A Victorious Day for Mailers, as PRC Denies USPS Request for Exigent Postal Rate Increase

Since the PRC’s announcement about the decision to deny the USPS Exigent Rate Increase yesterday, I have been inundated with some interesting phone calls. I have heard statements like, “elated,” “what a relief,” “this is a morale booster,” and “it feels good to finally win one.” I certainly agree with all of these statements and the mailing industry owes a huge, “THANK YOU” to the American Catalog Mailers Association (ACMA), the Association for Postal Commerce (PostCom), the Affordable Mail Alliance and all associates that challenged that request. Arandell Corporation belongs to and participates in all of the aforementioned associations…and more….not to mention that we are one of the co-founders of the ACMA.

So what now? Now the Postal Service will be obliged to follow the law and keep any rate increase within the legal limit, equal to the rate of inflation (currently about 1.4%, but the actual rate that will affect the postal rates for next year will not be known until December). There are additional issues facing the postal service as well, so the Affordable Mail Alliance will continue to work with the USPS to eliminate excess capacity and costs in the system.

Although we are all excited about today’s announcement, there are sure to be more postal changes that will affect the entire mailing industry. Stay tuned to our blog for updates as those issues evolve. In the meantime, get out and celebrate today’s victory! We can surely rest easily knowing that our postal budgets won’t be stretched to the max next year…that is, at least not more than they are already.

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