First Class Mail Prices Up

[Skys The Limit]

Costco Has a good price on a bundle of stamps

[GhostWhoWalks]

Originally Posted by joew8989

No other company is allowed to compete with USPS for small package delivery. That's why none do.

Inflation guys.

Everything goes up every year by 2%, so do your products. Up the price or you are in the wrong business/market category. There is always a way.

If there is $12 billion dollars a year in a global category, then there is enough money for you to get some of that.


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[Shadowmoe7]

Yeah i believe its more then 3 cents ?

[octour]

No other company loses 2 Billion dollars a year, THAT's why they do it.

[AlanM]

Originally Posted by yotano211

That is wrong sir, there is Fedex and UPS that ship small packages. But they typically cost a little more. Some years ago, DHL operated in the US but they left the US and decided to expand overseas.

DHL still have a small package domestic service here called DHL Global Mail. Similar to FedEx's Smart Post, the USPS deliver the final mile.

And DHL left the US and decided to expand overseas?? Incorrect. They stopped their U.S. domestic express service. That's it. I'm pretty sure if they left the U.S. they'd have no need to have 40+ planes arrive each night into their hub in Cincinnati or a U.S. HQ in Plantation, FL.

[jeffweico]

Originally Posted by AlanM

DHL still have a small package domestic service here called DHL Global Mail. Similar to FedEx's Smart Post, the USPS deliver the final mile.

And DHL left the US and decided to expand overseas?? Incorrect. They stopped their U.S. domestic express service. That's it. I'm pretty sure if they left the U.S. they'd have no need to have 40+ planes arrive each night into their hub in Cincinnati or a U.S. HQ in Plantation, FL.

They operated like FedEx for awhile, but stopped doing that. Now, they only offer international service. And they ARE expanding overseas, especially in China and Germany.

[vogeltron]

Noticed the Priority Mail Regional A boxes I use to use quite a bit in my area went up crazy. My items where under 2 lbs. Now it is cheaper to send Regular Priority than Regional A Box. Or try to get to squeeze into a padded flat rate Envelope.

The only Priority Mail item that didn't got up was the standard flat rate envelope go figure? You get these talking heads saying there is no inflation etc. Yet the rates go up 5-10%. BLS is full of it.

[vogeltron]

3 cents for a regular letter. 46 cent gone up to 49 cents. Everything else Priority, Express, Media Mail etc. All is going up by different rates for different services. As someone who send out lots of packages every day. It sucks!! Worst in my 10 years of doing this.

[AlanM]

Originally Posted by jeffweico

They operated like FedEx for awhile, but stopped doing that. Now, they only offer international service. And they ARE expanding overseas, especially in China and Germany.

Sorry, I didn't mean to contradict the latter part of the poster's claim about overseas expansion - I didn't want to abbreviate the poster's quote. It is true that DHL are growing overseas, but it's also true that they are growing again here in the U.S, taking back share from FedEx and UPS. DHL grew 18% in 2011 and 12% in 2012...I don't have last years numbers.

Growing overseas isn't as meaningful when the company already has a 50%+ share in these markets.

Generally speaking, I still think many folks in N America consider DHL Express to be a fading entity even though they are responsible for approx 46% of all international express shipments (compared to 10-11% for both FedEx and UPS).