post office blues

[pezesu]

hi, not to pleased wih the new rates! mailed 2 items today the first was a one card firesuit in bubble envelope insured for $49.00. the postage was $1.13 + $1.65 for insurance. the other was 2 cards sent in a bubble envelope cost was $1.30. what used to cost .52 is now $1.13, & what was .63 is now $1.30. OUCH!!!! perry

[timbart824]

Just shipped my first card with the new rates and can confirm Perry's blues...

One (1) Card/One (1) Ounce shipped USPS First Class in a #000 padded envelope = $1.13 (Increase of $0.61)
Delivery Confirmation thru PayPal = $0.18 (Increase of $0.04)

Tim
timbart824

[randallcards]

ya i mailed 6 packages today only 1 with DC the rest just first class cost me $14.00

[hagansp]

holy damn...this is not good

[nadeau01_johnson48]

yea, it's B.S. I mailed out three packages today with ONE CARD in each, and it came to a total of $3.49. Normally, it would have been around $1.70. Rediculous. For how crappy of a job the USPS does, they don't need to jack prices up even more. What a joke.

[Bondsaway]

Well I knew for a whole month the rates were going up. But had no idea that they would jump to this insanity.

[timbart824]

Well I knew for a whole month the rates were going up. But had no idea that they would jump to this insanity.

Ditto, but I was hoping #000 padded envelopes would be considered "large envelopes", in accordance with...http://www.sportstradercentral.com/a...highlight=usps. I believe it has something to do with whether a piece of mail can be machine sorted or not(?). I saw a post to this effect either here or over at NUTS a little while back...Maybe one of our USPS members can help shed some light on the reason for the higher rate increase for packages

I hate to raise my eBay S&H fee and I think this USPS rate increase will affect business on eBay, at least for lower dollar transactions. Already today I have bid less than I previously would have on a couple auctions, in order to compensate for the increased S&H.

Tim
timbart824

[stewart20rulz]

I guess it's time to hold on to cards instead of doing multiple separate trades and shipments with the same person until I get a decent stack to send. I'm going to try shipping all the cards at once in the same padded envelop or box once a decent stack is collected for trade or else the new rates are going to hurt trading badly.

[Bondsaway]

Yeah this is a killer for low end traders!

As far as Ebay goes I do factor what I pay including shipping on auctions I bid on. So someone with $5 S&H will get a lower bid than one for $3. Now higher end cards I'd rather pay a little more S&H so I know it will get to me in one piece!

[timbart824]

Yeah this is a killer for low end traders!

As far as Ebay goes I do factor what I pay including shipping on auctions I bid on. So someone with $5 S&H will get a lower bid than one for $3. Now higher end cards I'd rather pay a little more S&H so I know it will get to me in one piece!

Tim
timbart824