Cost of Postage
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Both of my sons are getting married in the next year and a half. One was complaining about the high cost of postage. I told him that I didn't want a post card for his RSVP card like his cousin sent. So for Christmas I gave each of them 200 stamps. I got pretty ones that had hearts on them. They both appreciated them.
weddings and supporting families are not cheap dates either!
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i was invited to a wedding last summer where they had a website to RSVP. Also another website called "Honey Fund"... As in donate to our honeymoon! i prefer the tradition of invitations and RSVP cards. Bit I huess that it depends on how traditional the wedding itself will be. (Destination vs. church mass)
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weddings and supporting families are not cheap dates either!
Your gift of stamps is wise, practical, appreciated and most welcomed. Smart lady!
i was invited to a wedding last summer where they had a website to RSVP. Also another website called "Honey Fund"... As in donate to our honeymoon! i prefer the tradition of invitations and RSVP cards. Bit I huess that it depends on how traditional the wedding itself will be. (Destination vs. church mass)
sandy
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i was invited to a wedding last summer where they had a website to RSVP. Also another website called "Honey Fund"... As in donate to our honeymoon! i prefer the tradition of invitations and RSVP cards. Bit I huess that it depends on how traditional the wedding itself will be. (Destination vs. church mass)
sandy
we just got invited to a shower at a bowling alley. In lieu of gifts we were asked to help fund the honeymoon trip to Italy. I just bothered my husband and I, especially since we paid for our own wedding and honeymoon and have never been to Italy. But when we were talking to a friend's daughter she saw nothing wrong with this.
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Reminder - priority mail does not mean 2 day mail - THERE IS NO SUCH THING. The post office will tell you that priority will attempt to be 2 - 3 days, ask for a guarantee and watch them backpedal. Also, Express does not mean next day for almost 40% of country, it is 2 days. For next day it must be within a certain amount of miles of a postal airport. This does not mean they won't deliver in 2 - 3 days, just that you should not plan on it. I had a postal/shipping business for 28 years. I can't count how many times a customer was upset because a gift didn't make it on time when sent thru the post. With the automatic tracking numbers given, it does help in tracking and putting in a claim, but it is still a mess.
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Luckily I live within a mile of the post office, so I take things there all the time. (I never mail from the house anymore.) I even like to use the self serve area. But I must admit, the last few items I have sent was via ground instead of air. The priority cost was over $40.00 via ground was $22.00. I was able to ship 2 packages for the price of one. And since it was just pieces of fabric there was no urgency to it. Using the priority boxes provided by the post office are not always the best value. If it is light in weight it can be cheaper to use your own envelopes or boxes and just pay the postage for the priority.
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I trek to the post office. They weigh it & used to give me a thousand options, but now we've got it down to a science. My packages go out first class with tracking. I used to pay extra for the tracking, but now they tell me it's included with first class. Don't really know how I was sending it prior to that, but I'm okay with first class because it takes anywhere from 2-3 days usually, but twice in the last few months the packages did not arrive on time. However, they did arrive, so I'm good with that!
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