The Next Canada Post Stamp Increase!!!

[scbpooh]

Just saw this in on fb. Were in for another increase Jan 11 2016

http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/canad...2016-1.2461202

[bargain_hunter_lola]

Craziness!

Last year's hike already drastically reduced my CP usage.

I went from mailing 30+ letters each month to barely 5-6. If this increase is approved I will avoid mailing ANYTHING. It's just to costly. I even stopped mailing packages. I used to send quite a few each year, now I send a GC (usually an online code) or if possible give the gift in person as close to the event as possible or if all else fails shop via a site with free shipping.

I'll switch to emailing party invites, thank you cards, Christmas cards, etc. (most of our family and friends already do this because of CP's prices) and obviously trading/trains will be a thing of the past.

Guess I won't have to check my mail box often since no one will be mailing me anything. lol

[beckie.c]

I purchased a 50 p-stamp roll right before they pulled them off the shelves last time and I'm making it last. I very rarely send snail mail anymore. I used to send gifts out to my nieces and nephews for their birthdays but now I just shop on amazon and pay a little extra for gift wrapping and ship directly. It is becoming outrageous to ship anything.

[Natalka]

The federal agency wants to increase the postage rate for domestic lettermail weighing 30 grams or less from the current rate of $0.85 to $0.90 cents when purchased in batches. The price of a single stamp would remain at $1.

I mail just as much as I used to.

[Shwa Girl]

Hopefully Rexall and Shoppers will keep having their 10% off sales now and again. Costco's bulk purchase may be an option for some.

[bargain_hunter_lola]

Hopefully Rexall and Shoppers will keep having their 10% off sales now and again. Costco's bulk purchase may be an option for some.

10% off is no where near enough incentive for me to continue mailing.

I bought Costco's 100 stamps before the increase last year and now I'm down to less than 10 stamps, and that's with my large decrease in mailing this past year (most my envelopes weigh more than the 30g, so they usually take 2-3 stamps to mail).

I refuse to buy any more stamps at the current high cost.

If they increase the regular letter mail under 30g postage I have no doubt they will also be raising the price for 30-50g, 50g-100g, etc. mail.

For casual mail users the increase wont make a lot (if any) difference but for people who mail in larger amounts it definitely does.

[BC Gal]

It's like they want people to mail less and less. Maybe someone in the government needs take a hard look at who is in control at Canada Post and make some changes before they totally sink the company. Sad.

[walkonby]

sad news. As coupon values decrease stamps are increasing? Boo!

[wendymac]

I just cannot justify the expense of trading coupons through the mail anymore. Canada Post is killing itself. Stamps are not like a tax...I mean, you don't have to pay the hiked price or go to jail. So who wants to pay?

[Midnightly]

I bought Costco's 100 stamps before the increase last year and now I'm down to less than 10 stamps, and that's with my large decrease in mailing this past year (most my envelopes weigh more than the 30g, so they usually take 2-3 stamps to mail).


If they increase the regular letter mail under 30g postage I have no doubt they will also be raising the price for 30-50g, 50g-100g, etc. mail.

For casual mail users the increase wont make a lot (if any) difference but for people who mail in larger amounts it definitely does.

when one rate goes up all the other stamp rates go up accordingly.. i find myself using my kitchen scale alot when trading to make sure i'm maxing out the 30g stamp (weigh envie trades to 29g) though for the most part i've given up on trading.. i may have done 5 trades in the last year since the rate went up.. when i used to do 2-3 trades a week between the cost of the stamp and the value of the coupons going down (and in general less of them out there) i've nearly backburnered couponing in general

i won't even mail christmas cards anymore

[scbpooh]

when one rate goes up all the other stamp rates go up accordingly.. i find myself using my kitchen scale alot when trading to make sure i'm maxing out the 30g stamp (weigh envie trades to 29g) though for the most part i've given up on trading.. i may have done 5 trades in the last year since the rate went up.. when i used to do 2-3 trades a week between the cost of the stamp and the value of the coupons going down (and in general less of them out there) i've nearly backburnered couponing in general

i won't even mail christmas cards anymore

Ive been using a scale for a while. Always saves a stop at a physical Post Office! Trades are definately going to start needing to really worth it to make the postage worth sending! Conducting a train now and it will probably be one of my last!

[Angela273]

I'm not happy to hear about this additional postage increase. I haven't been trading as much lately and I neglected to mail out Christmas cards last year with family pictures in them.

[YOU AND ME]

I guess they have to pay for all those new mail boxes as least in Pierrefonds.My postman told me keys will go out July 13-31 Mail begins in the new boxes August sometime

[Arch_Dandy]

They're increasing the rates because people are mailing less....that makes sense *eye roll*. Maybe they should take a hard look at why people are mailing less and try to improve their services instead of pricing out even more people. I mail a lot of things because I have a small eBay business and I am NOT looking forward to these price increases.

[bluerose]

Use to love mailing out letters and parcels ! now I growl every time I need to mail something.