Quick question without Googling... Do you know how much a first class postage stamp costs?

[The Tradition]

In just one month, Postal Service to raise price of Forever first-class stamps to 68 cents

Next month, on Jan. 21, 2024, the price of some Postal Service mail will increase. Forever stamp prices will rise from 66 cents to 68 cents.

news.yahoo.com

I had no idea. I haven't bought any stamps in years.

 

[Funky Bunch]

69 cents

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

In just one month, Postal Service to raise price of Forever first-class stamps to 68 cents

Next month, on Jan. 21, 2024, the price of some Postal Service mail will increase. Forever stamp prices will rise from 66 cents to 68 cents.

news.yahoo.com

I had no idea. I haven't bought any stamps in years.

More than a second class stamp?

 

[BrianNole777]

I thought it was 55 cents and I bought 80 stamps the past month for Christmas cards.

Oops.

 

[billanole]

56 cents currently, going up to 58 cents soon. That is to every address in the US, including HI and AL.
What a bargain.
Packages are the same price to every address as well. No fuel or residential surcharge tacked on like UPS does. What a bargain. Thanks USPS!
Oops, I was a dime off. When buying stamps, I just pay what they say.

 

[artradley]

No idea, but I was under the impression you can buy "forever stamps" that are still good even when the price goes up.

 

[The Tradition]

56 cents currently, going up to 58 cents soon.

Wrong. Check the link in the OP.

 

[bhawk24bob]

I thought they cost “forever”

 

[billanole]

Wrong. Check the link in the OP.

You didn’t read my entire post.

 

[ZachJump]

All I know is my investment in a couple of books of forever stamps ten years ago has gone up in value.

 

[Old_wrestling_fan]

A lot more than an email. FWIW, our business receives about 1/10 of the regular mail that we did 15 years ago, having switched so much of the correspondence to electronic.

 

[RicoSuave102954]

A lot more than an email. FWIW, our business receives about 1/10 of the regular mail that we did 15 years ago, having switched so much of the correspondence to electronic.

If you address an email to the wrong email address what happens to it? Does someone see the mistake and reroute it to the correct address? NOPE.

You can address an envelope to the wrong address and normally the mail person will catch the mistake and get it to the right address despite the fact the sender misaddressed it.

 

[ZachJump]

You can address an envelope

Damn

I might need to go take a community college course or something on how to do that.

For starters, where does @ go on the envelope.

 

[Old_wrestling_fan]

If you address an email to the wrong email address what happens to it? Does someone see the mistake and reroute it to the correct address? NOPE.

You can address an envelope to the wrong address and normally the mail person will catch the mistake and get it to the right address despite the fact the sender misaddressed it.

You can "read receipt" them, almost never have a problem.

 

[QChawks]

Hey boomers, the price of stamps is going up

 

[desihawk]

holy shit i had no idea that the 20 forever stamps i bought years ago are worth so much more now. probably only have a handful left but feels good that i made a good investment for once

 

[Douglas C. Neidermeyer]

holy shit i had no idea that the 20 forever stamps i bought years ago are worth so much more now. probably only have a handful left but feels good that i made a good investment for once

 

[RicoSuave102954]

Hey boomers, the price of stamps is going up

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I'll pass it along to Jeff Bezo's and Warren Buffet as they both mail a shit ton of stuff out to customers and stockholders.

 

[JWolf74]

I'm not old enough to require soft foods and metamucil daily so no, I have no idea how much a stamp costs.

 

[artradley]

FTR, there were years in my life where I did a ton of mailing, but I don’t think there was ever a day when I could have told you how much a stamp costs. I would just buy a couple books and pay them what they asked.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

I don't mail too much anymore. But the forever stamps have saved me money over the years.

I do all my bill payingonline now, and I don't send cards (a fools game). So I am guessing I'll spend less than $50 the rest of my life on stamps.

Kind of like when someone asks me for my fax number. I have to try hard not to laugh at such a stupid question.

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

I should because my wife still sends out Christmas cards. I keep telling her to get their e-mail address.

 

[JWolf74]

I don't mail too much anymore. But the forever stamps have saved me money over the years.

I do all my bill payingonline now, and I don't send cards (a fools game). So I am guessing I'll spend less than $50 the rest of my life on stamps.

Kind of like when someone asks me for my fax number. I have to try hard not to laugh at such a stupid question.

Fax machines are still alive and well in healthcare. Pagers too in some places. We love keeping old technology alive.

 

[RicoSuave102954]

I should because my wife still sends out Christmas cards. I keep telling her to get their e-mail address.

If someone sent me a Christmas Card via email I would trash it and block their e-mail.

Receiving a handwritten letter or card in the mail is such a personal touch and is appreciated and cherished.

I will always continue to send Christmas greetings by mail just as I will always send sympathy cards and graduation cards and birthday cards thru the mail.