Flat Rate Medium Box Cost Increase

[dannie]

Hi!  I always ship through Pay Pal for my Flat Rate Medium Boxes using Priority Mail.  I printed out a label today and saw where there was an increase from $10.20 to $10.50.  I can't seem to find any info or notification that the prices increased.  Can anybody help me?  Thank You...Dannie

[stumpbass]

I didn't hear about a rate increase either, but today I printed a shipping label for the SMALL flat rate box and the price went up $0.15 from $4.85 to $5.  

[allergycheryl]

The US Postal service started putting blurbs about this on their website awhile back. That is the downside to using the PayPal for postage instead of USPS.Com.

All of the priority rates went up.  The rate for a first class envelope did not.

[stumpbass]

Ahh, I did find something on the USPS website - thank you, allergycheryl.

These new prices (along with others) took effect Jan 2, 2011:

Priority Mail Small Flat Rate Box     $5.20
Priority Mail Medium Flat Rate Box     $10.95

So it looks like PayPal is still giving us a discounted rate compared to USPS.com.

Here is the article I found:
http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2010/pr10_103.htm

[dannie]

Thanks everyone for the reply about the price increase for the Flat Rate Priority Boxes.  I'm glad you took the time to answer me.  I like using Pay Pal for shipping and since they are still giving us a discount on shipping, I'll continue using them.  Blessings...Dannie