Stamp price goes up again!

This is just unreal! It is no matter that people are going to email rather than conventional. I had heard that you can buy a Forever stamp that could be used at any time in the future....I don't know if it is still available, and dummy me, I didn't purchase them!

41 cents, you say? It costs Canadians 52 cents to send a regular letter within Canada. It is something like 70c to the US. The price of stamps goes up here every January 1st. We don't even need to hear an announcement anymore, it's just a given. And now with the forever stamp it really doesn't make much of a difference until you purchase stamps and wonder why they cost more than they did the last time you bought them. I don't mail much anymore. I stopped sending Christmas cards out this past year because of the cost of stamps and my lack of funds. I realize a lot of people did the same because we didn't receive very many. Birthdays and anniversaries I can send e-cards to most people. But I have to mail photos and such to family members in other provinces who I don't see very often and don't have computers. The only thing I really need stamps for now is to submit writing to magazines and agents.

Oh yea, I knew about for awhile.I don't know about your area but where I live,it's been talked about repeatedly on the news,on the radio ,and in the newspaper but I was surprised at the amount of people who didn't know about it.

While it is true throughout history that history does indeed repeat itself.....I sincerely hope that this is not necessarily what is happening....the increasing cost of fuel contributes in part to the rise in the cost of stamps again...our local post office notified us by placing a notice in our mailboxes a couple of weeks ago...so I was aware of the increase..... I rarely utilize the mail system anymore...most of bills are set up for automatic payments and I only have to record them when the receipt comes in the mail....plus I use online checking...so that also cuts down on the need for stamps in my case..... I do still send out birthday cards, Christmas cards, and things like that....but I use email mostly for communication with my friends and family....or the telephone.

Really, no I didn't know about it! That stinks, but luckily I dont have a book (i was going to buy one the other day, but didn't it must have been karma!). But still, I thought the price of a book was already expensive enough, I can't believe it's going to be more, wow!