USPS Imposes Holiday Parcel Surcharge

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The United States Postal Service (USPS) has filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) for a temporary price adjustment for key package products during their 2021 peak holiday season—October 3 through December 26, 2021. This temporary rate adjustment is similar to one in 2020, which typically results in extra handling costs.

The planned price changes can be found here:
USPS Holiday Surcharge On Parcels Oct 3 – Dec 26

 

[gordo]

Whew! At least the surcharges won't apply to all the packages of presents being returned starting Dec 27. ;-)

 

[tngcas]

FedEx is doing the same. They did it last year too but then never stopped the surcharge.
They should call it what it is, a permenant price increase

 

[gordo]

So the key packages need extra handling. Got it.

Yup! But you can easily avoid the surcharges by simply not shipping keys with the USPS.