Background

New Postal Service Shipping Services prices were announced on Nov. 22, 2011, and will take effect on Jan. 22, 2012 at 12:01 a.m. ET. Shipping Services (also known as “Competitive Products”) includes Express Mail, Priority Mail, International Shipping Services, along with some other products and services. The new prices take effect the same day as the new prices for Postal Service Mailing Services, including a one-cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail stamp (Forever stamps).

The United States Postal Service has been in the news quite a bit lately, and as a major customer, you deserve to hear directly about the issues they are facing. To paraphrase a line from Mark Twain, "I'd like to assure you that the reports of our imminent demise are greatly exaggerated." 

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BACKGROUND:

Prices for most Postal Service mailing services will change on January 22, 2012. Mailing services includes First-Class Mail, Standard Mail, Periodicals, Package Services and Extra Services. Prices for shipping services will also change on January 22. We will provide customers the new shipping services prices later this fall.

While actual percentage price increases for various products and services varies, the overall average price increase across all mailing services is capped by law at 2.1 percent, the rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index.

The Berkshire Company presented at Pine Island on National PCC Day, and have set up a special page for attendees at The Berkshire Company website. The website features white papers, articles, and a free newsletter!

Also, you are invited to be the Berkshire Company's guest at its next teleseminar on October 20, Checklists – Simple and Powerful Tools. For more details on this free offer, please check out the Midlands PCC page at the Berkshire Company website by clicking here.