Comments on: Stamp Prices Increased This Week http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2008/05/15/stamp-prices-increased-this-week/ personal finance tips, tricks, and commentary Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:21:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Frugal Canadian Living http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2008/05/15/stamp-prices-increased-this-week/comment-page-1/#comment-117358 Frugal Canadian Living Mon, 19 May 2008 13:05:07 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2008/05/15/stamp-prices-increased-this-week/#comment-117358 In Canada the increase in the price of a stamp is by law less than the cost of inflation. So it does not make sense to stock up on "permanent" value stamps. I wrote an analysis on this. I would assume that it is the same in the US. http://frugalcanadianliving.blogspot.com/2008/03/cost-of-mailing-letter-in-canada.html In Canada the increase in the price of a stamp is by law less than the cost of inflation. So it does not make sense to stock up on “permanent” value stamps.

I wrote an analysis on this. I would assume that it is the same in the US.

http://frugalcanadianliving.bl.....anada.html

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2008/05/15/stamp-prices-increased-this-week/comment-page-1/#comment-117304 Jeremy Thu, 15 May 2008 13:41:34 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2008/05/15/stamp-prices-increased-this-week/#comment-117304 These frequent postage increases are really starting to irritate me. I still have a handful of 2 cent stamps to offset my finally dwindling roll of 39 cent stamps, and now I need to get 1 cent stamps just so I can use my remaining stock. This is mainly for stuff I have to mail for work, so it isn't the cost that is an issue, but the stupid extra stamps you have to put on. I mean, why can't they just grandfather the old stamps? I'd like to see if the 1 penny they lose from a few people using up their existing stamps is more than the actual cost of printing all these stupid 1 and 2 cent stamps. I'm willing to bet that it is costing them more to print all the extra stamps than to let people get away without paying an extra penny. These frequent postage increases are really starting to irritate me. I still have a handful of 2 cent stamps to offset my finally dwindling roll of 39 cent stamps, and now I need to get 1 cent stamps just so I can use my remaining stock.

This is mainly for stuff I have to mail for work, so it isn’t the cost that is an issue, but the stupid extra stamps you have to put on.

I mean, why can’t they just grandfather the old stamps? I’d like to see if the 1 penny they lose from a few people using up their existing stamps is more than the actual cost of printing all these stupid 1 and 2 cent stamps. I’m willing to bet that it is costing them more to print all the extra stamps than to let people get away without paying an extra penny.

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