Re: [N8VEM: 15521] USPS significantly increases international shipping rates

[Elain Klopke <functio...@gmail.com>]

Yeah, last thing I heard from the Post Master General on the DVD all
us employees get to watch, we're suspending Saturday delivery starting
in August. And it's always encouraging to hear him tell us that
they're going to keep paying us and not to worry....

-Ian

On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Don Caprio <ilv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just heard that USPS is suspending Saturday service.
>
> OMG! And they will be taking over our health care.
>
>
> On 02/ 6/13 12:11 PM, Douglas Goodall wrote:
>>
>> Sergey,
>>
>> Is there a cheaper vendor (less than twice the old price)?
>>
>> By the way, the USPO has had several bad years in a row and apparently
>> lost about five billion last year. They are talking about discontinuing
>> saturday
>> service, as well as raising prices.
>>
>> Douglas Goodall
>>
>> On Feb 6, 2013, at 10:24 AM, Sergey<skis...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Since January 27th 2013 USPS (United States Postal Service)
>>> significantly increased international rates - about twice as high
>>> compared to previous rates.
>>>
>>> Postage cost of>  4 ounces (113 g) is now ~ $9.45 (could a bit less
>>> for Canada and Mexico)
>>> Postage cost of  4>  8 ounces (113 g to 226 g) is now ~ $12.75
>>>
>>> Just for reference Zeta SBC (and probably most ECB boards) weights 2
>>> oz (2.3 oz with the envelope).
>>>
>>> And so I don't have a choice, but to increase shipping price to $10
>>> for smaller boards (Zeta SBC, ParPortProp, ISA OPL2, ISA Floppy Disk
>>> and Serial), and $13 for larger boards (Xi 8088).
>>>
>>> US rates also have increased, but only slightly (something like $0.01
>>> per ounce), so no price change for US - $3 for smaller boards, $4 for
>>> bigger ones.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sergey
>>>
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