US Postal Service is Cutting Services & Raising Prices AGAIN

If you rely on USPS to ship tangible products or send bulk mail circulars & promotional mailings, listen up.  The U.S. Postal System is cutting services & raising postal rates AGAIN.  

Mail delivery has been suspended in 5 States due to severe winter weather hazards.

https://bestlifeonline.com/usps-closing-post-offices-winter-weather-news/

In July, USPS announced a cost cutting effort to slash 50,000 employees through attrition over a 10-year "break even" plan.  Your local post office may have shorter operating hours or be closed/closing in an effort to shave off 64 million work hours.

• No more Priority Mail Prepaid Flat Rate Stamped Envelopes.  USPS stopped selling them earlier this year.
• No more Retail Ground and Parcel Select Ground distinctions.  The two options for ground shipments up to 70 pounds will be combined into just one First-Class Package Service (FCPS).
• No more delivery of COVID-19 home test kits.  I received 8 home test kits from my pharmacy when I received my COVID/Flu boosters. The nurse said, "here take these, the post office won't deliver them."  😕😕
• No more corporate accounts (USPSCA).  If your business has a corporate account with discounts for bulk mail sending, say goodbye. Expect the phase out to  begin in Jan 2023.  You will be asked to pay your unpaid USPSCA balances. 
  https://bestlifeonline.com/usps-discontinuing-corporate-accounts-news/
• For the second time in 6 months, cost of a first class postage stamp will rise on Jan 22, 2023 from 60 cents to 63 cents.
  https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/stamp-prices-are-going-up-in-a-few-weeks-heres-how-to-avoid-paying-more/