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Hey North Carolina brides and grooms. Chat here about the best tips, Knottie GTGs, and wedding planning in your area.

So I had one invitation that I needed to mail out early because my friend will be leaving for Afghanistan right around the time we send our invites out.  I painstakingly wrote our the addresses v

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Post Office Vent

Hey North Carolina brides and grooms. Chat here about the best tips, Knottie GTGs, and wedding planning in your area.

So I had one invitation that I needed to mail out early because my friend will be leaving for Afghanistan right around the time we send our invites out.  I painstakingly wrote our the addresses v

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Post Office Vent

posted at 2/9/2012 5:31 PM EST on theknot.com

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So I had one invitation that I needed to mail out early because my friend will be leaving for Afghanistan right around the time we send our invites out. I painstakingly wrote our the addresses very nicely on the envelope and did a wax seal on the back. I went to the Apex post office, bought the 65 cent stamp so it would not go through the machine. And then the guy stamps a big huge red NON-MACHINEABLE stamp haphazardly across the envelope. I didn't say anything but I died a little on the inside.

He told me that I need to write non-machineable in red on all the rest before I bring them in because it would take too long to stamp them. How do I avoid this? I guess I had just heard about everyone hand cancelling them and I thought that was what I was asking for but I hadn't heard about this ugly stamp! Is this every post office?

(I completely realize this is ridiculous and I am trying to calm down by telling myself it was only one invitation! Just needed to vent!)

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posted at 2/9/2012 6:19 PM EST on theknot.com

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That does not sound right at all. I think you can ask to hand cancel them and they will give you a stamp to use for that and you stamp them there at the post office. I don't see any need to write non-machinable on any of them if you are hand canceling them, but maybe something has changed.

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posted at 2/9/2012 7:55 PM EST on theknot.com

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The best I can figure from people coming to share their experiences is that every post office employee handles this a little differently. You may have better luck at a different location, or on a different day.

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posted at 2/9/2012 7:59 PM EST on theknot.com

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I've never heard of using the huge stamp. I'd call and ask the post office and see if that's normal or if theres something else you could do to save your invites.

I'm sorry that happened :(

"I always take life with a grain of salt... plus a slice of lemon... and a shot of tequila."

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posted at 2/9/2012 9:13 PM EST on theknot.com

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Thanks girls. I will definitely ask more questions next time before I hand over my stack of invites. I'm glad that isn't the norm. It also helps that it was a single guy friend that will be receiving the invite and he probably won't even notice. You gals and a glass of wine make everything okay.

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posted at 2/10/2012 4:35 AM EST on theknot.com

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OMG I would be so mad! It took me hours to address my save the dates and I would be so upset if the post office ruined them like that!

I was peeved when the post office had to print ugly international paid stamp label things for my two Europe-bound invitations (because postage just increased and they didn't have new international stamps yet).

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posted at 2/10/2012 8:44 AM EST on theknot.com

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Ugh, that is so frustrating.

Maybe try to get a female employee the next time. If you come in super sweet and not crazed bride, a female will be much more understanding of that sort of thing than a guy!

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posted at 2/10/2012 6:27 PM EST on theknot.com

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I had challenging envelopes, too. In the Raleigh area, the New Bern office downtown has a good reputation, I used Crabtree, and they were very helpful, but they're closed now.

And, I went to two places and neither of them seemed prepared to let me hand cancel anything. We all probably read about that from the same sources, but it seems to be an urban legend.

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