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Re: How much have you spent?

by pasfs0 » Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:10 am

RYAN J. wrote:Holy Moley!! :shock: You spend between $5.00 - $8.00 USD per request?? What all do you send in each one? I can send a letter, SASE, up to four photos (4x6) and only pay about $2.00. {up} Do you add insurance/delivery confirmation to yours?

I don't even want to know how much I've spent over the past 11 years, but it's a lot. mostly funded by pop bottle money from collecting those from off the road and recycling them. {up}

RYAN J. 8)
Sure, if you consider I always send at least 2-3 8x10pictures which cost me around $1.80 each, 2 manila envelopes, plastic protector, 2 $1.00 stamps if in the usa, or $1.20 plus return shipping internationally yes I would say 5 to 8 dollars each. There are some I have regreted requesting for this reason. Now if you consider I have about a 65% of return considering I do a lot of VV, then the cost increases to about 8 to 10 USD since most I never get to see again.

Still a nice hobby!!

Re: How much have you spent?

by dobie516 » Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:45 pm

I can't imagine what I've spent over the years just in postage alone. I've sent over 8,700 requests out. Even if you take a average price of stamps since I've been doing this at 33 cents, and each request takes two, that comes to $5742. That doesn't include requests that contain photos, books, record albums ect. That number seems huge but if you consider it's been since 1986 it's only about $230 a year, or about $4.50 a week.

Re: How much have you spent?

by FooSarah04 » Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:40 pm

I spent 20-30 on every thing, i have sent 10 out

Re: How much have you spent?

by harrypotterfan. » Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:54 pm

i do not know how much i spend on this hobby. i try not to spend to much. i buy a big box of enlvopes it has a 100 in a box so that helps. then i buy 20 book of stamps so that i do not have to go buy more and more stamps. then i buy my stickers at the dollar store so i can get five things of stickers for five dollars. but other then i do not know how much i spend.

Re: How much have you spent?

by johnnylightning » Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:03 am

RYAN J. wrote:Wow, That's crazy! :lol: But I see what you mean since you live in Canada. I have all my photos printed at a store, so in the long run I'm saving money since it's not that expensive to have them printed professionally vs. printing at home. plus the professional ones last much longer based on the types of ink they use.

RYAN J. 8)
Yeah its just i like the freedom of being able to print my own pictures fast and at home when needed because i do alot of vv requests and sometimes i need to get them out fast and dont want to deal with stores. As far as the professional ones lasting longer in most cases i dont think thats true because you can get high quality photos printed but most stores do it the cheapest way possible to make more money and charge less and the photo paper and ink i use guarantees the photos will last at least 100 years so i doubt we will be around to see what lasts longer lol [ca] {up} I know you can buy cheap inks and paper and it probably wont last long but i buy quality inks and paper.

Re: How much have you spent?

by HuntingtonM15 » Sat Apr 02, 2011 2:05 am

Ha. I've been collecting for over 12 years now. I really don't want to know. I'm sure it's added up to be somewhere in the thousands.

Re: How much have you spent?

by RYAN J. » Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:47 pm

Wow, That's crazy! :lol: But I see what you mean since you live in Canada. I have all my photos printed at a store, so in the long run I'm saving money since it's not that expensive to have them printed professionally vs. printing at home. plus the professional ones last much longer based on the types of ink they use.

RYAN J. 8)

Re: How much have you spent?

by johnnylightning » Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:57 pm

RYAN J. wrote:Holy Moley!! :shock: You spend between $5.00 - $8.00 USD per request?? What all do you send in each one? I can send a letter, SASE, up to four photos (4x6) and only pay about $2.00. {up} Do you add insurance/delivery confirmation to yours?

I don't even want to know how much I've spent over the past 11 years, but it's a lot. mostly funded by pop bottle money from collecting those from off the road and recycling them. {up}

RYAN J. 8)
I also spend between 5 and 6 dollars per request because shipping in canada is $2.00 one way and $1.25 for the return and i use the rigid mailers for better protection and the cost of the photo paper and ink (you cant forget the ink costs) so it costs me at least $5.00 each.

Re: How much have you spent?

by HappinessStan » Fri Apr 01, 2011 8:38 pm

I allow about £20 (about US$30 the last time I looked) a month for photos and stamps, and send between 10 and 15 a month on that, depending on the size of the photos, how many are via our local theatre which I cycle past on the way to work and can drop through the letterbox at the stage door without having to pay for postage to get them there, and how many unfranked stamps come my way.

Re: How much have you spent?

by dfreely » Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:44 pm

I don't know how much I've spent, shudder to think about it.

I can see spending $5-8 on a single request though, and I've probably done it a few times on certain requests. A single 8x10 would cost about $3 (then there's shipping since I get them from online printers), a mailer would cost $1, and postage each way would be $1.50.

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