Quote Originally Posted by lcz128 View Post
Reasoning for that giant shipping increase here at USPS (via Fwooshcast)
Well that explains why the USPS quotes at BBTS are close to the UPS quotes now. The postal service (USPS) shouldn't be more expensive or close to the price of a courier service (UPS). I wonder if this is a result of prolonged high fuel cost, which would now be the main expense of both services... overshadowing whatever costs were making UPS more expensive in the past.


This is also not good for anyone going on future US trips (and BotCon) that result in more purchases than the airlines will accept... as USPS were already very restrictive with box sizes, so up to 15% more is going to mean cutting back on what you want to buy and bring back.