Stamps - how do I know if they're still good?

[road trip]

So with USPS stamp prices going up every other week, how do I know if mine are still good?

They do not have a price/cost on the front of them. They only say "First Class" and "USA" and "2006" set in front of the statue of liberty on a flag background.

[road trip]

... after searching the USPS site, I found out that they aren't good anymore:



Note: mine don't have that big "39 cents" text on them like the pic, but the rest is exact.

[iceman]

They're still good for 39 cents, you just need to get additional stamps to make up the difference.

stamp value

[The Dad]

They're still good. The question is how much they're worth.

Sounds like they were in place to prepare for the 2006 rate. According to the USPS website, that was a January 2006 bump to $.39. Also according to the USPS site, that rate is now $.41.

So with an additional $.02 stamp, you should be good to go.

[road trip]

FOREVER stamps. I am soooo buying those.

...and had Woody gone straight to the police - - or had the USPS just put the value of the stamp on the stamp - - none of this every wood have happened.

[The AD]

FOREVER stamps. I am soooo buying those.

Yeah, if you buy a two year supply of forever stamps and the Post Office raises postage again, you could stand to save like 50 cents or something

[Steven S. Dallas]

I put all my money in Forever Stamps and gold. They're the only safe investment vehicles.

[iceman]

Yeah but if you bought a million of them and the USPS raised rates 2 cents, you could sell them on ebay for a penny more than you bought them for and make $5000 on only a $410,000 investement!

[jonesy]

OT. Ski stamps. Yeah, even as a kid I had the skibug.

[The AD]

Yeah but if you bought a million of them and the USPS raised rates 2 cents, you could sell them on ebay for a penny more than you bought them for and make $5000 on only a $410,000 investement!

A little less, actually, since you'd need some of the stamps to mail all the other stamps!

[Steven S. Dallas]

A little less, actually, since you'd need some of the stamps to mail all the other stamps!

Yeah, but you could write the cost of those stamps off! It's foolproof.

[iceman]

Yeah, but you could write the cost of those stamps off! It's foolproof.

The AD had me worried for a second there, but SSD saved the day as per usual.

[The AD]

You're right. That idea is bulletproof. I'm giving my two weeks at work today and heading down to the Post Office...

[woodstocksez]

I put all my money in Forever Stamps and gold. They're the only safe investment vehicles.

And baseball cards. You forgot baseball cards.

[woodstocksez]

Yeah but if you bought a million of them and the USPS raised rates 2 cents, you could sell them on ebay for a penny more than you bought them for and make $5000 on only a $410,000 investement!

Woudn't you make $10,000 ($.01 x 1,000,000)? And maybe you could sell them for even more to speculators. I mean, I don't have the $410,000 needed, but maybe we could start a mutual fund.

[shmerham]

And baseball cards. You forgot baseball cards.

...and beanie babies.

Back to Forever Stamps. If you used paypal you'd actually lose $820,000. So, you'd have to take money orders only.

[RootSkier]

Yeah but if you bought a million of them and the USPS raised rates 2 cents, you could sell them on ebay for a penny more than you bought them for and make $5000 on only a $410,000 investement!

That sounds EXACTLY like my real estate investing model.
















Can I borrow $5 for lunch?

[iceman]

Woudn't you make $10,000 ($.01 x 1,000,000)? And maybe you could sell them for even more to speculators. I mean, I don't have the $410,000 needed, but maybe we could start a mutual fund.

Dude you are right, for some reason I multiplied by 500,000. This idea is getting better and better! Who else is in?!?

[runethechamp]

What about Mark McGwire homerun balls?

[road trip]

Yeah, if you buy a two year supply of forever stamps and the Post Office raises postage again, you could stand to save like 50 cents or something

Point of clarification: it isn't the $$$ savings, it's the disdain of going to the post office.

Carry on...

[milton]

Why did i click on thread about STAMPS???


oh, because it's August 1....carry on.

[Altaholic]

All you gotta do if ya have the .39 stamp is buy the penny stamps at the post office and add two penny stamps to a .39 stamp and you are set

[Dexter Rutecki]

Forget the stamps, go with the Michigan bottle/can deposit venture. 100% profit on cans bought elsewhere for $.05.