Comments on: What The Heck…The Postal Service? http://alntv.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/what-the-heck-postal-service/ Pessimistic Views From An Optimistic Person Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:17:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: tnemily http://alntv.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/what-the-heck-postal-service/#comment-683 tnemily Sat, 10 May 2008 06:16:58 +0000 http://alntv.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-683 Yeah, see, I do a lot of budgeting involving first class postage for the company I work for, and I DON"T want to see them just jack up the rate to $0.50... I get you, I do. But the bulk of mail comes from businesses, not individuals. We're already in a recession, we don't need to postage to make it worse...I'm already ticked at USPS to dropping this one-cent increase on us without much notice (after most companies have finished the budgeting process). I should add - our family pays more and more bills online and mails less and less - USPS needs to get with the program... Yeah, see, I do a lot of budgeting involving first class postage for the company I work for, and I DON”T want to see them just jack up the rate to $0.50…

I get you, I do. But the bulk of mail comes from businesses, not individuals. We’re already in a recession, we don’t need to postage to make it worse…I’m already ticked at USPS to dropping this one-cent increase on us without much notice (after most companies have finished the budgeting process).

I should add - our family pays more and more bills online and mails less and less - USPS needs to get with the program…

]]> By: mandy http://alntv.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/what-the-heck-postal-service/#comment-671 mandy Fri, 09 May 2008 17:37:51 +0000 http://alntv.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-671 Alan, they're called "Forever" stamps, silly! And they've been out since before LAST year's rate hike. So if you would have stocked up then you would have got them for 40 cents, and you could be a rich man today! Or something like that... Alan, they’re called “Forever” stamps, silly! And they’ve been out since before LAST year’s rate hike. So if you would have stocked up then you would have got them for 40 cents, and you could be a rich man today! Or something like that…

]]> By: heather http://alntv.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/what-the-heck-postal-service/#comment-669 heather Fri, 09 May 2008 14:56:13 +0000 http://alntv.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-669 That sign has been up in the post office for a long time, about the time that people started advising you to write "see id" on the back of your cards. The reason the post office does that is because it actually voids your credit card if you do that. Ask your credit card company about it. Walmart has a sign on every register that says please have your id ready to show if using a credit card or writing a check. I have only been asked to show it one single time in the past year. So I guess it doesn't matter what I write on the back.... That sign has been up in the post office for a long time, about the time that people started advising you to write “see id” on the back of your cards. The reason the post office does that is because it actually voids your credit card if you do that. Ask your credit card company about it. Walmart has a sign on every register that says please have your id ready to show if using a credit card or writing a check. I have only been asked to show it one single time in the past year. So I guess it doesn’t matter what I write on the back….

]]> By: mom http://alntv.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/what-the-heck-postal-service/#comment-668 mom Fri, 09 May 2008 14:52:36 +0000 http://alntv.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-668 50 cents to mail a letter!!! My gosh what's the world coming to? Thank goodness I pay my bills online, automatically, of course, so unless I send out Christmas cards (which I don't--too many other things to spend THAT money on), or birthday cards (which I don't----I can't remember MY birthday, let alone any one else's), then I really don't need the post office. Oops!! I just spend a zillion dollars on postage to invite a gazillion people to a tri-birthday party in June. Plus the postage for the RSVP's. (How many of those will be returned? I'll end up calling everybody) Anyway, son, I figure 50 cents is a lot cheaper than $4.00 a gallon to take the message in person, don't you? Except any message to me should ALWAYS be face to face!!!!Love 50 cents to mail a letter!!! My gosh what’s the world coming to? Thank goodness I pay my bills online, automatically, of course, so unless I send out Christmas cards (which I don’t–too many other things to spend THAT money on), or birthday cards (which I don’t—-I can’t remember MY birthday, let alone any one else’s), then I really don’t need the post office. Oops!! I just spend a zillion dollars on postage to invite a gazillion people to a tri-birthday party in June. Plus the postage for the RSVP’s. (How many of those will be returned? I’ll end up calling everybody) Anyway, son, I figure 50 cents is a lot cheaper than $4.00 a gallon to take the message in person, don’t you? Except any message to me should ALWAYS be face to face!!!!Love

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