STAMPS GO UP MONDAY!!
May 11, 2008UH OH.. keep buying those FOREVER stamps and do it
QUICK.. as of Monday MAY 12.. IT GOES UP!!! AGAIN!!
Sheesh looks lilke we get taken no matter what we do.. the way
people go nowdays to direct deposit things is a big reason the
Govt. is losing money too. They blame gas prices and economy for
much of the increase. Last MAY they went to 41 cents.. I have
been buying the forever stamps ever since. Why buy anything else???
BUY at 41 cents and they are good F O R E V E R no matter what
the increase.. I am all for that..
PER YAHOO NEWS>>>>>>>>>>
While the charge for the first ounce of a first-class letter rises to 42 cents,
the price of each added ounce will remain 17 cents, so a two-ounce letter will go up a penny to 59 cents.
“The cost to mail a post card will also go up a penny, to 27 cents. ( YIKES!!!! I remember when they were a nickle!!)
“The cost to mail a post card will also go up a penny, to 27 cents. ( YIKES!!!! I remember when they were a nickle!!)
Large envelope, 2 ounces, $1, up 3 cents.
• Money Orders up to $500, $1.05, unchanged.
Certified mail, $2.70, up 5 cents.
• First-class international letter to Canada or Mexico, 72 cents, up 3 cents.
• First-class international letter to other countries, 94 cents, up 4 cents.
• Priority mail flat-rate envelope, $4.75, up 25 cents.
• Express mail flat-rate envelope, $16.50, up 25 cents.
I will be buying stamps today and paying some bills and tending to some yard work.
P.S> I got Gas yesterday for 3.79..10 minutes out of town..our gas was 3.89!!
HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY !!
About 15 minutes ago, the board appeared satisfied with the Board of Education’ s revised budget. This is after the finance board would not endorse a proposed 2008- 09 Kellogg budget that called for the additional full- time teacher. The board directed school officials to make unspecified cuts to get the increase below the proposed 5 percent.