{"id":5242,"date":"2011-11-17T10:36:10","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T17:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/?p=5242"},"modified":"2011-11-17T10:37:23","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T17:37:23","slug":"postal-rate-increase-january-22-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=5242","title":{"rendered":"Postal Rate Increase January 22, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Postal rates go up January 22 and the post office is being pretty quiet about it.\u00a0 Perhaps so that you don&#8217;t go out and stock up on forever stamps.\u00a0 Perhaps because nobody mails anything anymore so people don&#8217;t care.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/news\/national-releases\/2011\/pr11_116.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Details on the USPS web site<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/poppy.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5243\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=5243\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/poppy.jpg?fit=350%2C539&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"350,539\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"poppy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/poppy.jpg?fit=350%2C539&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5243\" title=\"poppy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/poppy-194x300.jpg?resize=129%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/poppy.jpg?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/poppy.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Highlights of the new single-piece First-Class Mail pricing, effective Jan. 22, 2012, include:<\/p>\n<p>Letters (1 oz.) \u2013 1-cent increase to 45 cents<\/p>\n<p>Letters additional ounces \u2013 unchanged at 20 cents<\/p>\n<p><strong> Postcards \u2013 3-cent increase to 32 cents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Letters to Canada or Mexico (1 oz.) \u2013 5-cent increase to 85 cents.<\/p>\n<p>Letters to other international destinations \u2013 7-cent increase to $1.05<\/p>\n<p>This is not going to solve the post offices deficit problem.\u00a0 Part of their agreement with the Federal Govt is that in exchange for the first class mail monopoly they cannot increase prices more than inflation and they can&#8217;t cut service.\u00a0 Of course this formula won&#8217;t work as the volume shrinks because of email and the internet. Governments resistance to new technologies and the changes that they cause tend to exacerbate the problems.\u00a0 Please let old things die or change.\u00a0 Unfortunately:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The USPS is the Amtrak of our children&#8217;s generation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Postal rates go up January 22 and the post office is being pretty quiet about it.\u00a0 Perhaps so that you don&#8217;t go out and stock up on forever stamps.\u00a0 Perhaps because nobody mails anything anymore so people don&#8217;t care.\u00a0 Details on the USPS web site Highlights of the new single-piece First-Class Mail pricing, effective Jan. 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