no fare. all of us on SS don't get a raise. :evil: Its like everything is going up and money going down :cry:

My last job was with a company that only shipped thru UPS. We watched Fed Ex to see if we should switch. This is what we had to deal with. All of this is in their terms and conditions book and had been on their website. I'll paraphrase (lol)

UPS and Fed Ex have a rate increase at the beginning of each year on their published rate. They also have a residential charge (for homes), there is also a delivery area surcharge (BFE locations). Then they top it off with a fuel surcharge.

For me to send my mom a box to her home out in the middle of nowhere, I have to pay the new rate, the residential charge, delivery area surcharge, then they add the fuel surcharge. In the fall of '08 the fuel surcharge was up to 36%.

Then there are all the special charges to tack on...oversized, dimensional, international, not in cardboard (like a tire), the list goes on and on.

I'm hoping my next job takes me away from the whole shipping world it got way too complicated.

Actually, the Post Office lowered their price for a flat-rate envelope by 5 cents!

As far as I've seen, they didn't raise any prices this time.

How 'bout that!?!

Priority went up . I have the sheets that break it down, it all depends on where you live, but it appears it went up 5 cents across the board. Boxes and parcels went up also

Here in my area the post office raised the priorty rates and lowered the flat rate boxes.

Oh, my!

I was wrong. The Post Office lowered the price of the flat-rate envelopes five cents but raised the flat-rate box 35 cents... and raised the international envelopes about 50 cents.

But you know, when UPS & FedEx raise their rates, that raises the cost of everything else, too... because all the stores have to pay to get their goods delivered. Unless they have their own private fleet of trucks, like the big-box stores.