US Postage Increase

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 27 May 2007 10:25

I hadn't heard much about this so maybe a few of you missed it too.

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[quote]US Postage Increase 2007

Itâ€™s the time of the year again and now itâ€™s official. Effective May 14, 2007, the US postage rate will increase once more. That last postage increase was in January 2006 and the one before that was back in 2002.

One interesting thing about 2007 postage increase is the introduction of a â€œforeverâ€

habitat · Post by **habitat** » 27 May 2007 11:30

ghost ride the whip

Jimpenske · Post by **Jimpenske** » 27 May 2007 12:22

Freedom Footbags definitely noticed it!

jrstubs · Post by **jrstubs** » 27 May 2007 13:36

Psh, its cheaper to ship now. wow guys...

Before: 39 cents for the first oz, each additional oz, 24 cents. soooo...

87 cents for a 3 oz package

Now: 41 cents for the first oz, each additional oz, 17 cents.soooo...

75 cents for a 3 oz package

shipping charges should have gone down, this is why I offer free shipping...

Jimpenske · Post by **Jimpenske** » 27 May 2007 14:36

It hasn't gone down. 75 cents for a 3 oz LETTER. If your sending something that's more than 1/4 inch thick (say Mr. Sandbag) you have to use the 1st class FLAT. Not first class LETTER. It used to be 87 cents to send one Mr. Sandbag. Now it's $1.14. Priority used to be $4.05 now it's $4.60. Plus they got rid of the global priority envelope. Now it's ridiculous to send international packages.

King Monkey · Post by **King Monkey** » 27 May 2007 15:27

So how much does international postage cost now Jim? Or is it ridiculous because there's no priority envelope, so shipping takes longer?

Nathan · Post by **Nathan** » 27 May 2007 18:50

jim's right. shipping bags sucks now.

brinard · Post by **brinard** » 27 May 2007 19:19

i think its enough to just suck it up. its not really that bad to ship a bag, especially if you make money off it. give aways are different...

youre getting more than you should for whatever bag you make, so just be happy you made the sale. if you are really worried about it, raise your prices slowly, and end when your profit is what it used to be. that way nobody cares, and they think you improved your product.

im more happy to cut deals and make shipping on me, or give a discount for a larger number of bags, just to sell a bag or two extra to the same person. its not too big of a deal to me to pay 2-3 dollars to ship to anyone. i dont even charge extra to ship overseas.

its just about getting your stuff safely to wherever. im willing to pay what it takes to make people happy. im glad i dont have to ups it or fed ex it, so i dont really mind.

/rant

jrstubs · Post by **jrstubs** » 28 May 2007 06:50

did you ever hear of inflation, its a bad thing.

shreddaily · Post by **shreddaily** » 28 May 2007 07:13

brinard wrote: its not too big of a deal to me to pay 2-3 dollars to ship to anyone.

uhhhhhhh...u and freedom footbags are on a slightly different playing field.

Pengu · Post by **Pengu** » 28 May 2007 07:13

Ya'll in the states don't know how good you have it when it comes to postage.

Canada Post is a nightmare.

Jimpenske · Post by **Jimpenske** » 28 May 2007 11:49

uhhhhhhh...u and freedom footbags are on a slightly different playing field. Rolling Eyes

Thanks Nate. When you're sending 10-20 packages per day it adds up.

About the global priority: they got rid of the small global priority which used to be $4.25 to Canada and $5.25 to any other country. We used it a lot. You can pack a lot of stuff in one of those small priority envelopes. They kept the large global priority but it's $7.50 to Canada and $9.50 to other countries. And the normal International First Class Air Mail went way up. There's no sense complaining about it. It's like gas, they can charge whatever they want and we still have to buy it.