07-24-2026, 07:28 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-24-2026, 07:30 PM by HereOnThePrimalEdge.)
Over on the Ground Advantage thread:
https://punaweb.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=23243&page=3
#26
It’s noted the shipping costs to Hawaii are increasing.
Letter rates also went up on July 12.
Is this due to higher wages for USPS employees, or increased shipping costs because of gas and oil?
Those are higher prices we see and pay directly when we mail a letter, a package, or buy something that’s shipped here. Everything, almost everything else we buy is shipped in but those increases are less transparent because they’re included in the shelf price at the grocery or hardware store, even at restaurants on the menu.
Our yard workers just raised their rate due to the price of gas to drive here and to run their weed wacker and chain saw all day. And because everything they buy costs them more. A friend received an estimate from their general contractor to build a house, he would only lock in the price for one month, because of anticipated but unknown materials price increases.
It’s not going to get worse, worse has already arrived.
https://punaweb.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=23243&page=3
#26
It’s noted the shipping costs to Hawaii are increasing.
Letter rates also went up on July 12.
Is this due to higher wages for USPS employees, or increased shipping costs because of gas and oil?
Those are higher prices we see and pay directly when we mail a letter, a package, or buy something that’s shipped here. Everything, almost everything else we buy is shipped in but those increases are less transparent because they’re included in the shelf price at the grocery or hardware store, even at restaurants on the menu.
Our yard workers just raised their rate due to the price of gas to drive here and to run their weed wacker and chain saw all day. And because everything they buy costs them more. A friend received an estimate from their general contractor to build a house, he would only lock in the price for one month, because of anticipated but unknown materials price increases.
It’s not going to get worse, worse has already arrived.