Postal Rates
» Postal Rates, Volume 2, Issue 3, 2002
6b. If first-class postage were to rise 10 cents a letter, to 44 cents, and 5 cents a post card to 26 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 | 23 | ||
3 | Shift from letters to post cards | 1 | ||
4 | Shift to cheaper forms of mail, such as third class | 9 | ||
5 | DK/Refuse | 8 | ||
Total (%) | 100 | |||
N | 355 |
Notes: Fifty-nine (59) percent of small employers would maintain first-class mail volume and not switch to cheaper forms if postage rates rose 10 cents for letters and 5 cents for post cards (Q#6b).