20 cent charge on items saying 'Do Not Bend'.

[alyssalikewhoaa]

alright so i kept getting notices that i had to pay postage of 20 cents.
my dad went to the post office to pick up and pay off the 20 cents i owed.
turns out they're charging 20 cents for items that say "Do Not Bend" because they have to manually stamp it and cannot put it into the machine.

has this happened to anyone or is it just me?

[MileyQueen15]

It hasn't happend to me.
I hope it doesn't happen to me!

[fiz]

i have heard other members talking about it. its been about a year since this policy came up i think


me personally never had this problem

[alyssalikewhoaa]

oh really.
its just started here because i've never had a problem.

i use 9 by 6 envelopes so idk if its really necessary to write do not bend and waste a stamp.

[SelenaandDemiFan]

I write DO NOT BEND in thick marker then put the pic in it so they dont have to stamp it

[RYAN J.]

Are you serious!! :o That's why I always put "DO NOT BEND" on both of the envelopes. I've enver had a problem with it. {thumb2}

RYAN J.

[crazyaddict52]

Hasn't happened to me either, and I ALWAYS write -*photo: please don't bend*- on my SASE's regardless on how big the picture is, or where I send it to. I use the 9x12.5 envelopes, with 2 US Forever stamps.
The only "weird" stamp/mark I got on my SASE before was from Annette Funicello, which said: "In God We Trust 2008"

[karra28]

well its not so stupid after all!just write "please do not bend" on the envelope and the SAE and you dont have to pay the extra

[SelenaandDemiFan]

I put three forever stamps because I don't want to have to make the other person pay....

[xolindsey87]

That hasn't happened to me yet. :/
I hope it isn't true! You shouldn't have to pay for something like that.
I mean, it's just a notice for the postman not to bend it when they put it in the mailbox or whatever. It's not like they have to do anything special for it.