Postal Rates
» Postal Rates, Volume 2, Issue 3, 2002
6a. If first-class postage were to rise 6 cents a letter, to 40 cents, and 3 cents a post card to 24 cents, by the end of the year would you:?
Response | ||||
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1 | Maintain your volume of first-class mail | 59 | ||
2 | Reduce your volume of first-class mail | 20 | ||
3 | Shift from letters to post cards | 2 | ||
4 | Shift to cheaper forms of mail, such as third class | 14 | ||
5 | DK/Refuse | 5 | ||
Total (%) | 100 | |||
N | 397 |
Notes: Fifty-nine (59) percent of small employers would maintain first-class mail volume and not shift to cheaper forms if postage rates rose 6 cents for letters and 3 cents for post cards by year's end (Q#6a).