On 1/26/2013 17:32, Bill Sharpe wrote:
Sir F.A. Rien wrote in
:

The new international letter rate eliminated the lower postage rate
that exists for decades for letters mailed to Canada and Mexico and
represents a new increase of the postal rates in the US.
Yep ... ANYTHING to drive away the individual user.

They've got it ow so that nearly anything -=domestic=- other than a
simple sheet and a check in a lightweight envelope draws a
'surcharge'!

Never saw a 'business' so eager to drive away its 'small' customers.


That's hardly so. I can get four sheets in an envelope and still not
exceed the first-class rate.

Indeed - I just sent out 60 invitations including heavy card stock for
the invitation itself and the response card, the response envelope, and
an additional sheet with information on it - all for the 45 cent stamp.
We could have included more if we wanted/needed and still not have
exceeded the weight limit.
-Don