November 2005
Welcome to News You Can Use, a monthly E-newsletter from DATAMATX designed to keep you informed about the
issues and trends in printing and mailing that are affecting your business.
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NEWS FLASH
DATAMATX CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE TO KEEP BUSINESS POSTAGE RATES LOW
Recently announced postal rate increase will not affect pre-sorted and bulk mailings
with the same impact thanks to successful negotiations with the USPS on behalf
of business mailers.
The Postal Rate Commission announced this week the approval of a 5.4% postal
rate increase. This means the cost of a First-Class stamp will go up two cents,
to 39 cents and the postcard rate will increase by one cent to 24 cents. This
is the first rate increase since June 30, 2002; and is one cent less than the
last one. This increase will take effect on January 8, 2006 and, while it may
not make a significant impact on the budgets of the individual consumer or even
many businesses, for companies that mail high volumes of bills and statements
the financial impact is certain to be cause for concern.
As your document distribution partner, DATAMATX is serious about working to continually
maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of your customer mailings. Because of
this, our president Harry Stephens, is extremely active in the National Postal
Policy Council (NPPC) and the Major Mailers Association (MMA) as an advocate for
you. Both of these organizations work to ensure your voice is heard when postal
decisions (such as this newly-announced increase) are made. We are proud to report
that discounts for business mailings have been continually negotiated with the
USPS on your behalf by these concerned groups.
The result of these negotiations is that it has been agreed that pre-sorted and
bulk mailings will not increase proportionately with First-Class mail. While First-Class
mail will increase $.02, discounted high-volume automated 5-digit mail will only increase
by $.015—which is extremely good news for high-volume mailers.
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MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT HARRY STEPHENS
DATAMATX is proud to be your voice in the postal community and campaign for timely,
reliable and affordable postal service. We understand that it is essential to
the bottom-line success of every enterprise—and we promise to keep you informed
on these important issues while we continually advocate on your behalf when any
business-critical postal decisions are made. You can read about our recent efforts
to keep pre-sorted and bulk mailing rates low in this E-newsletter's current feature.
We hope it's News You Can Use.
Sincerely,
Harry Stephens
President, CEO
DATAMATX
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