I should have known to check on their site www.usps.com and find out how much they would charge to mail my save the date cards. But I figured, "Hey, they're only a 6x6 square card and weigh the same as most letters do." So I didn't bother to check the weight and size and all of my STD's came back to me in the mail.
Ladies, never ever take a chance...even if you think you know what you are doing. Always test the weight and size of anything wedding related you are mailing before sending. Because now many of my guests received envelopes that have that ugly 'Returned for extra postage stamp' on them! UGH! It wasn't the weight but the fact that the cards were square that gives the post office the right to charge me for TWO stamps instead of one...so silly. SQUARE? Seriously? I mean, come on...what does the difference between square and rectangle have to do with anything?
Seriously Saturdays originated here.
7 comments:
Oh no! That seriously sucks! I feel so bad for you.
I have had many issues with the post office and I would be so mad if I were you. I make cards and send them to my friends and some of them have embellishments on them, so they charge me extra for the thickness of the envelope. I hate getting returned mail for insufficent postage, poor you! Hopefully you got it all sorted out.
Oh my gosh! I am so sorry that happened to you! My husband's mom is a mail carrier so we will always call her for mailing advice. She told us to definitely go to the post office to have them weigh our invitations and I'm glad we did.
I have to go to the post office about once a week for work and I DREAD it. There is always a really long line and I end up wasting at least an hour there. Ugh!
USPS cannot stand me! I went in last week to mail a dress and the guy would not give me any tape! NO stinking tape unless I upgraded to priority mail. What a dang rip off.
No fun! Sorry you had to deal with that.. but thank you for the heads up! :)
That really sucks, I deal with the post office a LOT with my job and they basically suck. I think the deal with the square surcharge is because it's harder to run through their equipment but most people wouldn't think to check that.
Oh that is terrible! They are so worth the wait though. Love your save the dates!
I feel for you. I ship all over the world and boy . . . could you and I share some stories. In fact I've put off going to my neighborhood PO all morning and am not looking forward to it at all. . .
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