Friendly Reminder - New Postage Rates Effective Today

[insidethewrapper]

1-8 oz is 2.60. Now 1st class up to 16 oz from 13oz.

[Beatles Guy]

We still get charged a "fuel surcharge" by UPS here at work. Since prices are lower than they've been in a decade or more, when does this go away?

[savedfrommyspokes]

What is surprising, is that I can take all of my 4 oz or less mailings to the USPS counter and pay $2.54 versus the click and ship rate of $2.60 that ebay offers. Go figure.

Also, you can no longer purchase "1st class package" labels via the USPS.com website.....now a sender (who does not use ebay mailing, stamps.com, etc) has to make a trip to the USPS counter instead of using USPS's click to ship online option.

Go figure (again).

[mybuddyinc]

Funny, just before reading this post, I did a 4 oz. label via paypal, and saw the $2.60 !!! The slight increase does add up, BUT if it's now 2.60 for 1- 8 oz., it'll probably even out for slightly heavier packages.

[bbcard1]

I have only recently began selling on ebay again (the result of a basement purge) where I used to nail postage prices, I am now much to low. I actually sold one item for less than it cost me to ship.

[Cozumeleno]

The (not so) funny thing here is that since eBay takes a cut of shipping costs collected by sellers, increases like this only give them more money. eBay is the only one who wins here. Sellers pay more in shipping and that cost is often passed on to the buyer.

In other words, I find it hard to believe that the increased prices upset them.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

1-8 oz is 2.60. Now 1st class up to 16 oz from 13oz.

I am puzzled by this (not saying you are wrong). The new USPS Price List (a/k/a USPS Notice 123) effective January 17th shows the RETAIL rate for a First Class parcel weighing up to 3 ounces to be $2.54 - yet, I was just charged $2.60 for a 3 ounce eBay parcel I am shipping - why is eBay charging more than retail?

Also, this new USPS Price List shows that the limit for First Class continues to be 13 ounces. I am puzzled as to where the new 16 ounce limit comes from. I think this link will work for this new Price List:
http://pe.usps.com/cpim/ftp/manuals/.../Notice123.pdf

Val

[pow323]

Wonder if I can get a 20% pay raise to match the cost of living rates that have gone up? GOOD LUCK!!!

[insidethewrapper]

Val: See page 13. Not sure what the retail first class at 2.54 is about and that only goes to 13 oz not the 15.999 oz . Can any postal workers explain the difference ?

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

Val: See page 13. Not sure what the retail first class at 2.54 is about and that only goes to 13 oz not the 15.999 oz . Can any postal workers explain the difference ?

Mike, many thanks for bringing Page 13 to my attention, as I hadn't looked at it. I have now compared this page to Page 13 of the previous edition of Notice 123, and I see that it has been reconfigured - there were 4 different prices for each weight, whereas now there is only one price. FYI, I was paying $2.04 for a 3 ounce First Class parcel (as shown on the old Page 13), which was a nice discount from the $2.54 retail price. I suspect the USPS has screwed something up and that a correction to Notice 123 will be forthcoming (perhaps to Page 1, which may now show incorrect retail prices).
Val

[pawpawdiv9]

Weird??
I use the small flat rate boxes, it usually says PM 2-day for 5.95, well i sent a package out today and it says PM 1-day for 6.80...
SO what changed here??? Quicker mail delivery too with the hike??

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9

Weird??
I use the small flat rate boxes, it usually says PM 2-day for 5.95, well i sent a package out today and it says PM 1-day for 6.80...
SO what changed here??? Quicker mail delivery too with the hike??

Doubt it. Probably just an estimate based on location. Sometimes the Priority Labels say One Day for me, and sometimes they say Three Days.

[kmac32]

Just mailed a small flat rate box out and the fee went from $5.95 to $6.80. Amazing that this happens when fuel costs are down nation wide. Hopefully the service will be better but I doubt it.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

I am puzzled by this (not saying you are wrong). The new USPS Price List (a/k/a USPS Notice 123) effective January 17th shows the RETAIL rate for a First Class parcel weighing up to 3 ounces to be $2.54 - yet, I was just charged $2.60 for a 3 ounce eBay parcel I am shipping - why is eBay charging more than retail?

Also, this new USPS Price List shows that the limit for First Class continues to be 13 ounces. I am puzzled as to where the new 16 ounce limit comes from. I think this link will work for this new Price List:
http://pe.usps.com/cpim/ftp/manuals/.../Notice123.pdf

Val

Stamps.com is also at $2.60 up to 8 ounces, so it's not just Ebay.

There also seems to be a jump all the way up to $3.30 from 8 ounces to 9 ounces.

They also allow up to 16 ounces for first class.