The increase in postage rates doesn't seem like a lot on the surface, but it adds up, doesn't it? I meant to include this table in the post, showing the prices from when the MFPE began vs. the prices now (as well as the proposed increases for January 2024):
August 2020
October 2023
January 2024 (proposed)
Domestic Postcard
$0.35 USD
$0.51 USD
$0.53 USD
Domestic Letter
$0.55 USD
$0.66 USD
$0.68 USD
International
$1.20 USD
$1.50 USD
$1.55 USD
Whenever someone asks me how much it costs to send a postcard (which I get asked a lot, when people know I run a postcard community), I always have to stop and actually think about it because it just doesn't make sense (in my head) that postcards are 51 cents now!
Luckily, we still have quite a lot of stamps left in our inventory. We're hoping they'll last through the closing date of the MFPE—it would be great to not be affected by any further price increases!
Anyway, thank you again for being so supportive—and for participating in all three years of Holiday Cheer! \o/
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Date: 2023-10-08 04:54 am (UTC)The increase in postage rates doesn't seem like a lot on the surface, but it adds up, doesn't it? I meant to include this table in the post, showing the prices from when the MFPE began vs. the prices now (as well as the proposed increases for January 2024):
Whenever someone asks me how much it costs to send a postcard (which I get asked a lot, when people know I run a postcard community), I always have to stop and actually think about it because it just doesn't make sense (in my head) that postcards are 51 cents now!
Luckily, we still have quite a lot of stamps left in our inventory. We're hoping they'll last through the closing date of the MFPE—it would be great to not be affected by any further price increases!
Anyway, thank you again for being so supportive—and for participating in all three years of Holiday Cheer! \o/