Comments on The Missive Maven: U.S. Postage rate increase in January 2012

nolandm - I couldn't agree with your more. Hea...

2012-02-05T16:58:36.015-05:00

nolandm - I couldn't agree with your more. Hear, hear!

What is it about the Postal Service that drives pe...

2012-02-05T13:31:33.742-05:00

What is it about the Postal Service that drives people crazy! Gas goes up 10 cents a gallon in one day and nothing is said, but let the Postal Service raise the price of stamps one penny and you'd think it was the end of life as we know it. What is it going to cost the average person a year? $1 Let me know if you can find another country where you can mail a letter for 45 cents to anywhere in that country, and if the person at the other end has moved, will said country forward the mail to anywhere for FREE! Nuff said.

I hadn't heard about this. Yuck! Thanks for ...

2012-01-08T17:53:42.841-05:00

I hadn't heard about this. Yuck! Thanks for sharing. I'd rather this than lose Saturday delivery--which will probably happen too, soon enough.

Bahhumg on them not letting us get them in better ...

2011-12-31T18:07:00.524-05:00

Bahhumg on them not letting us get them in better advance...not like they don't know the hike is coming. Okay little mini rant over and I third the motion about the retirement.

Stephanie, to your last question - I second that.

2011-12-31T11:09:37.894-05:00

Stephanie, to your last question - I second that.

32¢ for a postcard? $1.05 for intl. mail? Ouch. No...

2011-12-31T11:02:05.464-05:00

32¢ for a postcard? $1.05 for intl. mail? Ouch. No wonder I haven't been mailing much lately. I'm going to have to get actual intl mail stamps at some point - no longer can I put two First Class stamps together and add 10¢ and call it a day. But a booklet will be over $20... This is becoming an expensive hobby. When are they going to reverse the law to put away $5 billion a year for retirement accounts?

I asked at my post office this week if they had th...

2011-12-31T10:43:15.612-05:00

I asked at my post office this week if they had the new stamps - no, and no idea when they'd get them. I don't see them on the USPS.com website yet. Hopefully we'll see them soon, but if it's been like some past rate changes, they won't be available until a few days before the change.

The international one is the one that hurts me a b...

2011-12-31T00:43:54.354-05:00

The international one is the one that hurts me a bunch. Ouch. I have alot of international pals. Also means a lot less postcrossing for me.

Any idea when we can buy the new international and postcard stamps?

I know USPS has serious financial problems but in ...

2011-12-30T12:57:15.210-05:00

I know USPS has serious financial problems but in this terrible economy there are also plenty of families who are struggling to survive. For my family, these postage increases simply mean I'll have to send less mail. :(

very clever of them to use "adjusts" whe...

2011-12-29T01:59:58.958-05:00

very clever of them to use "adjusts" when normal people would probably say "increases".

Gah! I can't integrate all those changes into ...

2011-12-28T20:44:53.442-05:00

Gah! I can't integrate all those changes into my head at once!

Thanks for the update.

2011-12-28T20:26:25.707-05:00

Thanks for the update.