USPS New Dimensional Fees

The USPS postmaster has gone insane.

[lgn1]

Here is the new USPS surcharges starting April 3rd/2022 and my comments.

A fee of $1.50 will be applied to any packages when manifested dimensions are either incorrect or are not provided and the captured dimensions (length, width, height) have a length greater than 22 inches or volume greater than one cubic foot with an accuracy of 1/4"

[Ok fair enough, don't game the system]


Parcels that are longer than 22 inches but less than 30 inches will see a $4.00 surcharge.

[Ok, I can understand that postal carriers are weak and lack the dexterity to hand any package slightly over 22 inches in length]

Parcels that exceed 30 inches in length will incur a $15.00 surcharge and is on top of the charge of $4.00 for being over 22 inches.

[Is the postmaster general totally nuts; all the major carriers allow parcel length up to 48 inches with no surcharges, and even longer if you have the volume to negotiate]

Well USPS will at least accomplish one task; faster delivery because there will be a lot of businesses moving their logistic services to a different carrier, including us.

[phranque]

death from within

[lucy24]

Well, I think we’ve all known that for several years.

[phranque]

several years

in 2006, Congress decreed that the USPS must, within 10 years, fully fund past, current, and potential future pension and health care liabilities 75 years into the future.
(no other corporate or government entity is required to do this.)

dejoy, on the other hand, has only been postmaster since mid-2020.

[lucy24]

Oh, right, I’d forgotten the pension thing. Amtrak has an analogous problem, because when Social Security was first established, the railroads were so vast, they were allowed to maintain an independent retirement system. Oops.