Postage went up..

I went to the post office today to mail some stuff.. and discovered first class parcel postage is now a minimum of 43.00.. so I now have to increase my postage/handling to $3.50 to cover some of the postage cost, the fees for selling and the Paypal fees.. I hated doing this.. but I dont charge much for my items as it is... so cant afford to take that much of a cut..