Using CC to purchase "Forever" Stamps
Sep 23, 2010 | 11:22 am
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Using CC to purchase "Forever" Stamps
Hi!
You can use your airline, reward, or cashback CC to purchase "forever" postage stamps from the US Postal Service at a post office or online at USPS.com. The price of first class postage is set to increase from $.44 to $.46 on Jan. 2, a 4.5% hike, but the "forever" stamps remain valid for first class domestic postage.
If you or your small business do a significant amount of mailing, you can combine the soon-to-be-discounted postage rate with your CC reward for a 5.5%-6.5% boost.
Of course you have to be willing to use the stamps rather than meter your mail. If you buy online, USPS charges a flat $1.00 postage and handling regardless of the size of the order.
You can use your airline, reward, or cashback CC to purchase "forever" postage stamps from the US Postal Service at a post office or online at USPS.com. The price of first class postage is set to increase from $.44 to $.46 on Jan. 2, a 4.5% hike, but the "forever" stamps remain valid for first class domestic postage.
If you or your small business do a significant amount of mailing, you can combine the soon-to-be-discounted postage rate with your CC reward for a 5.5%-6.5% boost.
Of course you have to be willing to use the stamps rather than meter your mail. If you buy online, USPS charges a flat $1.00 postage and handling regardless of the size of the order.
Sep 23, 2010 | 1:07 pm
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Or buy them on eBay right now for an even better discount.
Hi!
You can use your airline, reward, or cashback CC to purchase "forever" postage stamps from the US Postal Service at a post office or online at USPS.com. The price of first class postage is set to increase from $.44 to $.46 on Jan. 2, a 4.5% hike, but the "forever" stamps remain valid for first class domestic postage.
If you or your small business do a significant amount of mailing, you can combine the soon-to-be-discounted postage rate with your CC reward for a 5.5%-6.5% boost.
Of course you have to be willing to use the stamps rather than meter your mail. If you buy online, USPS charges a flat $1.00 postage and handling regardless of the size of the order.
You can use your airline, reward, or cashback CC to purchase "forever" postage stamps from the US Postal Service at a post office or online at USPS.com. The price of first class postage is set to increase from $.44 to $.46 on Jan. 2, a 4.5% hike, but the "forever" stamps remain valid for first class domestic postage.
If you or your small business do a significant amount of mailing, you can combine the soon-to-be-discounted postage rate with your CC reward for a 5.5%-6.5% boost.
Of course you have to be willing to use the stamps rather than meter your mail. If you buy online, USPS charges a flat $1.00 postage and handling regardless of the size of the order.
Sep 23, 2010 | 7:51 pm
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While this is a fine idea for the short run, it doesn't make sense for the long run because by law postage rate increases can be no higher than inflation, and stamp prices are lumpy because they only increase in whole penny increments.
Sep 23, 2010 | 8:40 pm
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Sep 23, 2010 | 9:28 pm
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A law with no value.
Rates will go up more than the inflation rate with the next increase.
The law says they can do it for good reason, like they are losing money.
Rates will go up more than the inflation rate with the next increase.
The law says they can do it for good reason, like they are losing money.
Sep 24, 2010 | 2:40 pm
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Sep 25, 2010 | 8:17 am
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You find an auction like this one. Then you do the standard eBay thing.
Sep 25, 2010 | 10:39 pm
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