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| JessieMae |
Posted - Sep 03 2008 : 3:03:36 PM
I spent most of the morning and early afternoon Saturday writing letters to Grandma, my best friend, and my old college roommate. I hurried them to the Post Office so they'd go out A.S.A.P. Guess what I got in the mail today? ALL 3 LETTERS BACK, marked "Postage Due!" Apparently, the stationery I used is an unacceptable shape (the envelopes are square, not rectangular) and can't be put through the computerized reading machine, so I have to pay a 20 cent surcharge! Grrrrr.... No wonder letter writing is a dying art! How frustrating! |
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| Amie C. |
Posted - Sep 03 2008 : 7:36:39 PM
I used to work in a college mailroom, and we had a handy little printout that showed the outline of an oversized envelope vs. a regular business sized one. If there was any doubt about a card, we could just hold it up to the pattern and see if it fit within the lines. If not, we knew that it would need extra postage. I think Dorothy the Queen of the Mailroom printed it out from the USPS website, so you might want to try there. |
| one_dog_per_acre |
Posted - Sep 03 2008 : 4:31:48 PM
When I worked at Hallmark, many brides were bummed because it put them over budget, and it seems like the most beautiful invites we carried were square.
Trish
Farmgirl Sister #91
Make cupcakes not war!
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| lisamarie508 |
Posted - Sep 03 2008 : 4:20:17 PM
That just stinks! You can't even use nice stationery anymore without paying more? How do you know how much more, unless you actually make a trip to the post office to mail it? That's just no fun.
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
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| Alee |
Posted - Sep 03 2008 : 3:58:50 PM
Oh No! I have had that happen to me too! Only sometimes I receive a letter and have to fork out extra just for them to give me the letter because postage is due!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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| Annika |
Posted - Sep 03 2008 : 3:05:48 PM
That is just plain Rotten! Grrrrrrr is right!
Annika
Farmgirl sister #13
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