New postage rates, affect

[meuandthelot]

Christmas cards.

Yes, my better half just showed me the receipt, not $0.41, not even $0.55, but

we had to pay the $0.96 oversize rate on WACH of the 27 cards($25.92)!!!

I wonder if the USPS realized they'd be getting this "Parcel" $$ windfall??

[snowkat]

At first I thought it said "sent 27 cards for 96 cents" - thought that was a pretty good deal :)

USPS pricing has become like the tax code. Plenty of ways to squeeze more money out because it's "oversize", "rigid", "has bubble packaging", "contains noxious sportscards", etc...

Merry Christmas!!

[meuandthelot]

Nope, quite a shock really as she nor I had thought about the USPS changes.

It was almost $40.00 to mail just our cards this year v/s the couple books of stamps in years past.
Oh Well..Not much we can do.
Time to get, or make sure we use smaller "Non-Parcel-Non-Rigid" cards. Hmmm, perhaps there's a bizz op. in here somewhere..lol

Happy Holidays

[chrisjacobs7]

Wow, what a ripoff! I hate how the Post Office tries to get this extra money out of you...