Postal Cuts / Price increase time

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It's that time of the year again. In an effort to pay for all the retirement programs they promised, the USPS is raising prices again. If it's anything like last year, the increase ended up being about a quarter for First Class packages and fifty to seventy five cents for Priority Mail packages.

They're closing some sorting centers as well, which may increase delivery times a day or two. Take that into account when refilling your stashes.

Link to the story...

...the U.S. Postal Service on Monday morning announced major budget and service cuts.


As a result of the $3 billion in cuts, first-class mail that used to take just one day to deliver will now take two to three days. Stamps will also rise in cost by 1 cent to 45 cents, starting next month.


The cuts would force the closure of 250 of the nearly 500 mail processing centers around the country, as well as some 3,700 local post offices this coming spring....