USPS price increases

 Just a heads up the US Postal Service announced this week that it's requesting temporary price increases for certain domestic mail services during the holiday season. If approved, the new prices would go into effect on Oct. 2 and last through Jan. 22. They're designed to help offset higher shipping costs and help the agency stay competitive relative to UPS and FedEx. International rates will not change. Both individuals and businesses would pay between 25 cents and $6.50 extra, depending on the type of package and type of shipping service they use. Rates for Priority Mail, Priority Mail Express, First-Class Package Service, Parcel Select Ground and USPS Retail Ground would be affected, among other services. Flat-rate envelopes and boxes would cost an extra 95 cents for retail customers, for instance, while heavy packages (above 26 pounds) sent more than 600 miles would cost an extra $5.85. Lighter packages would see rate increases of a dollar or less. This hasn’t passed yet, but they did a rate increase last year similar to this. So more than likely it’ll happen again. For details go to the USPS website.