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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 02 2008 : 6:12:53 PM
GADS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh lordy .. this 'simplifyin' is sure costin' me a lotta' pennies .. i went to the postie today with a buncha' boxes of treasures that i am jus' givin' away .. and when the post lady said "that will be EIGHTY-EIGHT DOLLARS (and some change) .. i about wet my underoos!
i think all the gurlfrenz are gonna' have to COME AND GET IT FROM NOW ON!!! WHEW! have any of you gurlz had 'sticker shock' at the price of postage???
and i thought GASOLINE was high!!!
i mailed a DOLLAR STORE thingie and it cost me over SIX DOLLARS to mail it! (post lady sweetly suggested i use one of those 'one-price envelopes' .. sooo .. it only cost me four dollars and some change! WOWZER!!!!!
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 04 2008 : 5:41:17 PM
oh .. and amy darlin' .. i'm hoping to gather a big prize basket that everyone can choose a little sumpthin' or other from .. when they come to the gathering .. that way .. NO POSTAGE! xo
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 04 2008 : 5:40:07 PM
i'm thinkin' that when i give away 'stuff' in the near future, i'll jus' ask for the POSTIE on it .. i'd sure be willing to pay postage to get a prize from someone .. (oh dear .. only .. .pleeeeeze .. jus' flower seeds and cookies for me .. i don't need more treasures now!)
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| amyartgirl |
Posted - Aug 04 2008 : 07:12:28 AM
Yuppers and wowzers! Yes, I know that postage is a TON. That is one of the reasons why I am not doing any swaps (right now at least). I remember at Christmas time with all of the swaps that I was in was just nuts....80 bucks...one of the packages went across the border into Canada...eeek! Good idea Alee with FedEx..that is a good price, plus you can normally track the shipments.
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 04 2008 : 06:51:30 AM
i'll sure do that when i get around to fed-x'in gurlfren. thanks so much! xo
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| Alee |
Posted - Aug 03 2008 : 8:27:15 PM
Frannie- Feel free to literally call me :D If you don't have my phone number, email me and I will send it to you.
Alee
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 03 2008 : 7:39:52 PM
sweetie .. it's the DOIN' .. the guestimatin' .. the printin' of labels .. but i jus' might try this if i get a buncha' boxes to mail all at once again. thanks .. and i might be callin' on ya' someday! xo
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| Alee |
Posted - Aug 03 2008 : 12:57:01 PM
Frannie-
Just let me know what you have questions with and I will try to answer them!
Alee
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| lacisne88 |
Posted - Aug 03 2008 : 12:49:12 PM
Oh yes Frannie!! I have definitely noticed that postage rates are very high!! I like to sell on Ebay from time-to-time and I buy on Ebay frequently and the prices are always so high!!!
When I was in Mexico this summer my dad had to send me my glasses because I forgot them at home (I am completely and literally blind without glasses or contacts and I didn't want to have to wear contacts every day and all day). He sent the glasses in a very small box and it costed $70...just for a little pair of glasses. It took weeks for them to arrive because the mexican post is so unreliable and when they arrived I had to pay and extra $20 for taxes...taxes on an old scratched pair of glasses!!!! So the total spent for this pair of glasses was $90...I cold have purchased a brand new pair in Mexico for that much money!!
Chelsey
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 03 2008 : 11:42:14 AM
oh alee .. i'm wonderin' if you can teach an olde dog new tricks? xo
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| Alee |
Posted - Aug 03 2008 : 09:32:20 AM
I figure the USPS will always have lots of service- if nothing else, all my bills and junk mail come through the USPS! LOL
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| melanie47601 |
Posted - Aug 03 2008 : 08:37:33 AM
Thanks for the tip Alee. I'd feel kinda like a traitor going to Fed Ex, but... I may just have to. My sis works for the USPS and you know we always wanna keep our family in a job. But you gals are right, the shipping through USPS is outrageous!
Melanie
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| Alee |
Posted - Aug 03 2008 : 08:13:33 AM
Frannie- They will, and since you ship so much it might be worth it. There is a pick-up fee though Not too bad if you are shipping a lot though. Just give a really good estimate on your weights. They weigh and measure everything and I have only rarely had them charge more than what I had estimated. You fill in all the shipping info and print the labels right out there on your printer. Since they are printed I make sure to put them in a ziploc baggie and then tape them onto the box so no water can ruin the label. Fed-Ex will re-print the label if it gets ruined though. And the few times they have broken a bottle or two- I just submit a claim online and they get me a check for the value I submitted in less than 2 weeks. When the post office broke several boxes of bottles, they took over 2 months to get me my check...AND they didn't reimburse me for the wasted postage which Fed-Ex will.
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 03 2008 : 06:38:50 AM
WOW .. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA ALEE .. i'm wondering if they would come way down to this holler to pick up? and i don't have a SCALE to weigh stuff .. HA! the post office would LOVE for me to get one of those!
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| Alee |
Posted - Aug 03 2008 : 06:34:40 AM
Oh most certainly, Frannie! Shipping the glass milk bottles about made me swallow my tongue a few times. I'll give you a hint. Open a Fed-Ex online account. You get 15% off shipping! I just sent a package down to Shreveport the other day from way up here in Montanta...and it was only $7 and some change! And Fed-Ex has always been great about getting things there safe and sound!
Alee
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 03 2008 : 05:55:01 AM
debra darlin' .. you are so right .. it always does! i think i feel it hardest cuz' i always seem to let boxes pile up before i get to the postie .. and then WOWZER! .. but then, with the price of gasoline .. (and our nearest post office is a twenty-mile round trip for me!) it would cost twice as much (or more). AND our local little post office has limited hours .. soooooo .. when i'm on my way to town .. it is not always open. HA! not to mention that i usually let them sit in a pile somewhere or in the back of the van for WEEKS before i actually get to the post office!
oh brooke sweetie .. absolutely NO NEED to send any pennies. my breath wuz jus' taken away for a moment when she announced the postage price to me .. HONESTLY .. not complaining .. i'm so happy some gurlfrenz get to have a few of my treasures ... i wuz' jus' sharin' it with ya'll gurlfrenz as if you'd been there beside me hackin' up a furrball along with me at the price of postage. xoxo
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| Ga Girl |
Posted - Aug 03 2008 : 05:42:39 AM
Frannie, The price of postage is terrible, I was going to mail some books to Canada the other day and the lady said twenty something dollars and I just stood there. Wow! So I mailed it a different way and it was 7 something.
Karen
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| lilwing |
Posted - Aug 02 2008 : 6:45:31 PM
Dear frannie, do you want me to give you some money ... I know the price of postage is outrageous ... something I just sent in the mail was a shocker for me too ..I thought it would be cheaper and it was more than I thought! Cost more than what was in the box! I understand....
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| joyfulmama |
Posted - Aug 02 2008 : 6:22:46 PM
wow!! dear frannie.. you are so sweet... I think the old praise song "Give and it will come back to you. Pressed down, shaken together and running over."
Thank you bunches!
Blessings, Debra
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