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Did You Know... that the Post Office and other carriers blamed high oil prices when they drastically raised their rates over the past decade?

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Added: 01/25/2016

Many of our customers outright HATE the the Post Office and other carriers, and sometimes it is hard to argue with them. Yes, they almost always get their packages where they are intended to go, and often in a reasonable amount of time, but they keep raising their prices, and those raises are FAR above the general rise in inflation.

Between 2000 and 2014, the average rates more than TRIPLED! When pressed for why that was, the Post Office and the other carriers squarely put the blame on surging fuel costs, and indeed, over those 14 years, oil went from around $27 a barrel to around $87 a barrel, more than tripling, so that SEEMED like it made sense.

But NOW, in 2016, oil prices have plunged all the way down to $30 a barrel, and yet the Post Office and the other carriers just announced yet ANOTHER major price increase, this one around 15% on average! So obviously they were lying all along, and oil prices had nothing to do with it.

And what about the quality service the past few years? Go to this link, Did you know... WHY the Post Office has far worse service now than in past years, and how to best deal with it? (or the other below similar links) and read about how not only has the drastic price increases NOT resulted in better service and handling, but we now actually have far worse service and handling!

We have not raised our "flat rate" shipping prices on our auctions for over two years, but now that we have been hit with yet another giant price increase from all the carriers (which took effect last week) we will have to next week raise those "flat rate" shipping prices on our auctions. BUT WE WILL ALSO HAVE SOME POSITIVE CHANGES THAT WILL MAKE ALL OF YOU HAPPY. Look for our announcement of these changes in a special email to all of you this week.

See Also:
Did you know... WHY the Post Office has far worse service now than in past years, and how to best deal with it?
Did you know... that in addition to drastically raising their rates the past decade, the Post Office has far worse service now than then?
Did you know... that the U.S. Post Office has made a really stupid change regarding delivery times, in a misguided effort to "improve"?
Did you know... that our checkout now accepts payment for most orders requiring a shipping quote?
Did you know... that the cost of U.S. shipping is almost always a "flat rate" no matter how many items you win (even if it is 100 items in a single set of auctions, or hundreds of items over five consecutive auctions)?
Did you know... that we do not make money on shipping, and we often lose money on a lot of the packages we send


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