Starting January 22nd, 2023, the United States Postal Service will implement changes to their shipping rates. These changes include increasing Priority Mail commercial rates and decreasing for Priority Mail Flat Rate retail products. Let’s take a closer look at what these changes mean for businesses. Updated Mailing Rates: First-Class Mail® Forever stamp is increasing from…
The USPS will be temporarily adjusting some of its shipping rates starting Sunda, October 18, 2020 Rate change highlights: It will be in effect from October 18, 2020 to December 27, 2020 The change applies to Commercial Base and Commercial Plus rates. Retail and First-Class mailing rates will not be affected by the temporary change.…
On January 27, 2019, postage rates will increase for First Class Mail, Priority Mail Express (commercial and retail pricing), Priority Mail Express Flat Rate (commercial and retail pricing), Priority Mail Regional Rate (Commercial pricing), First Class Package Service (Commercial pricing), Parcel Select Ground (Commercial pricing), and Media Mail (Commercial pricing). For more information and rate…
Did you know that the United States Postal Service reduced its mailing prices for the first time in almost a hundred years? For a business owner, this is great news. What’s even better news is when you use a Neopost postage meter from Memphis Communications Corporation, or MCC, you will automatically save even more money!…
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Source: Is There A Place In The Digital World For Mail? Mailing Systems Technology
So, the holiday season is behind us and we finally get to stop deleting emails, clearing out spam boxes and take the time to look up and appreciate the winter sky as opposed to looking up and dodging a drone dropped package (that last part is a look into the future, I’d suppose). I hope all of you had as great a time as I did duct-taping your laptop to your walls to display the holiday greeting cards you received. And in keeping with the holiday theme, answer the following question:
Dear Editor,
I am a veteran of the mailing industry and see everyone walking around me with their face buried in some type of device reading emails, paying bills and placing orders. Some of my friends say mail is dead. I’ve been told that if you see it in Mailing Systems Technology magazine it is true. So please tell me the truth, is there a place for mail in the digital world?
– Virginia
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Just over two years ago, USPS had proposed that Full-Service mail preparation be required for mailers to claim automation rates. While many larger companies were already using Full-Service, most mailers were scrambling to make the changes necessary to keep their automation discounts. Then in a surprise move, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) made a statement: a Full-Service mandate is equivalent to a price increase, and is subject to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) cap for postage increases. USPS, needing to use the CPI to balance their budget, cancelled the Full-Service mandate, and then challenged the PRC ruling in the courts.
Where the courts stand
Two years later, this issue has been through the wringer in the court system. There have been appeals, clarifications, remands and redefinitions, but the dust seems to have finally settled. Basically the PRC was correct to state that the mandate is a price increase, as it would eliminate a price cell (the Full-Service discount). In order to mandate Full-Service for automation rates, USPS would need to use their CPI allotment.
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The United States Postal Service (USPS®) will be raising rates on commercial Priority Mail® products – for the first time in three years – as well as for other Shipping Services products, effective January 17, 2016.
The average rate increase for Priority Mail is 9.8 percent, while the average overall Shipping Services rate increase is 9.5 percent. The USPS did not propose any rate adjustments to First-Class Mail®, Standard Mail® or its other mailing products, including the Forever Stamp.
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