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bucolic_frolic

(43,375 posts)
2. USPS Rates continue to rise too, next on July 7
Thu Jun 22, 2023, 08:35 PM
Jun 2023

What cost PO Box $16 in 1995 is now $114 a year. And that's not counting new rates after July 7.

Shipping is expensive. People and companies are sourcing locally more than ever.

SunSeeker

(51,748 posts)
3. Yup. It cost me $31 to mail a 15 oz package to my neice in Italy this week.
Thu Jun 22, 2023, 08:47 PM
Jun 2023

I was shocked. That was the cheapest rate the USPS had. I've never paid that much before to send her stuff.

Silent Type

(3,005 posts)
4. Postal Board that could remove DeJoy is now weighted toward Biden nominees.
Thu Jun 22, 2023, 08:58 PM
Jun 2023

Apparently, the Board is satisfied with DeJoy.

Nululu

(842 posts)
5. BS Now it's unsafe to mail checks
Thu Jun 22, 2023, 10:18 PM
Jun 2023

Last edited Fri Jun 23, 2023, 12:48 AM - Edit history (1)

Even when people mail at the post office they're cashed illegally. Post Office telling people that sending checks in mail not secure

https://www.businessinsider.com/post-office-check-fraud-mailing-be-careful-usps-scam-2023-6

Mail has never been this insecure. Not even during the depression

People are stealing mail in the post office.

bucolic_frolic

(43,375 posts)
6. "People are stealing mail in the post office." Yes. Labor shortage means marginal hires.
Fri Jun 23, 2023, 06:34 AM
Jun 2023

Post offices look like McDonald's.

ProfessorGAC

(65,262 posts)
9. This, Again?
Fri Jun 23, 2023, 05:38 PM
Jun 2023

DeJoy was never the boogeyman he was feared to be.
Now, with Biden in the WH, and the board of governors dominated by his appointees, DeJoy is just a guy doing what he's told.
He's not superrich. His wife donates big money to charity. He still wants the extra income. He's just a foot soldier, now.
He has no power to muck things up with the current leadership above him.
To think otherwise suggests you don't trust Biden's judgment.

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