Get ready for another postage increase on Monday.
Come Monday, postage for a first-class letter will rise to 41 cents. The last increase also was a 2-cent bump in January 2006.
For Mary Bermudez, 67, standing in line at the downtown Post Office Thursday, mailing is her communication method of choice since she isn’t computer-savvy.
“The first stamp I can remember was a 3-cent stamp,” Bermudez said. “It has gone up so many times. It’s really ridiculous. Oh, well.”
Bermudez had come to buy 2-cent stamps to use with leftover 39 cent stamps. She also bought a supply of the USPS’ new “forever stamp.”
The forever stamp, available since April 12, can be used regardless of future price hikes.
It proved a popular buy for customers at the 401 Franklin post office Thursday.
Yes, the forever stamp. Great idea, if you ask me. This isn’t bad, either:
Andrew T. Gardener was purchasing rolls of new stamps Thursday.
He suggested the post office sell advertising on stamps similar to billion-dollar businesses like McDonald’s.
“It would save the consumer. It’s worth a try,” Gardener said. “I think they need to be creative to come up with ideas to subsidize the cost.”
Hey, if they cost a few pennies less, I’d buy corporate-sponsored stamps. I bet quite a few other folks would, too.