The fear that the Postal Regulatory Commission will order price increases this year to address the USPS financial situation has passed. The PRC issued its compliance report Monday. There will be no Mailing or Shipping Services price increases until 2011. However, January 2011 price increases for ALL postal products in the 5-8% range are a [...]
Regarding Docket MC2010, Transferring Selected Post Office Box Service Locations to the Competitive Product List, those in the test areas may be getting more calls requesting information about their PMB rentals. After speaking with the Public Representative at the PRC, he has submitted a motion for more information from the USPS. He has asked that [...]
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On March 12, 2010 the USPS announced that they had “filed a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to change the designation of approximately 32,000 Post Office™ boxes at 49 Post Office locations from monopoly to competitive designation – a move to allow greater flexibility to meet the needs of customers. It has been [...]
On March 12, 2010 the USPS announced that they had “filed a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to change the designation of approximately 32,000 Post Office™ boxes at 49 Post Office locations from monopoly to competitive designation – a move to allow greater flexibility to meet the needs of customers. “The filing allows [...]
Every day you tell me about the economy and the state of the pack and ship business. You me how bad business is and that business has been stolen away from you. It’s the Internet, the carriers, the drop offs, the Office Depot, OfficeMax, Kinko’s, the carrier stores, the Post Office, and all the others. [...]
Politicians are trying to figure out (through rigorous oversight) what this quasi-government, quasi-business satyr should look like. “The Postal Service is the only financially troubled business I know that would focus on cutting service rather than on trying to serve its customers better. . .The Postal Service needs to increase its volume and attract more [...]
Price Update While it is not for sure until the end of the month, we think the call by some for USPS price increases soon will not lead to them in 2010. Plan for a price change for BOTH competitive and market dominant products in JANUARY 2011. While this is not news for competitive products [...]
