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USPS Rate Change 2010 |
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EFFECTIVE JANUARY 4TH, 2010 What are the changes? The United States Postal Service has announced that prices for its domestic and international shipping services – Priority Mail, Express Mail, and Parcel Select – will change effective Monday, January 4, 2010. While no price adjustment is scheduled for letters sent by First-Class Mail or Standard Mail, this January shipping services update is important even if you do not typically send expedited mail, packages, flat-rate envelopes or flat-rate boxes by Priority Mail and Express Mail. Mailers who process flats and letters over 13 ounces may require updated rates to correctly calculate and meter postage. While shape-based pricing requirements already require flats and letters that exceed at least one of the size dimensions or weigh more than 13 ounces to post at Priority Mail rates, the new postal rates now base such pricing on distance to destination. Rate software updates from Neopost support the new postal zone rates. Didn't the Postmaster General announce in October that there would be no price increase in 2010? The Postmaster General Potter did announce in October that the Postal Service will not raise rates for market-dominant products like First-Class Mail and Standard Mail in 2010. The Postmaster noted that a decision about whether there would be price changes for competitive products would be made in November. Competitive products include those like Priority Mail and Express Mail that compete with delivery services from carrier and courier shippers like UPS and FedEx. The price increases scheduled to take effect on January 4, 2009 are the ones decided upon in November, 2009. Does this mean that there will be no further Postal Service™ rate changes in 2010? Not necessarily. The press release accompanying the Postmaster's announcement specifically noted that the freeze to rates "will not prevent the USPS from making structure changes or other possible changes" in 2010. Such product and service level changes may still require our customers without rate protection coverage to purchase individual updates in 2010. You may find additional information about the change to Postal Service rates, a complete listing of new prices, and links to downloadable pricing files at http://www.usps.com/prices/pricechanges.htm. How can Bullfrog make the USPS rate changes easier on you and your company? Simple! Depending on your machine, you can sign up for either Rate Change Protection or Online Services. These services will provide you with current rates, on time, without you even needing to know that rates are changing. Rate Change Protection (RCP) will have a rate card shipped to you just before rates change, while Online Services (OLS) will enable you to download the rates directly into your machine in minutes. Call us to sign up! CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE JAN 2010 PRICE LIST United States Postal Service's website ------------------------------------------------ UPS Rate Change United Parcel Service to Change Prices on Monday, January 4, 2010 The United Parcel Service has announced that prices for its Ground, Air and International services will increase 4.9% effective Monday, January 4, 2010. FedEx Rate Change Federal Express to Change Prices on Monday, January 4, 2010 FedEx has announced that its FedEx Express and freight rates will increase an average of 5.9% for U.S. and U.S. export services in 2010. ------------------------------------------------ Have your business automated to make all future rate increases painless! Other helpful tools include Neopost Folder/Inserters, Addressing Printers, and Data Systems. If you have any rate change questions, please call us at 541-726-6800 and ask for Emily. Or you can e-mail her at Emily@BullfrogEnterprises.com. Page last updated December 15th, 2009. |
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