Re: [MBZ] Postage Rate Increase

2007-05-18 Thread Christopher McCann
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Re: [MBZ] Postage Rate Increase

2007-05-18 Thread Jim Cathey
what is different about this increase is that it is not just based on weight but size also...as you point out. It used to cost $4.75 to mail a cruise control amp, now it's about $6.30 or so. Neither factor changed in this case. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] Postage Rate Increase

2007-05-18 Thread Rich Thomas
Strap a GPS to it, set it on 120, and let her rip! --R Jim Cathey wrote: what is different about this increase is that it is not just based on weight but size also...as you point out. It used to cost $4.75 to mail a cruise control amp, now it's about $6.30 or so. Neither factor changed

Re: [MBZ] Postage Rate Increase

2007-05-18 Thread Christopher McCann
uh...Jim...rethink. It's a postal INCREASE. In the past, the increase was based solely on weight, they did not care the dimensions, now they do. Your price went up and I realize that your package hasn't changed, but you have no idea how to account for the $1.55 difference. It may be solely the

Re: [MBZ] Postage Rate Increase

2007-05-18 Thread Allan Streib
Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: DIMENSIONS of the package...that was never a consideration in the past. Actually, I think there have been extra charges for odd/oversized letters for some time. Not sure what the exact limits are, though. I do recall having to put extra postage

Re: [MBZ] Postage Rate Increase

2007-05-18 Thread Christopher McCann
It's true that dimensions did play a role in the past too, but with this increase, they added additional dimension requirements...which is not a normal part of the postal increases we've seen in recent years. Chris Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christopher McCann writes: DIMENSIONS

Re: [MBZ] Postage Rate Increase

2007-05-18 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Fri, 18 May 2007 09:33:31 -0400 Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: DIMENSIONS of the package...that was never a consideration in the past. Actually, I think there have been extra charges for odd/oversized letters for some time. Not

[MBZ] Postage Rate Increase

2007-05-17 Thread Craig McCluskey
In case you've been hiding under a rock like my wife and I have, the cost of sending mail went up on Monday. Craig From http://postcalc.usps.gov/Popups/pop_up23.htm, First-Class Mail Letters First-Class Mail, Priority

Re: [MBZ] Postage Rate Increase

2007-05-17 Thread John W. Reames III
If it is too thick it goes up too; a not-sharply-creased two page business letter in a com10 envelope can push out to about half an inch thik, so it will cost you $.80 instead of $.41 I sh*t you not -j. On Thu, 17 May 2007, Craig McCluskey wrote: In case you've been hiding under a rock