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I am gonna get creative and rant on a rant. I hate people who complained about the price of stamps going up to 41 cents. First of all, why are they still using stamps? I can't remember the last time I wrote a letter for any reason (email anyone?), sent in a check to pay the bill (online payment anyone?), or sent a thank you card that wasn't an e-card (am I a rude a-hole?) This is the day and age where we email and TXT each other (which actually costs like 5 cents), and people are complaining about the stamp price going up by 2 cents? People just love to rant and have something to rant about to make their lives artificially more meaningful, and shame on them. Oh, wait... PS. People shut up about gasoline prices. It's still cheper than milk! ...and when I worked in Europe last year, gasoline was like $5/gallon, and no one complained. (They just walked to places, actually.)
Readers have left 5 comments.  1. StevenOI am totally on the same page as you when it comes to other whiners...but, dude...the price increase was like years ago. If you are holding to grudges like that, you need more ranging than those people. Oh, wait you are. Welcome to the site!! 2. Guest User stamp went up to 41 cents. it's not just mail. something about how they weigh the mail changed too. crap costs way more now to ship. i actually noticed that, even though i am like bosco who never writes emails. (i think i sent my receipts for expense reimbursement and even though it was in a single envelope, it required like three stamps on it.) 3. swesson Wow, gasoline IS cheaper than milk! In fact, when I think about it, gasoline is cheaper than most bottled water (think Fiji), of course depended on packaging. Cool!! Let's drink more packaged drinks! 4. WTF Well, it's not just stamps that get more expensive. All postage does, across the board. This means that packages and such, which can't be sent electronically, are more expensive to send.
However I believe Bush signed some bill that limits postage increases to whatever the inflation rate is. So technically they can't get more expensive. Also, that means that those "forever stamps" are a waste of money. 5. DCB WTF is right; if you do the math, forever stamps do not make any financial sense. As for mailing, no email will ever replace a handwritten note from a loved one. In any event, for those who hate the price increases, keep in mind that the USPS is one of few, if not the only, government entity that is wholly self-supporting. It does not rely on your taxes to stay afloat like many of the worthless agencies out there. So the fact that they up prices occasionally, and much slower than inflation, is okay with me. If only they'd stop paying good money and benis to some of those damned ladies with purple hair who can't find their nose and take 20 minutes to sell me 20 stamps. |
