Allie said the same thing, but she is an accountant and a quick "cost/benefit analysis" put an end to that, well that and I was too lazy to drive back to the post office to buy them. We need the extra 17 cents ones anyway. :-)
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I was when it went over $4, but it's just under $2 here - and that's perfectly normal.
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What's irritating is the rate of change not the price. :-)
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Exactly - when it shot up to $4 it was a very rapid change. I still didn't really mind the actual price of $4 because we drive MINI Coopers getting better than 30MPG and I primarily ride a bike getting over 50MPG.
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Price goes up, service goes down............... best to pay online if you feel comfortable doing that.
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I only wish I could use the bike year round up here, especially when it gets back over $3 a gallon later this summer.
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in the grand scheme of things, $.44 is not a lot to send a letter or card across the country.

My understanding is that the need for the hikes is because the USPS lost up wards of $2.8Billion last year, and are already $2.3 billion in the hole for 2009.

While the USPS might be a "dying" industry for letters, they are cheaper than FedEx or UPS, and unlike UPS, the packages usually arrive intact. They also deliver packages from Switzerland on Saturdays:-)

I usually sent my cousins in Italy Christmas cards this year. They all called to thank me. With text and email, sending cards has been forgotten. However, I cant tell you how appreciative they were at the gesture.
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Maybe the government should bail them out.




Woops.
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:-)

I didnt realize that USPS isnt government subsidized.
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I wish my motorcycle didn't leak gasoline all over the garage floor this winter.
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I may get bashed for this. But if 2 cents is making you infuriated or angry maybe you shouldn't be smoking cigars. I'm a college kid and even if I was sending out 1000 envelopes a month that would be an extra 20 dollars I'm sure I could find a way to budget around that.
Just my :-) (pun intended)
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I'm not one to ***** about postal prices, but the cost of Priority Mail above a pound jumped at least a few dollars. Up to 1 lb is $4.95, but anything above a pound adds at least two dollars!

I just priced a 1lb package via Priority Mail from Boston to Chicago at $4.80 online. Same package, at 1 lb 1OZ (just one OUNCE more) increases to $7.19 online.

Prior to the hike on the 11th, I seem to remember ounces adding cents, not dollars after the 1lb limit.

In the grand scheme of things, it's still cheap but ... :-)
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