Achieving Discounts -- New Numbers, Same Advice

Perhaps the most noteworthy aspect of the entire rate case is a one-year test under which mailers of Standard Mail saturation rate letters or flats can earn an additional per-piece discount if they can demonstrate volume growth in total or within a defined market area.

In the new rules implemented with the May 11 rate change, the Postal Service has included the criteria and process for participation in the test but, for those mailers who can, a decent discount is available: $0.037 per letter-size piece ($0.022 for Nonprofit), or $0.04 per flat-size piece ($0.024 for Nonprofit).