USPS Holiday Rate Increase

[Mike Chance in Iowa]

For those of you who ship, you may not have seen this price increase that is going into effect 10/18/2020 thru 12/27/2020.

USPS.com notice
https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2020/0814-usps-announces-temporary-price-increase.htm

Stamps.com notice
https://stamps.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1685

[Jim Becker]

The notice seems to apply to commercial rates. Stamps dot com isn't the post office and they likely use the commercial rates (in the first link) to provide parcel postage at or near the normal retail cost you would get going to the post office or using the USPS "Click n Ship" directly.