Well… I just called Canada Post ( 1-800-267-1177 )to confirm the bad news. Sorry to say but it is time to stock up on stamps, because Canada Post is increasing the prices of postage stamps from $0.54 to $0.57 in the new year. Good thing I have lots but for those of you who use or trade stamps better add them to you shopping list!! The price increase will be being on January 11,2010.
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(Stamp circa 1958)
Well that sucks…
This shouldnt come as much of a surprise as Canada Post always feels the need to jack the price of postage up in the new year. Very predictable.
It’s not like they are working any harder. In fact the whole town I live in has post office boxes, cause they can’t be bother with door to door delivery.
Same thing happens in the UK pretty much every year too. Time to stock up on ‘P’ stamps.
it will be .57 for canadian stamps, 1.00 for american stamps and 1.70 for international stamps starting jan 11th if I remember right!
The best investment return probably will be stocking up stamps, lol!!
And it is tax free!
wow, i think the price is still great, lets see any one else take a letter from newfoundland to british columbia for 57 cents, let see how many trucks does that have to take, or maybe a plane, wow even a boat, and how many people have to process that letter and how many machines does it go through, and how much gas does it cost and how much hydro to run the machines, all in all i think 57 cents for a letter to go so many miles is a darn good deal, as for the post office working harder, who else goes out in the freezing cold on days when it is not safe for your dogs to be out, but the letter carriers have to be out, and we have no control over the cost of gas going up, taxes going up and electricity going up, i think eveyone needs to think of how their letters got to them before they complain of a measly 57 cents to send it many miles away,,,,,,,,,just my opinion, thanks
hmme guebe…. or maybe more people will just use email instead thus making the Post Office make less. Jacking up the rates isn’t always so good.
Well said quebe…I agree…I think that it’s pretty amazing that I can send a letter from one coast to the other for 57 cents….and that it takes a such a short period of time for it to get there.
I agree with quebe, too! For a letter, it’s still a small price to pay.
Packages are a whole ‘nuther story – way too expensive through Canada Post!
Well thats just peachy! UGH!
I just found one of my Wedding Invitations that I mailed to my grandma in 1984 & the stamp was 32cents! Boy times have changed!
i h8 cp
Why stock up, won’t you just have to buy 1 cent stamps to make up the difference?
Andrew, are you not aware of the P(ermanent) stamps that are good for perpetuity?
Why stock up, won’t you just have to buy 1 cent stamps to make up the difference?
the ones that are sticky, and have no postage on them, (ie 54 cents),
are the ones to buy now, (christmas ones, for instance,,,)
you don’t have to add any other stamps to those.
Quebe, maybe I can help answer those questions….
I drive truck(big truck) and we pickup and deliver Canada Post from terminal to terminal.
Sooo, from Newfoundland to Toronto would be 3 terminal points/pickups, from Toronto to Vancounver BC is 1 terminal point/drop. Unless there are some expedited letters from Newfoundland, then that would be 1 plane trip. And dont forget the Canada Post trucks that take your mail out locally.
This is just my experience as my job kinda fits your statement.
And you are right 0.57 is still pretty cheap when you figure just the amount of transportation it takes to deliver the mail.
JUST MY 3 CENTS WORTH!!!(for the 3 cent increase)
But I will still stock up on some permanent stamps anyways 🙂
Great post btw, welcome to the blog team
I agree that $0.57 is still a great deal for the service. In comparison with price hikes on everything else, this is negligible. But I will plan on stocking up on some permanent stamps before than anyways!
I agree that the price is a good deal. I do stock up on the permanent stamps, especially the Christmas ones and pack them away with the half price cards I buy Boxing Day, ready for next year!
not only is the price going up now….but think how much “more” it will be in Ontario when we HAVE to pay HST. Yes instead of the one tax it will be combined….and we will be paying more. Couple rolls of stamps for Christmas sounds like a great idea!! I don’t care if the envelope has to go a mile – the price of the stamp is the same.
Anyone know if anyupcoming sales of 10% off stamps? Like Pharmaplus? Also, does zeller give 10% off stamps after showing SPC card?
I’m going to buy atleast 20 packs 🙂
Rexall has the “Permanent” stamp packs on 10% until 12/11 – Friday…..
I think just the stamp pack for Canadian postage, and 10% isn’t much, but better than full price at the post office!
Ugh – they raised it just last year – I remember stocking up last Christmas. I don’t think there’s much wrong with the price – but it annoys me that it is raised every year. At my work we send hundreds of mailings and it adds up big time whenever prices go up.
Every June, the postage stamp hike for the following year is announced. I realized the trend in 2004. Late spring/start of summer-news of price hike. Then come Christmas card mailing season, the hike is more noticeable.
Not a fan of the P designation for domestic mail postage but it makes less hassle to use up the stamps. 57 cents, huh.
I just hate having to get the few penny stamps to make up the difference on stamps I bought last year. Like the ones to the US which are not permanent. Those are the ones that should be!!
Funny, though … I could not find this announcement on the Canada Post website. Do they just plan to post the rates once they have come into effect, not giving us the heads-up??
I read about it on a notice at a Staples store last Saturday!
But, thanks for providing the “official word” here.
…maybe businesses and people in general should learn how to send mail electronically, for free, and then when canada post has to lay off people, they may realise that raising prices is not the best business move. If I raise my prices on products I sell, my profit margin goes down not up, but I often have to do that because I pay more for my primary..what’s their excuse.
hello thankyou for this info much appreciated
Current week’s PharmaPlus flyer shows 5% off Cdn 10-packs of stamps, limit 6. Not as good as the 10% offer late last year but I’ll go for it!
January 16, the new postage rates bump up.