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hand-cancelling invites?

katiek200katiek200 member
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Is this a must? I did DIY invites from Michaels and it says to have them hand-cancelled- will all post offices do this and does it cost more? Opinions on whether its necessary? Our outer envelopes are dark chocolate brown. TIA!!
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  • ac_in_dcac_in_dc member
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    I asked my post office about it, and she demonstrated on one. It looked neat, but totally seemed superfluous.
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  • danieliza1127danieliza1127 member
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    From everything I read when I was planning, it seems pointless.  It only saves your invites from going through one machine, they will still go through all the others.  I don't really see the point.
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  • jfgrad06jfgrad06
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     I don't really see the point.This.
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  • betrothed123betrothed123
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    Is this a must?Very little in the way of wedding planning is a must.  We did not hand-cancel our invites.  Our marriage is just as valid as those who did hand-cancel theirs, only we have more money left in pocket.
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  • katiek200katiek200 member
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    Okay thanks! I wasnt sure and it seems like more trouble than it is worth.
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  • LesPaulLesPaul member
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    Depends how thick they are.  The post office has a template they use to gauge if the invite is 'machinable'.  If it's too thick, they can't send it thru the machine and will charge .20 extra postage for hand cancelling. I did photo stamps and didn't want the wavy black lines across our faces, so I took them to the clerk and asked them to be hand-cancelled.   It was no problem and no extra cost.
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  • SwedishChick2011SwedishChick2011
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    I didn't have mine hand-cancelled.  It's not necessary at all unless the envelopes won't go through the machine for some reason.
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  • Soon-to-be Mrs. VogtSoon-to-be Mrs. Vogt
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    I live in a small town, and the lady who works at our post office told us she'd hand cancel them for us because she gets bored. She's awesome. Turns out they would have had to be hand-cancelled anyway since they're considered non-machinable.But no, it's not necessary.
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  • goheels05goheels05
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    I had the same ones (well, the brown outer-envelopes from Michaels) and I didn't have it done.  All I did with mine was use some glue tape to make sure the envelopes stayed closed; mine only came with an envelope seal and I wasn't too confident in it.I have heard that even if you get them hand canceled, they will still go through a machine later in the mailing process anyway, so it's kind of pointless. 
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  • ootmother2ootmother2 member
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    I did them just so that they looked better.  First 50 are free and it was 5 cents each after that.
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