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> USPS Price Increases, 13 July 2025
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post Jul 2 2025, 11:42 AM
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Get ready to pay a whole lot more. Probably going to even up with FedEx and UPS cost.


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post Jul 2 2025, 02:02 PM
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All that and the freakin' letter carriers still can not deliver the correct mail to the correct address. I get mail weekly for neighbors in my area. The carriers must be blind or illiterate. I have almost no respect for them these days. They dress like complete slobs and if they did not get out of a USPS vehicle, one would not know they were Postal employees.

My father-in-law retired as a Post Master in the Bay Area and lived with us for the last 4+ years of his life. He would just shake his head when he saw the way the Postal service has slid down the hill.
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post Jul 2 2025, 03:59 PM
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Yep, at one time it was a big deal to get on at USPS. Now anything goes and the quality of the work speaks for itself.
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post Jul 2 2025, 06:57 PM
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Traditionally they hired a huge percentage of people straight out of the military but I think that's gone by the wayside as other employment has drawn a lot of those people away. They also moved several years ago to lots of flex part time people, making it far less attractive to work there long term, no actual career opportunities.
The result, a far different workforce then the one we remember.
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post Jul 4 2025, 07:50 AM
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The best value I've found shipping items has been with PirateShip.com. You need to be able to print your own labels, though. I use copy paper and clear packing tape to attach them.
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post Jul 4 2025, 08:24 AM
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Mailed a package from San Diego to San Antonio yesterday. Haven't done so for a while and had sticker shock. Best part was when she told me, with a straight face, they could get it there tomorrow for $73.10. I selected Ground Advantage for a mere $16.00 but asked if they had just a "ground" because I didn't see any advantage. She didn't get it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
I won't get into barely being able to understand the person behind the counter.
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post Jul 4 2025, 09:30 AM
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I can live with stuff around 10% but 28% and 51% get my attention. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
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post Jul 4 2025, 08:38 PM
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Here's my suggestion: reduce delivery to MWF or TThSa in alternate neighborhoods, and cull the bottom half of delivery staff. And look for other cost cutting solutions.

I don't need daily delivery, especially when it often is late anyway.
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post Jul 5 2025, 06:25 AM
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QUOTE(bkrantz @ Jul 4 2025, 07:38 PM) *

Here's my suggestion: reduce delivery to MWF or TThSa in alternate neighborhoods, and cull the bottom half of delivery staff. And look for other cost cutting solutions.

I don't need daily delivery, especially when it often is late anyway.


Not a bad idea but it eliminates next day delivery. Last time I checked USPS was lowest on next day. I use Priority flat rate but never plain priority as UPS and FedEx always have better rates than USOS priority.
Ground advantage is the worst and slowest.
It is a combo of postal and UPS.
Use Pirateship.com if you want to save on shipping and it compares UPS and postal
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post Jul 5 2025, 06:25 AM
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QUOTE(bkrantz @ Jul 4 2025, 07:38 PM) *

Here's my suggestion: reduce delivery to MWF or TThSa in alternate neighborhoods, and cull the bottom half of delivery staff. And look for other cost cutting solutions.

I don't need daily delivery, especially when it often is late anyway.
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post Jul 5 2025, 08:46 AM
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QUOTE(bdstone914 @ Jul 5 2025, 04:25 AM) *

QUOTE(bkrantz @ Jul 4 2025, 07:38 PM) *

Here's my suggestion: reduce delivery to MWF or TThSa in alternate neighborhoods, and cull the bottom half of delivery staff. And look for other cost cutting solutions.

I don't need daily delivery, especially when it often is late anyway.


Not a bad idea but it eliminates next day delivery. Last time I checked USPS was lowest on next day. I use Priority flat rate but never plain priority as UPS and FedEx always have better rates than USOS priority.
Ground advantage is the worst and slowest.
It is a combo of postal and UPS.
Use Pirateship.com if you want to save on shipping and it compares UPS and postal

USPS doesn't really offer next day delivery, they stopped this several years ago, they now describe their fastest service as:
Priority Mail Express® service provides 1–3 day delivery service by 6 PM with a money–back guarantee.
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post Jul 5 2025, 10:12 AM
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I often hear my 'latest' mail person coming because they're zoned out and having some drama filled intense conversation through an ear piece and consequently delivering my package 100 house numbers off !
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post Jul 5 2025, 12:26 PM
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After I had a really bad experience with the USPS when I purchased an collection of items worth $1100 stolen by a USPS employee out of a sorting facility my faith in them dropped significantly. All I got from that package was the return shipping address and my address that was clearly cut from the upper layer the cardboard box and discarded on the sorting room floor via an enveloped mailed to me from the USPS. I searched for weeks to see if the items came up for sale on different outlets to no avail. I believe they should have cameras inside their facilities to curb behavior like this and hold their employees accountable. Now everything I ship gets covered in tamper tape.
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post Jul 5 2025, 09:04 PM
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Amending my previous comment: just end the post office.
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