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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 01:20 PM
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Regular stamps are going up to 44 cents on Monday?
Am I the last to know this?
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LiberalAndProud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 01:20 PM
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1. Stock up on Liberty stamps today.
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robinlynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 01:31 PM
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8. grab some freedom fries whil you're at it?
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 01:21 PM
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2. Yes, yes you are
That's why I bought 100 Forever stamps at Costco.
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 01:21 PM
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3. Stamp run on the post offices this weekend! It's a better investment than gold
Edited on Fri May-08-09 01:21 PM by Muttocracy
:woohoo:

:yoiks:
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 01:24 PM
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4. I'll be getting a few 2 cent stamps
I still think this is a bargain.
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 01:26 PM
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5. You're not the last. I may be, though.
When was this announced?
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 01:33 PM
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10. I happened to see a sign on the door at my local post office a few weeks ago.
Not exactly a public relations campaign.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 01:27 PM
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Missy Vixen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 01:28 PM
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7. The post office is actually a private-run concern
Don't let that ruin your rant, though.
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Liberal In Texas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 01:32 PM
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9. Unless you're clearing over 250K/yr. your taxes are going DOWN under
Pres. Obama.
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STOP_BS Donating Member (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 01:39 PM
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12. I SAID sales taxes and property taxes in Miami is going UP AND UP
Edited on Fri May-08-09 01:40 PM by STOP_BS
SALES TAXES IS GOING UP
PROPERTY TAXES IS GOING UP

:) :)

due to abuse of SPENDING AND SPENDING ON PORK AND EARMARKS.

THE MIAMI POLICE IS STOPPING AND TICKETING DRIVERS AGGRESSIVELY SEEMS THE CITY IS ON DESPERATION FOR $$$ AND ATTACKING THE CITIZENS.
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ejpoeta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 01:42 PM
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14. here they've gotten creative. they reassessed all the property around her up
about double what it was before. that way they can raise the taxes without actually raising the taxes. they are doing it all over in wny... i am sure they are doing this elsewhere as well.
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 01:37 PM
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11. Nope, I am (the last person to know)
Edited on Fri May-08-09 01:39 PM by hedgehog
I still love the post office, though. They do a good job.

Imagine what Fed-Ex or UPS would charge for this:

http://crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=312644
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ejpoeta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 01:41 PM
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13. it seems every time i buy stamps the price goes up again. it's ridiculous!
if i buy stamps, they should still be good! i shouldn't have to buy 1cent stamps or 2 cent stamps! i just got rid of my 41cent stamps and was putting two stamps on things because i didn't even know for sure how much it was for a stamp. i am so tired of them continually raising the damned prices of stamps. they should only be allowed to do it once a year or something. grrr. and they don't give you those forever stamps unless you explicitly ask for them. can you even get those anymore?
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Davis_X_Machina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 01:52 PM
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15. Self-del.
Edited on Fri May-08-09 01:53 PM by Davis_X_Machina
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 03:09 PM
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18. They do only raise it once year-- in May. Every year.
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 05:16 PM
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22. Yes, they still sell them. nt
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michreject Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 01:54 PM
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16. Cool
I thought they were .47. I'm saving .03.:)
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 02:11 PM
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17. The Post Office is TOO BIG TO ALLOW IT TO FAIL!
How much did they jack up the price of 3rd class junk mail?
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FailureToCommunicate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 03:26 PM
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19. I'm not the first to say "chill". Look what you get for .42 CENTS: You walk up to a blue
Edited on Fri May-08-09 03:39 PM by FailureToCommunicate
box anywhere, or slot, or even FROM YOUR MAILBOX at the end of your 1/4 mile drive in Frozen Sneakers Nebraska. And a real person takes it and sorts it and delivers it......ANYWHERE in America. Even if it's going to a concrete jungle
in Erie, PA or to some mountain retreat in Colorado, or even to the cute next door neighbor you're too chicken to call. For $.42 cents!!! An amount so small they don't even bother putting a symbol for it on my keyboard!
I'm not fretting the .02 cent raise.
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rvablue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 03:34 PM
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20. I agree. It's one of the few bargains that still exist. And after having lived in a developing
country with a "postal system" (emphasis on the quotation marks) it has made me appreciate the accuracy and speed and breadth of the USPO even more.


Can't ever understand why people get mad about the small increases. It's a true bargain!
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 05:14 PM
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21. I agree it's still a bargain
I said so in my second post on this thread.

I'm just used to getting more foreknowledge of the increase.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-08-09 05:21 PM
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23. They should have raised the price to 50 cents..ages ago
Edited on Fri May-08-09 05:21 PM by SoCalDem
they've done this penny-here-penny-there routine for so long, they never get ahead of the game..The way they raise it, they just piss people off because of all the "supplemental" stamps they have to keep buying..

It's like pricing milk by the mouthful, instead of by the carton.. Many times you'll dump milk that spoils, but you don't have to keep running to the store every day for a fresh dribble of milk either..
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