Postcard Postage - Question

whoatherechunk · #1 09-08-2009, 03:57 PM

I don't understand the current postage system for postcards. I went to today to USPS to mail a postcard to an area relatively close to me and it came out to 75 cents. Aren't postcards supposed to be cheap....or maybe I'm crazy and that it is cheap.

**Vorago** · #2 09-08-2009, 04:02 PM

We pay 60 eurocent for a stamp, which roughly equates to 75-80 dollarcents.

And if you're lucky it actually reaches its destination.

whoatherechunk · #3 09-08-2009, 07:01 PM

eek! thought it'd be cheaper.

DerHoggz · #4 09-08-2009, 07:35 PM

From what I can find on the interwebz, it should be 28 cents. Makes sense because I remember a few years back it was around 21 cents or something.

Milky · #5 09-08-2009, 07:53 PM

Where do you live?

whoatherechunk · #6 09-08-2009, 07:55 PM

sending a post card from el paso to waco.

The Growler · #7 09-08-2009, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whoatherechunk

I don't understand the current postage system for postcards. I went to today to USPS to mail a postcard to an area relatively close to me and it came out to 75 cents. Aren't postcards supposed to be cheap....or maybe I'm crazy and that it is cheap.

Go to USPS.gov and check there. If the postcard is oversize for instance, they charge more.

tplyons · #8 09-08-2009, 08:07 PM

First-Class Mail® Postcards ($0.28 each)
Maximum size: 6 inches long by 4-1/4 inches high

First-Class Mail® Large Postcards ($0.44 each)
More than: 6 inches long by 4-1/4 inches high

From http://postcalc.usps.gov/Postcards.aspx

whoatherechunk · #9 09-09-2009, 03:24 PM

yeah...i checked that out. so i guess i paid for super fast shipping or something (?). meh. guess i will ask again next time. it was definitely not jumbo size!