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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 :D

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! :shock: 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! :shock: 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. {down}

RYAN J. 8)

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 Octoberish, 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 :mrgreen: