Flat-rate priority box cost going up
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From Times Wire Services
People using flat-rate priority-mail boxes are getting a bit of a break.
Mailing the boxes will cost $8.95, regardless of weight, when the new postal rates take effect May 14, the postal Board of Governors announced. The Postal Regulatory Commission had recommended an increase to $9.15 from the current $8.10 charge.
The U.S. Postal Service asked the commission to reconsider and reduce the charge to less than $9, and the commission agreed to the lower rate.
The governors also said the commission had agreed to permit a 17-cent surcharge for odd-shaped first-class mail.
