Post office raises rates and slows down mail for “prime” season! (1 Viewer)

[SpaceMonkey420]

Just left the post office. New “prime time” rates are in place. All packages go up in price AND they slow down. My 2 day (I live rural was never 2 days but) I just sent a barrel to Ohio “priorty”. Ticket says expected in 7 days and it was $9.30 SFRB priority. Manager says expect delays and price hikes all thru the Christmas season. They say it’s temp for now, guess we We will wait and see.

 

[Josh Kifer]

Yup.

9.30 SFRB and Mailers
16.20 MFRB
22.30 for LFRB

This is from memory, so odds are I'm wrong on literally every digit but the first one...

 

[sleepypiggly]

Yea I just saw it too when shipping stuff...

https://about.usps.com/newsroom/nat...-adjustments-for-2021-peak-holiday-season.htm

 

[SpaceMonkey420]

None of them talk about adding days, only money but the expected delivery dates is bumped by a min of 2 days on all parcels I was told.

 

[FordPickup92]

Yeah just noticed this on PayPal shipping

 

[toothpic]

Yup, packages I sent out early this week are delayed already.

 

[FordPickup92]

Yup, packages I sent out early this week are delayed already.

 

[turboj623]

I noticed it as well. I dropped off some packages yesterday and they the scan says I dropped them off today. I forgot about the rates until I was creating the labels.

 

[SixSpeedFury]

That's their way of saying let's see how much they pay for it before making the prices permanent.

 

[casinochipper22]

maybe they are finally operating like a real business by charging a premium for busy season. I can't blame them.

 

[kaimat]

Looks like USPS's "Strategic Plan" is being challenged by 20 attorneys general.

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/07/1044205288/states-complaints-postal-service-cutbacks

(Not trying to turn this into a political debate. The article is related to the discussion about more expensive and longer shipping times.)

 

[Thomacetti]

International product unaffected...guess they found out there is no more blood in that stone.

 

[Rieguy]

They say it’s temp for now, guess we We will wait and see.

Just sent a Padded FR Env - Priority 2-day this morning and it was back to $8.55 instead of the $9.30 it was. Obviously it's an insignificant amount, but figured I would update.