USPS has raised their rates. Senders be advised.

If they didn't zigzag with your mail and pass your area multiple times before finally settling in where it's supposed to be maybe they wouldn't have to raise prices. You ever watch where a tracked package goes between point a and point b?
I'm about an hour out of Chicago. If I order a package from the west it passes me up and ends up in Indianapolis or even farther away before heading back here. If they would drop the packages off on the way instead of carrying them 2-3 times farther than they need to , rates would go down. I'm not saying door to door on the way thru, but if someone sends me something from GA don't send it to Minneapolis then back to Chicago then to Champaign then here.... It's not uncommon to see stuff track and pass me twice on the way here.