![]() For example, if you wanted to print 100 First Class stamps and the first one jammed, Endicia charges you for the full 100, a loss of $44 at the current rate. Simply put, you lose (at least part of) the value of your print order. The software warns you that you have to have enough labels on the roll to complete a multiple-stamp printing, but it doesn't tell you what happens when the first (or subsequent) label in the queue jams the printer. Add to this the fallibility of the LabelWriter printer (400 Turbo), which occasionally allows a jam-up with the sticky side of the label rolling around the platen, and you have mega-potential for additional expense. This monopoly (synonym for price-gouging) is said to "protect" the user from illegally printing unauthorized stamps, but it is not clear just how such a risk could arise, or, who would be liable for such unauthorized postage. Prospective buyers should also know that Endicia is the only supplier for the stamp feedstock for the LabelWriter Turbo label printers. If the USPS added 10 cents to the First Class rate, the public would have a collective conniption. It adds about $0.105 to the cost of postage, or, as little as 7 cents additional if you buy 2000 labels at once. Commercial Base (online postage) rates will start at $14.11 (previously $13.54).Endicia may be just the ticket for commercial applications, but the stamp feedstock is prohibitively expensive for most household mailing needs. ![]() First Class Package International Service will see an average rate increase of 4.2% in 2022. ![]() Commercial Base (online postage) rates will start at $46.36 (previously $44.60). Priority Mail International will see an average rate increase of 3.7% in 2022.Commercial Base (online postage) rates will start at $44.95 (previously 42.85). Priority Mail Express International will see an average rate increase of 3.2% in 2022.This applies to Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail and Parcel Select Ground. Packages with length over 22 inches will have a $4.00 surcharge, packages with length over 30 inches will have $15.00 surcharge and packages over 2 cubic feet will have a $15.00 surcharge. Rates will be adjusted based on box dimensions. Starting in April 2022, a new “nonstandard fee” was introduced for packages that must be sorted manually by the USPS when the dimensions of the package exceed sortation requirements.Starting in April 2022, a $1.50 fee was introduced for packages that are greater than one cubic foot or have a box length greater than 22 inches if the customer did not provide dimensions or provided inaccurate dimensions inside an online postage provider (e.g.Parcel Select Ground will see a rate decrease of 12.1% for Commercial Base (online postage) in 2022, with rates starting at $7.22 (previously $7.01).First Class Package Service will see a rate increase of 7.4% for Commercial Base (online postage) in 2022, with rates starting at $3.37 (previously at $3.01).Priority Mail will see a rate increase of 2.7% for Commercial Base (online postage) in 2022, with rates starting at $7.37 (previously $7.16).Priority Mail Express will see a rate increase of 4.3% for Commercial Base (online postage) in 2022, with rates will starting at $23.50 (previously $22.75).Summary of the 2022 Postage Rate Increase (implemented January 9, 2022): NEW: Cubic pricing is being introduced for Parcel Select Ground.NEW: Priority Mail will now include $100 of insurance for free (previously $50 of insurance was provided for free).Rates will start at $3.49 (previously $3.19). ![]()
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