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Fri, May 16, 2008

Stamps

Posted at 9:58 pm MDT to Miscellaneous

I never did buy any 41 cent stamps. I bought a roll of a hundred stamps back when first-class postage was 39 cents, and because I shifted to online bill-payments for most things during my years on the road it has taken me a long time to use them. They have already raised the rates again, and I still have several months worth of stamps left.

Today I counted the stamps that were left on the roll, and the 2-cent stamps I had left. When I went to the post office to send out a bill payment, I bought 2 1-cent stamps, and 14 3-cent stamps to use in finishing out the roll.

I also bought a book of 'forever' stamps. I really don't need to buy rolls of stamps any more. With mortgage, utilities and credit card payments all on line, that's 84 stamps less that I use each year.

I suppose people like me are part of the reason the post office is going broke.

It's probably too much to hope that the rising rates will cause a cutback in junk mail...

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