PRICE HIKE WILL BE 3 CENTS...
In case you missed it..
YES the price will
be going up again to 41 cents each!
If this keeps going who the heck will be able
to send a card or mail a bill?? Progress is coming
along so that most of our bills will be paid
electronically in the future. AFTER 9/11 all kinds
of changes were made because planes were not flying and
the mail could not be transported. It caused so
many problems that they just had to make
the changes so that it would be easier to
do transactions. Since then most companies
would prefer you do your business that way.
If most places go that way..why will we even need
so many stamps? Is technology making way for the
extinction of mail as we know it?? I mean with
E-mail and all the other devices..chances are the
U.S. Postal Service is going to be in deep trouble pretty
soon.
I rarely recieve letters..real letters..in the mail anymore.
I recieve junk mailings and bills... that's all. All other
correspondence is via e-mail or phone. I noticed that
this year for the first time..we received only a handful
of Christmas cards. Snail mail is just that SNAIL'S Pace.
Everyone is in the hurry up mode today and we have no
patience to wait two or three days for a letter to arrive.
US Postage can go up and up..just like everything else does,
but I am wondering if it will someday be a lost thing like
BETA tapes, Black and White TV's, and a Walkman.
We have to buy gas for our cars to go places.. we don't
HAVE to always send that birthday card or letter anymore.
I can remember when postcards were only 4 cents each.
1963..I received my first postcard in the mail from
a friend who went on vacation with her family to
Florida. I was thrilled to get mail..those days of
being thrilled to get mail are long gone now.. With
computers now..kids can talk to their relatives and
friends immediately and no need to send a card.
I wonder where all that money is going when we
get an increase???
There is talk of a "FOREVER"
stamp.. Postal customers will be able to avoid future
price increases on first-class postage if the U.S.
Postal Service adopts a "forever stamp" that got
the backing today of a government commission.
The forever stamp, which was proposed last year,
would sell for the first-class rate at the time of purchase
and would remain valid even if prices continue to rise.
Hmmm I bet this works.. I would be willling to buy them
anything to keep the costs down.
Whichever way you look at it.. the mail will probably
go on forever.. it will get delivered daily like it is supposed to
but just how much of it will be important mail..we can only guess.
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