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Re: US Postal rates to increase this July
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lugnet.market.shipping
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Sat, 23 Mar 2002 13:41:57 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shipping, Ray Sanders writes:
> In lugnet.market.shipping, Ray Sanders writes:
> > http://www.prc.gov/ratecase/ratecase.html
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> I just found this chart, which gives a better picture of what is about to happen
> to priority mail. Currently all USPS Priority Mail up to 5 pounds is flat-rated
> regardless of distance. If the new proposed changes are enacted as requested,
> then only 1-lb priority mail will be flat-rate. Everything over 1-lb will be
> zone-rated. Shipments to zone-8 will increase by 50%-90%. Sellers offering flat-
> rate shipping beware.
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> http://www.prc.gov/news/2002/R2001-1/R2001-1-23.htm
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> Ray
A post office employee told me back before the holidays already that if the
proposed rate changes went through they would put themselves right out of
the Priority Mail business. Not a good sign when your own workers can't
find something good to say....
John
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: US Postal rates to increase this July
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| (...) It seems that the postal service just keeps raising the prices to ship things. What's up woth that? You think 9-11 had to do with that? It is kind of sad that the postal service's workers think that way. Well, I guess that's because of the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shipping)
| | | Re: US Postal rates to increase this July
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| (...) Well, first of all, I've found that the people that complain most about a business are the people that work there, so that's not necesarily an extra bad sign. Anyway, I didn't know, so I looked for the definitions of the zones. I found this on (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | Re: US Postal rates to increase this July
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| (...) to priority mail. Currently all USPS Priority Mail up to 5 pounds is flat-rated regardless of distance. If the new proposed changes are enacted as requested, then only 1-lb priority mail will be flat-rate. Everything over 1-lb will be (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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