I took a sample invitation to the post office today to have it weighed for proper postage and I was going to mail it to myself to see how the wax seal holds up in the mail before I put them on everyone's envelopes. So first the lady working there told me it would be $2.32 per invitation. I asked her why and she said it was because my envelope didn't fit in some slot she was trying to put it in. I told her they were my wedding invitations and I would have quite a few to mail and then she told me that the computer told her based on weight it would be $0.91. She said she wasn't sure it would go through with that amount on it because of the size and thickness.
After some discussion she told me that if they were all going through that post office then she would send them through for $0.91 and it wouldn't be a problem because they wouldn't need to go to any other post office. Most of my invitees are local, but I do have a few that are right outside the city. Everyone is within 30 minutes of this post office though. There are not out of town or out of state people.
I had her put $0.91 on my sample invite and she did and I'm going to see if it comes to me, but I live in the area of that post office. She said if the $0.91 wasn't enough at another post office then they would charge the person it was addressed the additional postage to give it to them. I don't understand why she can't tell me exactly how much it should be. That is a huge difference in price!
So would you put the $0.91 on all the envelopes if the sample makes it to my house or would you pay an additional $1.41 per invite just in case?