Where the Hell are the New Postage Stamps????

[Bobbieo]

Okay - so the postal rates have increased by 2 cents so where the hell are the new stamps. In my hometown of Yuma AZ there are no 39 cent stamps, no 1 cent or 2 cents stamps.Anyone else having problems???

I've got bills to pay. Is the Bush admin in cohoots with the credit card companies on this one???

[PassingFair]

1. Bought mine today at CostCo....

the lines at the local Post Office were TERRIBLE.

[Radio_Lady]

19. NY Daily News link mentions shortages in NYC:

From this link: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/381238p-323728c.html

2¢ stamps hard to come buy

BY BILL EGBERT
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

They wait to buy 2-cent stamps as postage rose to 39 cents.

Getting your two cents worth was an ordeal on the last day before postal rates went up.
The price of a first-class stamp rises to 39 cents from 37 cents today - but all the vending machines at Manhattan's main post office were out of 2-cent add-ons yesterday.

That left New Yorkers waiting for up to 90 minutes to buy the stamps at the window, because they were being sold only at one window.

"This is absolutely ridiculous. I've been here 25 minutes already," Manhattan architect LeAnn Shelton grumbled as she pulled out a bundle of 37 cent-stamped envelopes.

"I have 150 envelopes here," she said. "It'll only cost me $3, but it's going to take me an hour and a half just to get them. It's just dumb."

(snip)

[Radio_Lady]

21. Here's a link I've never been to: Postalwatch.org

http://www.postalwatch.org/

Some other interesting stories at this web site.

[catmother]

40. i hated buying stamps when i lived in new york. there were always

long lines so i used to buy 100 so i wouldn't have to go to often.

of course, everything in new york is a big deal.

[david_vincent]

2. Michael Brown is now Postmaster General n/t

[Radio_Lady]

15. I was able to buy only 40 -- 2 cent stamps with Navaho jewelry at

a local supermarket field postal facility in Tigard, Oregon.

I was unaware of any shortages of stamps before the original post.

[karlrschneider]

26. Bought 'em with jewelry? Wow, I wonder if I can get some for a case of

empty longneck Bud bottles?






:evilgrin:

[Radio_Lady]

48. Let's start over. The design on the stamp is Navajo jewelry.

I guess your reply was :sarcasm:

Hey, I even misspelled NAVAJO.

Something's not well. Bring up that bottle of Budweiser, bud!

[catmother]

39. they didn't give us too much warning about the increase. seems

like i just heard it and then like a week later it's in effect.

[0007]

3. The printing presses are tied up right now printing more money

We are a country at WAR. Everyone is ordered to make a sacrifice.

[realFedUp]

4. They are always giving us their two cents....

:-)

[azmouse]

5. I heard that there was a big rush on the new stamps

yesterday and a lot of post offices are sold out.

[medeak]

6. my post office ran out at 2:30 yesterday

edited to say... lines were unbelievable.. was shipping large boxes overseas. Was in line over an hour

[catmother]

7. they were selling them here last week at albertsons. i had plenty

of 37s left. my husband went to a small post office saturday and got me a bunch of 1 cent stamps.

[medeak]

10. err.. you need 2 cent stamps. n/t

[catmother]

23. i know. they didn't have 2s so we got 1s. i know i have to put

2 on with the 37. thanks anyway.

[medeak]

25. does anyone know how long the 2 cent stamps will work?

Overheard postal worker saying "you know these won't be good that long"

[Der Blaue Engel]

29. I can't imagine stamps being deemed invalid after you purchase them

I think perhaps the postal worker meant, "don't buy tons, cause you'll be stuck with them once you're out of 37 cent stamps." You'll still be able to use them, but who wants to lick 20 2-cent stamps to mail a letter?

[catmother]

30. why shouldn't they work? as long as the postage adds up to

39 cents. shit, you could put 39 1 cent stamps on if you could fit them.

[medeak]

35. that's what I don't understand

stood in line forever and heard the same thing said over and over?

[catmother]

38. i wouldn't pay attention. if you couldn't get the 2s and you put

2 37s on they wouldn't object to the extra postage.

[uncle ray]

49. i refuse.

just out of principle. i'm not going to give them an extra 35 cents for their inability to have one or two cent stamps ready for the increase.

[Debi]

37. I have some old 3-cent stamps that I'll use when I use

the old 37 and 23 cent stamps together. Stamps don't go bad or get old. They're worth what you paid for them.

[Hardrada]

51. Or a 25 and a 13 center. I actually have some of these!

I was a stamp collector at one time.

[LiberalEsto]

8. Bought mine last week

and ten 2-cent stamps.

[LeftyMom]

9. My post office had them but only two types.

They didn't have the 2 cent stamps at the counter, but did have them in the machine.

[TroglodyteScholar]

11. Hm, I got mine yesterday with ease..

Bought them from the attendant of the self-checkout lanes at my grocery store.

[babylonsister]

12. Bought some 39 centers at the grocery store today. But they

didn't have 2 cent stamps.

[Dave Reynolds]

13. I went to a US Postal vending machine at work,

they had plenty of 37 cent stamps, no 2 cent stamps.

I had to put two 37 cent stamps on my letter, which I think was the goal of the USPS exercise.

[jeff30997]

14. Same crap over here in Canada.

[Left Is Write]

16. Crap. The increase took effect already? I'm so oblivious.

I mailed a bill payment today with a 37-cent stamp.

It's not due until February 3, so I should be okay even if I get it back, but still!

[TomInTib]

17. Probably want us to slap two 37 centers on the envelope. Profit center

[Cleita]

18. I got mine at the Post Office yesterday.

Maybe you'll need to drive to another town to get them.

[sandrakae]

20. When did they go up.? Nobody told me.

[LeftyMom]

22. monday. nt

[enlightenment]

24. I know it doesn't help your current problem, but you can

buy stamps at USPS.com . . .

I'm a post office fan, for all the flack they get -- and as an historian, I rue the future when we no longer have letters to give us a hint of the past.

[The_Casual_Observer]

27. They want you to have to use two 37 cent ones instead.

[onenote]

28. got some last week -- must be a Yuma thing

Maybe its a plot to punish the voters in Yuma for only supporting Chimpy by 60 - 40 over Kerry. Meanwhile, here in DC we get stamps as a reward for overwhelmingly opposing chimpy. j/k of course.

onenote

[librechik]

31. do yourself a favor--use 2 old ones

you'll save money in the long run, and by the time they're used up the new ones will be out.

[DesertRat]

32. No 2's in Phoenix either

The post office was gladly selling 3 cents stamps today. :eyes:

[catmother]

41. i'm starting to see more and more people from phoenix here

on the DU. that's a nice name -- DesertRat.

[DesertRat]

44. Hi fellow Zonie!

:hi:

[catmother]

46. hi to you and a belated welcome to DU. nt

[Justice Is Comin]

33. Wal-mart's got em

if you can stand to go in there :puke:

Wouldn't it be funny if everybody did buy 1 cent stamps and the post office had to count to see if 39 stamps were on there. I think that might be the answer.

[Ksec]

34. I mail letters with the post office but

I ship with FedEx.

The post office destroyed lots of my ebay shipments and then shirked on their insurance. You hafta get notarized statements of the worth and then proof of the contents etc. Its impossible.

[Hardrada]

52. Everyone knows USPS insurance is a joke.

I only insure stuff to make sure the person on the other end signs (so they can't say my shipment didn't arrive). So it's insurance of a sort after all.

[Debi]

36. Bought mine last week in Waterloo,IA

Okay, I'm a planning nerd, I know. But, in anticipation of the rush I bought some 2-cent, 1-cent and a roll of First Class (they don't have the 39-cent out do they?) last week.

Sign on Waterloo post office today? "We're currently out of 2-cent stamps, please buy 39-cent stamps"

[Synnical]

42. I ordered them online the last week of December

And received them by the 1st. Two rolls of 100 stamps (for the office.)

I'm in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

[Raine]

43. I couldn't find them anywhere

EVERYWHERE I go they are sold out! :banghead: They shouldn't increase the postage till they at least have the stamps, it pisses me off that I have been having to use two 37 cent stamps for things that just have to go out! :mad:

[tyedyeto]

45. This happens every time there is a rate increase

Every Post Office is out of the small (in this case, 2 cent) stamp that is needed for people to use the stamps they have on hand, in addition to also being out of the stamps that have the latest price on them.. Been that way for the past 2 or 3 price increases.

[Nutmegger]

47. I've been paying bills online

I usually don't but I don't have the patience to wait in lines. Last time I went to the PO, the line was short but they ran out of all the stamps. Go figure. :eyes:

[SoCalDem]

50. I had no trouble getting mine today

of course, I went to the funky little post office that everyone forgets about...not the big ole crowded new one :)