Postage Issue-need opinions

arunkumar

I posted this on the invites and paper board but thought I could get more help here.

My mom asked that I send some of my out of town family members (8 people) their invitations now because they need to make travel arrangements. Most of the rest of our guests are local so I will be sending their invitations in late May.

I brought a completed invitation to the post office to get it weighed. It was really busy that day and the line was long so one of the workers asked people in line what they needed help with before they reached the postal worker behind the counter. He got to me and I said I needed my invitation weighed to determine whether it needed more than a regular 45 cent stamp.  He weighed it (somewhere where I couldn't see him) and said I'd be fine with a 45 cent stamp (I forgot to ask the weight).

I went to a second post office and they said my invitation weighed 1.1 ounces and that I'd need a 65 cent stamp. I asked him to re-weigh it. He cleared the scale to 0.0 and re-weighed it with the same results.

I am going to mail my invitations from a third post office tomorrow. If they weigh above 1 ounce, I'll use 65 cent stamps.  BUT, if they weigh less than 1 ounce, should I assume that the second post office was wrong and use a 45 cent stamp? I don't have many extra invitations (trying to save money) so it's important that the postage I use is correct.

Which post office would you trust?

ceglare4

I would err on the side of caution and go with the 65 cent stamp. We didn't have many extra envelopes and the last thing I wanted was to mail something, have it come back all marked up saying there wasn't enough postage, and then have to mail that ugly envelope back out. We had to use 65 cent stamps for our invites too.

ILoveToRobot

I'd make sure you see the scale at the 3rd post office. I'll bet they come up with the same weight as one of the others that you visited. I'd probably trust the 3rd post office.

6billionsouls

I would personally go with the higher amount. I mailed all mine with a $.45 cent stamp because my bridesmaid who helped me said they'd be fine and I shouldn't worry. Come to find about about 3 guests had to pay $.20 cents to get theirs. It wasn't a very big deal because our wedding is relatively small and those 3 were close friends and family and we just laughed, but I still felt HORRIBLE!

MeaganR12

Ok. So I don't know if this is standard in every city/state/whatever, but a couple months ago we got a note from our postman saying we owed $.20 (or something like that) on a letter that was addressed to us. I was like, "wtf?". So I went to the post office, waited in a long ass line, and it turns out to be a STD magnet from a close friend. I would be SO embarrassed if this happened to me. Put the extra postage on.

ETA: After reading PPs post, apparently this happens more often than I thought, haha.

bridetobe71412

Definitely extra postage. The extra cost is marginal and I'd say better safe than sorry.

BmoreBride311

Oh man, we just went today and were told ours require $0.90 each. The lady said it was the size of envelope, not the weight, that made it expensive. But if you guys are all paying less, I'm going to go to another post office and try to get a second opinion.

In your case, though, I would get the third opinion, but definitely err on the side of over-paying, especially if the difference is that small.

ajmom2two

I would go with whatever the 3rd post office tells you unless its a 3rd completely different amount.  If that happens then I would talk to them about how you have gotten 3 different rate amounts. 

dramaqueen91087

Use the extra postage. Really most wedding invites are over standard weight because of all the extras (response cards/envelopes, directions, extra info) that we stick in them. I weighed mine today and we definitly need the .65 stamp. They even had special ones with wedding cakes on them! I'd rather pay for the extra postage to make sure it gets there and no one else has to pay.

MeaganR12

Kelly-are yours A7/5x7 or bigger than that?

fritzploessl

With all the talk about mailing invitation, when is everyone mailing them out? My wedding is the end of July, so i was planning on the end of april????

ajmom2two

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_postage-issue-need-opinions?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:271591c0-a4da-4eb6-8a12-4e611f12f308Post:79f50448-39b3-4ba2-8042-99ce22bedb1a">Re:Postage Issueneed opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]With all the talk about mailing invitation, when is everyone mailing them out? My wedding is the end of July, so i was planning on the end of april????
Posted by fritzploessl[/QUOTE]
 <div>I am July 13 and I am mailing the first week of May with an RSVP date around June 8th.</div>

BmoreBride311

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_postage-issue-need-opinions?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:271591c0-a4da-4eb6-8a12-4e611f12f308Post:6c9235ce-596e-4f14-a239-a55f9d394368">Re: Postage Issue-need opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]Kelly-are yours A7/5x7 or bigger than that?
Posted by MeaganR12[/QUOTE]

Mine are C5, which is 9.0 x 6.4 in. It's a European size that I think isn't that common in the states, but I bought all of our invitation stuff in the UK, without really thinking that it would mean higher postage here :(