PSA: U.S. Postal Service seeks hike in price of first-class mail stamps to 82 cents in July
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Do people still actually send things through the USPS? It got to the point where I was mainly only mailing rebates, and nowadays I don’t hardly even do that. (Menards is one of the few exceptions, and that’s only 2–3 times a year.) I bought a bunch of discounted forever stamps three or four years ago and I might have a lifetime supply at this rate, or the USPS is going to cease to exist anyway.
On a semi-related tangent, I even unplugged my home phones a while back, even though it was a grandfathered Ooma VOIP system that was completely free, no fees or taxes or anything, because it had become only a source of spam/junk calls and I figured why even pay the electricity to keep them plugged in.
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@yoregano Please make sure its USPS stamps are real! There are a lot of stamps sold that are illegal, sold for up to 50%. The biggest discount that the stamps are discounted from USPS, are in the neighborhood of 10%! Otherwise they are fake, and the USPS does not get anything from the illegal stamps!
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@marvomatic said in PSA: U.S. Postal Service seeks hike in price of first-class mail stamps to 82 cents in July:
@yoregano Please make sure its USPS stamps are real! There are a lot of stamps sold that are illegal, sold for up to 50%. The biggest discount that the stamps are discounted from USPS, are in the neighborhood of 10%! Otherwise they are fake, and the USPS does not get anything from the illegal stamps!
Yeah, I’m pretty sure they are legit. I don’t remember exactly where I got them, might have been ebay. Like I said, it was three or four years ago, whatever the case, USPS hasn’t “returned to sender” anything so far!
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Can the USPS really tell if postage stamps are fake? I bought a ton of stamps at Office Depot with rewards. One time I mailed a package covered with forever stamps and the clerk asked me where I got all those stamps. I said “Office Depot” and that was the end of it. I am glad he didn’t require proof because I didn’t keep my receipts.
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@yoregano said in PSA: U.S. Postal Service seeks hike in price of first-class mail stamps to 82 cents in July:
@marvomatic said in PSA: U.S. Postal Service seeks hike in price of first-class mail stamps to 82 cents in July:
@yoregano Please make sure its USPS stamps are real! There are a lot of stamps sold that are illegal, sold for up to 50%. The biggest discount that the stamps are discounted from USPS, are in the neighborhood of 10%! Otherwise they are fake, and the USPS does not get anything from the illegal stamps!
Yeah, I’m pretty sure they are legit. I don’t remember exactly where I got them, might have been ebay. Like I said, it was three or four years ago, whatever the case, USPS hasn’t “returned to sender” anything so far!
What happens if you mail a letter with a fake stamp?
So what happens if you use a counterfeit stamp when you mail your next letter? It is a crime, and it’s possible you could be prosecuted. The letter you mail will be treated as abandoned mail, so the postmaster has the discretion to open it or destroy it.
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@mrvietnam said in PSA: U.S. Postal Service seeks hike in price of first-class mail stamps to 82 cents in July:
Can the USPS really tell if postage stamps are fake? I bought a ton of stamps at Office Depot with rewards. One time I mailed a package covered with forever stamps and the clerk asked me where I got all those stamps. I said “Office Depot” and that was the end of it. I am glad he didn’t require proof because I didn’t keep my receipts.
Does the USPS check for fake stamps?
Yes, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) can and does detect counterfeit stamps, primarily through automated scanning technology that checks for specific ultraviolet (UV) light-sensitive phosphors. The Postal Inspection Service uses these methods to identify fake stamps and counterfeit package labels during mail processing.
How to tell if forever stamps are fake?
In general, some things to look out for include blurry or fuzzy text and design details, differences in color, die cuts that aren’t quite right, and more.
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@mrvietnam said in PSA: U.S. Postal Service seeks hike in price of first-class mail stamps to 82 cents in July:
So what happens if you use a counterfeit stamp when you mail your next letter? It is a crime, and it’s possible you could be prosecuted. The letter you mail will be treated as abandoned mail, so the postmaster has the discretion to open it or destroy it.
Well, I’ve received all my Menard’s rebates, so there’s that. Whatever source I bought the stamps from was likely from a deal I found here, so some of you are in the same situation as me. Seriously, I’m sure my stamps are legit, and like I said, I’ve got enough to last for quite a while yet.
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@yoregano said in PSA: U.S. Postal Service seeks hike in price of first-class mail stamps to 82 cents in July:
Do people still actually send things through the USPS?
Pretty much only greeting cards for my parents.
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There are codes printed along the edge of the rolls of stamps and other “checks”. I stopped buying stamps from eBay years ago because I couldn’t be certain that they were real. I missed the CVS deal.
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@yoregano said in PSA: U.S. Postal Service seeks hike in price of first-class mail stamps to 82 cents in July:
Do people still actually send things through the USPS? It got to the point where I was mainly only mailing rebates, and nowadays I don’t hardly even do that. (Menards is one of the few exceptions, and that’s only 2–3 times a year.) I bought a bunch of discounted forever stamps three or four years ago and I might have a lifetime supply at this rate, or the USPS is going to cease to exist anyway.
On a semi-related tangent, I even unplugged my home phones a while back, even though it was a grandfathered Ooma VOIP system that was completely free, no fees or taxes or anything, because it had become only a source of spam/junk calls and I figured why even pay the electricity to keep them plugged in.
Maybe a few times a year I will use USPS stamps for mailing sweepstakes AMOEs for big prizes. It has to be a pretty compelling sweepstakes because I can barely fit the address of most sweepstakes on an envelope, they make it so difficult and I’m not used to writing with my hands instead of a keyboard or phone.
