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Originally Posted by HMLRHT1
They r worth what the current postage rate is at the time u go to use it. So if u bought them when they r 44 cents and they go up to 45 cents that is what they r worth. Same if the postage decreases. If the PO goes out of business, well I think there will be bigger concerns to worry about. Like maybe paying FedEx or UPS $12 just to mail a letter to NYC.
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This is what folks who criticize the Postal Service as a “government program failure” (which is no longer strictly a governmental operation) choose to overlook: the incredible bargain we get using the service. Sure FedEx and UPS are very successful companies. However, using the Postal Service, for the same 45 cents we can send a letter down the road OR to the end of the Road to Hana in Maui OR to a remote community in Alaska requiring snow machine or bush pilot or both! What would it cost us to use a for-profit company for the same service?...
Our son mailed a small gift package within Vancouver Island (Canada) a distance of about 90 miles, and it cost him more to do so than for us to mail a large package to him in Vancouver Island from Florida. We should be paying more appropriate rates for the service we get! And that might give us a Postal Service that would be less of a financial failure. Incredible the complaints when first class postage goes up a penny!