Did you know that the postage increase, which is set to go into effect on January 22, 2012, actually contains some good news?

Starting the 22nd - on letter size mail only, not "flats" - when you mail at the PRESORTED FIRST CLASS rate (which must be a minimum of 500 presorted pieces), there will not be an additional charge for the 2nd ounce of weight. Pieces weighing up to 2 ounces will mail for the up to 1 ounce rate!

This is for PRESORTED FIRST CLASS, minimum of 500 count letter size pieces only, not single piece mail.

Previous additional weight offers had restrictions tied to business reply mail but this one does not. Advertising pieces are allowed, or even just normal additional pages of letter copy. 

So what does all this mean for you? It's a savings of $ 0.125 per piece. When you're mailing 10,000 pieces, that's a savings of $ 1,250. Now let's take a minute to consider how much fun you could have with $1,250...

• That's about 25 tanks of gas.
• Maybe you prefer pizza, you could order 125 of them from Pizza Hut, don't forget to tip the delivery guy.
• Have you been thinking about an iPad? You can get 2 of those and have enough left over to pick up an iPhone.

Now, back to reality and more importantly, what will that extra cash will do for your budget?

Again, this is not effective until January 22, 2012 and only applies to LETTER size mail, presorted, minimum 500 count. It's not often that the USPS gives us gifts, but we'll certainly take this one!

Jim Cox
Mailing Specialist