They are all technically forever stamps as I understand it... if you buy them at 50 cents they are good forever until you use them up. But if you run out of them, you buy new stamps at whatever the current price is and they are also good forever until you use them up.

I guess that makes the math easy for buying new stamps. 

I cant remember the last time I bought a stamp.

Seems like today is too late to worry about it: 1 cent increase anyhow.

Thanks for the link though, I do mail roughly 6,600 personal notes, postcards and monthly mailers per year, so the pennies add up.

no, my office marketing dept writes a check to the post office for my mailings and I get billed once a month...

Very soon a single stamps will be $1.00 

Nina Hollander nailed this one!

I buy stamps but use EDDM for farming so the cost is paid online. I have a bunch of forever stamps and they can be used no matter what the price. Glad it's only 1 cent!

Yes, I buy them for my impromptu cards but, I pay a service to do my mailers so, those rates will increase, Praful. It's a 1¢ hike this year so, $5 for a 500-card mailer isn't too bad!

We are pretty well all electronic so stamps are not a major purchase.

I do take advantage of forever stamps, but do limited mailings.

Ugh.... another rate increase.   I do buy forever stamps for a lot of my outreach.  "Forever" is a relative term though especially at the USPS and I'll be purchasing pricier ones in the near future. 

they need to run efficently & effectively not charge more for same services

Postage is provided by the company that sends our our direct mail.

Yes we always buy a large quantity and when we start running low we just buy another large quantity knowing at some point in time the price will go up again.  You can only invest so much in this area!  We try to be about two years ahead of the game in the usage of our postage stamps.

I do bulk discount but I'm sure that is not staying the same either. It was 21.6 I think.

I have a whole bunch that I bought...

I do buy forever stamps. They only last so long then it is time to buy more at the increased price. 

I always buy forever stamps for domestic and international mail. I didn't even know that postage was going up.

usually

Thanks for the reminder.

I've only bought forever stamps since they made them.  I stocked up pre increase as well.

I don't use first class mail for mailers.. but I don't think the 2% increase would motivate me to prepurchase

Always buy the forever stamps.

I always by forever stamps so don't have to worry about rate increase. 

I usually do but I use it all up pretty quick.

USPS has a racket going... service remains same or drops but cost to consumer goes up... Almost like a cable company!

I always do and it makes me feel good when i have a good supply and the rate does go up

Praful Thakkar I just bought 100 Forever stamps the other day. I hope this increase gives my postman a raise so he brings the mail on time every day.

Yes, whatever they sell me, at the counter or at the ATM stamp machine.

I have a few left.

Yes.

Good to know, thanks for the reminding.

I buy them by the roll and thought that meant they are forever stamps. 

Praful Thakkar lately, I don't much stamps.

   No.

I do but forgot and I am almost out

Ugh - didn't know that.  But my brokerage offers free postage to the agents if we use bulk mail.  

I use mostly stamps.  If I can get something done in bulk or at a cheaper rate, like standard, I would.

I wonder if they are raising Amazon ‘s rates. I use forever stamps..