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Offline i3oilermaker

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USPS Postage Increase
« on: Sun, 31 May 2015, 19:51:26 »
Just a FYI - as of today USPS raised its prices across the board.  First class package rates increased about 5% which is significant. 


Go easy on those US folks sending you stuff, it has been creeping up in price every year.
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Re: USPS Postage Increase
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 31 May 2015, 19:56:04 »
Thanks for the heads up.
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Re: USPS Postage Increase
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 31 May 2015, 20:08:24 »
Noticed that while I was making shipping labels today :(.

Sending a 2oz package to Europe went from $6.15 to $6.39.
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Re: USPS Postage Increase
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 31 May 2015, 20:16:40 »
Quote from: billnye on Sun, 31 May 2015, 20:08:24
Noticed that while I was making shipping labels today :(.

Sending a 2oz package to Europe went from $6.15 to $6.39.

Gee, I wonder how that's going to affect the GH60 buy...



Who am I kidding, it won't because we'll never see anything from that.
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Re: USPS Postage Increase
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 31 May 2015, 20:19:55 »
Quote from: nubbinator on Sun, 31 May 2015, 20:16:40
Quote from: billnye on Sun, 31 May 2015, 20:08:24
Noticed that while I was making shipping labels today :(.

Sending a 2oz package to Europe went from $6.15 to $6.39.

Gee, I wonder how that's going to affect the GH60 buy...



Who am I kidding, it won't because we'll never see anything from that.
Not with that attitude ^-^ ^-^ ;D
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Offline tbc

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Re: USPS Postage Increase
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 31 May 2015, 20:20:42 »
i think....that is literally about half the cost of a canadian shipping to europe xD
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Re: USPS Postage Increase
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 31 May 2015, 20:33:49 »
Quote from: tbc on Sun, 31 May 2015, 20:20:42
i think....that is literally about half the cost of a canadian shipping to europe xD

The cheapest you can send a parcel to Europe from Canada is $7.50 and that's for a flat parcel (<2cm) within normal envelope dimensions.

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Re: USPS Postage Increase
« Reply #7 on: Sun, 31 May 2015, 21:13:26 »
Quote from: nubbinator on Sun, 31 May 2015, 20:16:40
Quote from: billnye on Sun, 31 May 2015, 20:08:24
Noticed that while I was making shipping labels today :(.

Sending a 2oz package to Europe went from $6.15 to $6.39.

Gee, I wonder how that's going to affect the GH60 buy...



Who am I kidding, it won't because we'll never see anything from that.
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Re: USPS Postage Increase
« Reply #8 on: Sun, 31 May 2015, 21:21:32 »
shipped a whole bunch of stuff yesterday because of this change

was a good decision
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Re: USPS Postage Increase
« Reply #9 on: Sun, 31 May 2015, 23:41:42 »
Aw crap! Good thing I shipped the SSK last month. That already burned a hole in my pocket.
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Re: USPS Postage Increase
« Reply #10 on: Mon, 01 June 2015, 02:39:07 »
Good to know about the price. Still cheaper than the other direction.
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Re: USPS Postage Increase
« Reply #11 on: Tue, 02 June 2015, 16:49:01 »
Yea, the price quote I gave on Friday increased by other a dollar by Sunday.  Oops.
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Re: USPS Postage Increase
« Reply #12 on: Thu, 11 June 2015, 16:07:50 »
It seems like along with the price increase service has slowed.

Has anyone else noticed USPS being terribly slow lately? Things CONUS that used to take 2 or 3 days are now taking a week or longer.
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Offline jbondeson

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Re: USPS Postage Increase
« Reply #13 on: Thu, 11 June 2015, 16:11:34 »
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Thu, 11 June 2015, 16:07:50
It seems like along with the price increase service has slowed.

Has anyone else noticed USPS being terribly slow lately? Things CONUS that used to take 2 or 3 days are now taking a week or longer.
Yup. I sent a board out Priority Mail 2-Day two weeks ago that went into a tracking abyss for 3-4 days.

Ended up being a Priority Mail 6-Day shipment.
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Re: USPS Postage Increase
« Reply #14 on: Thu, 11 June 2015, 16:19:43 »
I find it's contingent upon origin and destination post office.  I have one that's awesome and another local post takes forever.
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Re: USPS Postage Increase
« Reply #15 on: Thu, 11 June 2015, 16:51:55 »
Quote from: jbondeson on Thu, 11 June 2015, 16:11:34
Ended up being a Priority Mail 6-Day shipment.

It is weird. The big letters say "Second Day Delivery" but the small print says "2-3 days"

Still, I have had packages take several days to go a couple of states away, yet had a keyboard delivered from Atlanta to Alaska in less than 72 hours from when I handed it across the desk at the PO until it was posted as "Delivered".
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