How much have you spent?

[harrypotterfan.]

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.

[FooSarah04]

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

[dobie516]

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.

[pasfs0]

Holy Moley!! 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. 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.

RYAN J.

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!!