So much money?

[reachforanydream]

Hey guys
Today I sent my first 7 letters. I sent 7 LOR's, 7 IRC's, 7 SAE's, 2 photos for each letter, and I bought 7 big envelopes. The price was €42, that's 53 dollar. Is that normal? Is this the normal price you pay? I think this is pretty expensive. How much do you have to pay?

[RYAN J.]

Woah, That does seem very high. but seeing that you live in Belgium that may be right. I know here in USA it only costs me like $8.60 to send 10 letters.

RYAN J.

[jeannie]

wow its not normal, i think something must be wrong, do you have cheque to see the prices you paid?

[reachforanydream]

wow its not normal, i think something must be wrong, do you have cheque to see the prices you paid?

Yes, let's see; I had to pay 2,55 dollar for one IRC, I bought 7 IRC's so that's 17,85 dollar. I had to pay 4,39 dollar for 20 envelopes. I printed the photos by Kodak, it were 12 photos for 5,10 dollar. And I paid for 13 stamps for abroad 26,76 dollar. That's about 54 dollar. So €42.

[johnnylightning]

Every request i send costs me between 4 and 5 dollars because the postage for both ways is usually between $2.00 and $4.00 depending on the size envelopes i use because i send the heavier rigid photo mailers for the return plus the cost of the envelopes themselves which cost at least 50 cents each and of course the photo paper and ink i use from my printer. So 7 would cost me about $30.00.

[GeorgelopezRules]

Hmm, between the stamps for the SASE and stamps to send the LOR i look at about...$4 roughly. So asme as last eprson, about $30.

[jeannie]

wow its not normal, i think something must be wrong, do you have cheque to see the prices you paid?

Yes, let's see; I had to pay 2,55 dollar for one IRC, I bought 7 IRC's so that's 17,85 dollar. I had to pay 4,39 dollar for 20 envelopes. I printed the photos by Kodak, it were 12 photos for 5,10 dollar. And I paid for 13 stamps for abroad 26,76 dollar. That's about 54 dollar. So €42.

thats alot of money i guess its because your country have euro currency lets compare, i pay about 1 euro for one stamp abroad and usually its enough if letter is not very heavy.
Lets see how you could save money, if you pay 2.55 for one IRC, then maybe it would be cheaper to send money with your request, lets say 2 dollars, or euros, im sure celebs are traveling and can use euros as well.
Find the place to print photos cheaper, i print my photos online. Also find the place where to buy envelopes cheaper, for example in my post office envelopes are twice more expensive than buy somewhere else. So i found small paper shop where its much cheaper

[seb89]

It seems right to me !

If I want to sent a letter using IRCs (without photos, envelopes) to a country in Europe I pay €7, to the USA it would cost me €7.50. That's why it's better to buy American, English, French,... stamps. IRCs in Belgium are very expensive and because you send large envelopes (is it A4?), you have to pay the oversized rate (Europe €3.00/World: €3.45). Buying Belgian stamps in bulk saves also some money.

Have you used a photokiosk for your photos, because that is also pretty expensive!

Groetjes!

[reachforanydream]

It seems right to me !

If I want to sent a letter using IRCs (without photos, envelopes) to a country in Europe I pay €7, to the USA it would cost me €7.50. That's why it's better to buy American, English, French,... stamps. IRCs in Belgium are very expensive and because you send large envelopes (is it A4?), you have to pay the oversized rate (Europe €3.00/World: €3.45). Buying Belgian stamps in bulk saves also some money.

Have you used a photokiosk for your photos, because that is also pretty expensive!

Groetjes!

Yes, I used a photokiosk from Kodak... I know! And it isn't even that good quality. I did use A4 envelopes, for the letter and the SAE. And yeah, for one IRC you have to pay €2, that's really expensive! I didn't know you could buy American, English, French ... stamps in Belgium? And yeah, I had to pay €3 for UK, and €3.45 for Australia, and USA. But for 10 Europe stamps you have to buy €9, if you buy 10 in one time. That does saves some money. Thanks for the tips!

Sorry voor het Engels, maar het leek me onbeleefd Nederlands te praten in een Engels forum ;p Groetjes!

[osiris]

Try using smaller envelopes, as this will cut down on postage costs too.