{"id":558,"date":"2009-10-15T18:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-15T23:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=558"},"modified":"2009-10-15T18:13:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-15T23:13:00","slug":"pmg-to-postal-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2009\/10\/15\/pmg-to-postal-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"PMG To Postal Customers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/potter-2010.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-559\" title=\"potter-2010\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/potter-2010-150x150.gif\" alt=\"potter-2010\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>October 10, 2009<\/p>\n<p><strong>To Postal Service Customers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many of you have expressed concerns regarding mailing costs for 2010.\u00a0 The tough economic climate has presented significant challenges to all of us and pessimistic speculation has suggested that postal prices could increase by as much as 10 percent.<\/p>\n<p>As we begin a new fiscal year and as many of you, our business clients, are preparing your 2010 operating budgets, we want to end all speculation.<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Service will not increase prices for market dominant products in calendar year 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Simply stated, there will not be a price increase for market dominant products including First-Class Mail, Standard Mail, periodicals, single-piece Parcel Post.\u00a0 There will be no exigent price increase for these products.<\/p>\n<p>This is the right decision at the right time for the right reason.\u00a0 Promoting the value of mail and encouraging its continued use is essential for jobs, the economy, and the future of both the Postal Service and the mailing industry.<\/p>\n<p>While increasing prices might have generated revenue for the Postal Service in the short term, the long term effect could drive additional mail out of the system.\u00a0 We want mailers to continue to invest in mail to grow their business, communicate with valued customers, and maintain a strong presence in the marketplace.\u00a0 Changes in pricing for our competitive products\u2014Priority Mail, Express Mail, Parcel Select, and most international products\u2014are under consideration.\u00a0 We expect to announce a decision in November.<\/p>\n<p>We are committed to working with customers to find ways to grow the mail through innovative incentives like the Summer Sale and contract pricing.\u00a0 Mail is the most effective means of communication and advertising and we will continue to work together to increase the value of the mail.\u00a0 Mail is a smart investment for the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 10, 2009 To Postal Service Customers: Many of you have expressed concerns regarding mailing costs for 2010.\u00a0 The tough economic climate has presented significant challenges to all of us and pessimistic speculation has suggested that postal prices could increase by as much as 10 percent. As we begin a new fiscal year and as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":561,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions\/561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}