OT- USPS Shipping Increase Impact on Online Sellers

[irishdenny]

Originally Posted by autograf

The rates are an effort to attempt profitability at some point. International rates still don't approach what it actually costs on pkgs to send them. UPS/FedEx announce rate changes as well in the 5% overall range. That's a yearly thing about this time of year except they're moving it back to October timeframe I think instead of the usual January.....or that's what I was told.

Hey there Tom... & All,

October is the beginning of the Governments Fiscal Year(not really news)... A Friend of mine(who is the Post Master here locally) told me that this is the beginning of a biannual increase... She said that they are hoping to quietly structure the change into the system w/o to much negativity.
RiGHT!?!?

I still think that the USPS is one of the Good Government Flaws...
imho... very consistent, fast & of course... with a negative yearly income.
I am not a fan of the alternatives...
As a buyer... I would gladly pay the increases!
As a part time very small business owner, I feel the same about absorbing most of the cost for my customers...