Extra Services and Other Fees

Extra Services include Certified Mail®, Return Receipt, Delivery Confirmation, Signature Confirma­tion™, Registered Mail® and Insurance. Other ser­vices include items such as Post Office™ boxes and Address Change Service. Here are a few of the changes that will be effective Monday May 12, 2008:

  • Business Reply Mail Pricing of all Business Reply Mail (BRM) returns will be based on shape. In addi­tion, there are minor increases to BRM per-piece fees. The BRM annual fee, annual accounting fee, as well as the QBRM quarterly fee have modest increases. The new fees apply only to first-time payments and fee renewals. BRM customers with current annual and quarterly fees paid do not begin paying the new fees until their current payment period expires and it is time to renew.
  • Delivery Confirmation There are no changes to any of the Delivery Confirmation service fees, includ­ing the no-fee option included in the price for certain Priority Mail and Parcel Select® parcels.
  • Mailing and Permit Fees The permit imprint application fee and all annual mailing fees will increase to $180. Account maintenance fees (annual accounting fees) will increase to $565. These new fees apply only to first-time payments and fees renewals. Customers with current fees paid do not begin paying the new fees until their current payment period expires and it is time to renew.