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stamps and do not bend help
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:22 pm
by thebucch
So today i semt out 2 auto request through the post office and i wrote do not bend on the front of the envelope so i had them?weigh it and came out to 1 dollar the post lady said 1 and 34 cents extra to makr sure they dont bend it. i dont get why they want an extra 34 cents for it not to get bent. anybody help me with this?
Re: stamps and do not bend help
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:27 pm
by ozzman
When I asked my post lady the same question she told me it is because they have to take extra care of the package. Normally they would throw a rubber band around a group of them and just shove the letter in the mail box.
Re: stamps and do not bend help
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:00 pm
by thebucch
weird cause my mail?lady said it goes through a 90 degree slot and it might bend the picture acquardly.?i wonder if anyone has had problems without using do not bend on the envelope.
Re: stamps and do not bend help
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:21 pm
by Phoebe
I have never been charged extra at the Post Office for writing 'Please Do Not Bend', but occasionally I'm asked if I want to buy insurance for it, but I don't ever.
Phoebe

Re: stamps and do not bend help
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:42 pm
by thebucch
So why?would she cross off plaese do?not bend that i wrote on my envelope. is she even aloud to do that. i just dont see why i have to pay extra to wrife please do not bend. we dont get charge for writing fragile or this side up so why should we pay almost a extra stamp to wirte do not bend.
Re: stamps and do not bend help
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:03 pm
by BossC
There is an extra cost to not bend a large envelope, but I usually don't put the extra on my SASEs. I don't know how observant they are with it, but I haven't had something returned to me because I didn't pay the extra "do not bend" cost.
I mail most my letters from home, so I don't take them to the postoffice.
BossC
Re: stamps and do not bend help
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:08 pm
by mhammen
I almost always use the cardboard "photo/document" mailers. They cost more than a regular envelope, but I have never had a damaged photo yet (except when Karen Allen folded an 8x10 photo and put it in a 5X7 envelope).
Re: stamps and do not bend help
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:28 pm
by RYAN J.
That's a good investment mhammen. {thumb2} Sorry to hear about Karen Allen FOLDING her photo!

Yikes!. for me I use regular #10 Security envelopes for my 4x6's and don't get them bent. & I use orange 9x12's for the 8x10's. I will get an 8x10 "folded" but never bent straight down the middle like some I've seen!

And I've never been charged extra for putting
DO NOT BEND! on my envelope. either that post lady didn't know or she is making money off of unsuspecting patrons.
RYAN J.

Re: stamps and do not bend help
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:42 pm
by Gracie84
I've never been charged extra for writing Do not bend on the envelope, that's so weird, I normally mail mine through the mail box though, I don't go to the post office unless I ran out of stamps.
Re: stamps and do not bend help
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:58 pm
by missmaexox
Your profile says you're from Lowell, MA? Interesting, I live about an hour away from there, went on a Field Trip there in October
ish, too!
Anyway, you shouldn't be charged extra. I live in MA, too, and I've never been charged. And I really don't understand why the lady would cross that out. Luckily, now you know to put $1.00 worth of postage on, so you don't need it weighed. I recommend just putting $1.00 worth of stamps on for next time! {thumb2}
-Kelsey
