I didnt buy any but that stinks for the people who did.
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| knittinchick |
Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 4:32:58 PM
What? It seems like they just raised the prices of stamps! But this won't change my writing habits!
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| farmmilkmama |
Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 3:25:43 PM
I saw this too and man was I ticked!! The article i read said they had lost so much money last year because people just don't use the postal service anymore, so they have to raise prices to continue their service. We were wondering why it doesn't work that way in other professions? Like roofing...why can't you RAISE your price if you haven't had a job in three years? :) GRRRR...unfortunately, I love to write letters, so I'll be paying for the stamps :)
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| maggie14 |
Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 3:04:31 PM
Hi Dawn! They say January it will go up 2 more cents.
Hugs,
Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
Just a small town country girl trying to live her dreams. :) |
| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 1:58:36 PM
When will the new stamp price go into effect?
Dawn in IL |
| Ga Girl |
Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 1:30:41 PM
I know this is so sad, but I will continue to write.
Create in me a pure heart,O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalms 51:10
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| gypsy goat |
Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 1:21:10 PM
my aunt works at the post office and she can't explain the price rate increase-she is always saying don't blame me it's not in my paycheck!
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| Mountain Girl |
Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 12:14:53 PM
We got a postcard the other day from a friend. For some reason it looked like about an inch had been cut off the bottom--don't know why--making it "undersized". It had a 28 cent stamp on it and an envelope attached say there was 36 cents postage do!! Go figure. JoAnn |
