Who sets rates on post office boxes? USPS? The local postmaster? Our annual rate just went up 50%. What's up with that?

Post Office™ Box fees vary depending on your location. (Which means they can change to meet market demand, and if a local business has opened offering P.O. Boxes for more.) For box availability and fee group information, call your local Post Office. The increased rates are based on the commercial real estate values of each post office building, using a “value-based pricing algorithm” determined by higher-ups in the USPS.

You got to see this tiny post office that has the highest rates and wonder....http://www.stpns.net/view_article.html?articleId=43244327595384475For internet rates see. http://www.usps.com/receive/businesssolutions/poboxfees.htmWhy did rates go up again? The costs of doing business — for things like fuel, transportation, utilities, and health care benefits — have continued to increase.

Without an increase to keep up with rising costs, we face significant losses. Many people do not know that postal operations are not subsidized by tax dollars. They rely on the sale of postal products and services to cover their operating costs.

The USPS raised prices January 8, 2006 - why another increase 16 months later? The January 8, 2006 across-the-board price increase was to meet an escrow payment mandated by Public Law (PL) 108-18. This is the first time since January 2001 that they have restructured their prices.

A lot has happened since then. As part of our Strategic Transformation Plan, they made extensive changes to their operations and increased their efficiency. And the market has changed too – they are using this opportunity to reflect changes in operations, and respond to market changes.

They have done that by re-aligning their classifications (product descriptions), and their prices. They must ensure their prices for their products cover their costs.Do I get pissed when the Post Office screws up? Did it happen to me?

Was my S.S. Check delayed? Was it a birthday card from my Health Care plan? Was it a package that was shipped Priority Mail and arrived at a Bulk Media pace?

Answers are Maybe, yes, no, yes. Given that they handle some 80 million pieces of First Class Mail each day a missing birthday card can be expected and is acceptable... A delayed S.S. Check is an irritation, but it happens, just don't let it happen too much... Paying for a package to be sent Priority Mail $12 and seeing it arrive not marked at Media Pace a week later a $2 service, Hell no. And complaint was filed...Remember, the U.S.P.S. is something we can be proud of in Western Civilization... No other country moves as much 1st class mail as our USPS does with the same speed and dependability... It is also a government agency that is not dependent upon our tax dollars anymore... It can serve as an example for how government can develop an Universal Health Care Insurance Program that can be self sufficent, based on premiums paid through payroll deductions.... Now how did that get in here?

Keep ClearSpartan Caver48 Million working Americans without health care.