Cost of stamps increasing July 13: See USPS's new prices

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

It's your last chance to get a 73 cent Forever stamp, because stamp prices are going up, again.

The United States Postal Service (USPS) will be raising the first-class Forever stamp price, as well as other products, on Sunday, July 13, USPS Senior Public Relations Representative Marti Johnson confirmed on Saturday, July 12.

"The Postal Service’s Market Dominant and Competitive Services price increases take effect this weekend," Johnson said.

The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), the federal agency that oversees the postal service, had been weighing approving a 5-cent spike on the stamp, according to a news release in May. The price increase has since been approved by the commission, according to Johnson.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cost-stamps-increasing-july-13-183641534.html

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. I picked up two books three weeks ago at COSTCO

[Mollyann]

2. Us-foreverstamps.com

I buy the roll of 100 flag forever stamps for $19.99. Specialty and seasonal themes cost more, but still at reduced prices. I don't use many. I prefer to pay the bills I am responsible for online. My husband prefers writing checks and mailing the old fashion way. I usually order two rolls at a time. They last a long time. They are shipped by the postal service and delivered to my mail box.

[cloudbase]

9. Caveat emptor.

https://www.uspis.gov/news/scam-article/counterfeit-stamps

https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/verify/us-forever-stamps-discount-online-false-verify/95-9d08a76e-46b2-49f2-a21c-9a181bf88d12

[KentuckyWoman]

3. Oh goodness!!

The last time I bought forever stamps they were 49 cents. I still have quite a lot so have not kept up with pricing. I've a got real goldmine hiding in my address book.

Which also begs the question... how on earth can these folks still afford to send out mass junk mail?

[Journeyman]

4. A friend of mine, a stamp collector, had a "History of the Postage Stamp" poster . . .

Beginning with the foundation of the postal system in 1775, the stamps were large, ornate works of art, with a cost of 1/4¢. As you read down the poster, the period changed -- the Federalist Era, Civil War, Gilded Age, etc. Each epoch, the stamps got smaller, the artwork plainer, and the cost rose substantially. Finally, the last stamp, labeled "Future Postage," was a twenty dollar bill stapled to the envelope.

[dalton99a]

5. Kick

[FoxNewsSucks]

6. Soon we'll just have to staple a dollar bill to the envelope

[lamp_shade]

7. I still have 1/2 a book of forever stamps.... at least 5 years old.

[Intractable]

8. I love email. It changed my life.