USPS’ plan to lower postal costs
May 14, 2007 at 5:26 pm by Tammy Vinson in Not-lantaThe U.S. Postal Service can’t seem to stay off the bandwagon, that is, the hike-in-prices bandwagon. The postal worker at the post office informed me today that while I slept, last night’s prices not only went up on postage stamps but bread, gas and milk among other things. He was surprised that I was shocked because the cost of mailing a package to the same place went up approximately $4 in exactly a week. In fact, the package I sent last Monday to California cost me a little over $8 and was promised to arrive in two to three days. The package I mailed today, of the same weight and to the same place, cost $11.95 for seven-day delivery or $16.95 for two to three day delivery.
According to the U.S. Postal Service, “the new price structure will create a more efficient mail system so that the overall cost of using the mail is as low as possible.” I guess we will see if their reverse theory will actually work.
New Prices Effective May 14, 2007: Shaping a More Efficient Future
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