Including an IRC

[jrott]

I went to the post office today (USPS) and was told they no longer offer IRC. How much do you think not including return postage will effect my chances of getting something signed and returned? Is it worth the effort of trying to purchase stamps from the county the artist is located in? Should I include a couple of dollars as a good faith gesture? Thanks in advance

[x hayley x]

Yeah I think including a dollar or two would be the best option. I've done that in the past but the celebrity has always returned it. It's nice for them to see you have made the effort

[BossC]

Be careful about sending money. In some countries (US???? Canada) you can't send money international. If you're caught there's a fine and they return your letter with it/

BossC

[Reav]

BossC: Really? I had no idea!!! I've been sending two 1 USD bills with my letters for the past two months! I've tried to check but google failed me... any idea where this information can be confirmed?

[Sammya]

Be careful about sending money. In some countries (US???? Canada) you can't send money international. If you're caught there's a fine and they return your letter with it

Yep, I've heard it, too, can't remember where at the moment. I have no experience with sending money to USA/Canada, I only tried to send money for postage to the UK and it worked pretty well.

[BossC]

BossC: Really? I had no idea!!! I've been sending two 1 USD bills with my letters for the past two months! I've tried to check but google failed me... any idea where this information can be confirmed?

Member Mimmi was trading with Chrissy who is from Canada and Chrissy told her that when she tried to send Canadian money (I am assuming it was Canadian money) to Mimmi in the US it was returned with a fine. I guess that is second hand information.

So I checked out usps.com and checked the restrictions for Great Britain: (http://pe.usps.com/text/imm/fh_014.htm#ep3576772)

Restrictions

Coins; banknotes; currency notes (paper money);

This is FROM the US to England so this might not help you but here is a link of sending from the US to other countries

http://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immctry.htm

You might e-mail your countries postal system and ask them about it.

Hope this helped!

BossC

[Reav]

Thanks for the info, BossC. Our post does not restrict sending money in envelopes so I should be fine.