Stamps

[longlongwaytogo]

I have to buy some stamps soon. Overseas stamps have gone up to $1.50 each now. And I was thinking... apparently it's still under a dollar in the US to send things overseas. And our exchange rate is almost the same now. I know they're closer to other countries than we are, but are our letters *really* deserving of an extra 50 cents? 

Comments

[patriciaofoz]

It costs me 94c to send greeting cards to family and friends from the US to Australia. Prices went up by 4c mid-May (used to be 90c)

Locally it costs 42c, so not much different to Australia's 45c. And like the International stamp, this went up from 40c.

[longlongwaytogo]

I think the Australian local stamps have gone up to 50 cents now. Not sure actually.

[innisathome]

Yep, 50c for a domestic letter!

I would say some letters are deserving of that extra 50c, others I wouldn't even bother put in the post. haha

[thewowser]

I work in a post office (*so* embarrassing)

A post-card overseas costs $1.30
A letter to Asia/New Zealand costs $1.35
A letter anywhere else in the world is $2

A local standard letter is 50cents, and a large A4 is $1

The reason stamps keep going up is because of petrol prices. No joke.