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bridzilla
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Member since 12/03 671 total posts
Wedding Date:
8/27/2004 7:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Vanderbilt Mansion
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Hand Cancelling invites
I just came back from the post office, and they told me they won't hand cancel my invitations. If I want it done they will charge me 90 cents each! 
I've never heard that they charge. So where do I go now? I don't want them ruing my invitations that I paid almost $800 for!!
I AM SO ANGRY!
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Posted 5/28/04 12:20 PM 
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Kra5hnburn
Board Fanatic
Member since 10/03 741 total posts
Wedding Date:
2/5/2005 5:30 PM
Wed. Location:
Chateau La Mer A+++
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Re: Hand Cancelling invites
Go to another postoffice. People have had problems before where some post offices will and some won't. The one in Bethpage didn't charge me anything to cancel my STDs . I remember another bride posting that her post office charged her 4 cents per invite. You can do it, you just need to call around!
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Posted 5/28/04 12:24 PM
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queenlizard
Board Enthusiast
Member since 11/03 131 total posts
Wedding Date:
8/8/2004 6:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Raphael Vineyard
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Re: Hand Cancelling invites
I have never heard of this, what is it?
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Posted 5/28/04 12:27 PM
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BMD'sPeanut
Rock The Casbah!
Member since 10/03 8733 total posts
Wedding Date:
10/24/2004 3:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Westbury Manor
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Re: Hand Cancelling invites
What is hand cancelling?
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Posted 5/28/04 12:30 PM
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hbradio
Our board is gone :-(
Member since 11/03 9840 total posts
Wedding Date:
4/29/2005 4:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Chateau Briand
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Re: Hand Cancelling invites
Posted by BMD'sPeanut
What is hand cancelling?
I think its when they hand stamp them instead of running them through the machine - to avoid crushing the bows or whatever within the invite.
By the way - you are looking smashing in your new suit!
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Posted 5/28/04 12:34 PM
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paulandles912
Board Fanatic
Member since 5/03 801 total posts
Wedding Date:
4/17/2004 1:00 PM
Wed. Location:
North Hempstead Country Club
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Re: Hand Cancelling invites
Try a different post office. Mine (in Glen Head) handed me a stamp and let me cancel them myself. It didn't take long and wasn't a big deal.
I would pay to have anyone do that...
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Posted 5/28/04 12:36 PM
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JimmysBride
Board Princess
Member since 7/03 10135 total posts
Wedding Date:
10/9/2004 12:00 AM
Wed. Location:
SandCastle
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Re: Hand Cancelling invites
Um, yeah, they aren't supposed to be charging for that.
Try the Mineola Post Office, they did for me for my E-party invites with no problems at all!
Handcancelling also avoids those ugly black lines all over the envelope...
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Posted 5/28/04 12:37 PM
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Salason626
Board Fanatic
Member since 12/03 620 total posts
Wedding Date:
6/26/2004 3:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Riviera
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Re: Hand Cancelling invites
i had no clue you had to ask for hand-cancelling & it really looks like a truck ran over all my envelopes! it was so bad that in the end we actually thought it was kind of funny (what else could you do but laugh?!)
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Posted 5/28/04 12:49 PM
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jayidee
Board Enthusiast
Member since 11/03 205 total posts
Wedding Date:
7/18/2004 11:00 AM
Wed. Location:
Crest Hollow CC
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Re: Hand Cancelling invites
I asked my local PO (Union Sq) and he said I'd have to stand there and hand cancel them myself. I took them to the main PO on 34th and the manager did them for me.
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Posted 5/28/04 1:02 PM
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july16bride
Board Enthusiast
Member since 1/04 124 total posts
Wedding Date:
7/16/2004 3:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Floral Terrace
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Re: Hand Cancelling invites
Merrick PO did it for me 
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Posted 5/28/04 11:16 PM
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Jax430
Beyond Obsession
Member since 3/03 7661 total posts
Wedding Date:
6/27/2004 6:00 PM
Wed. Location:
East Meadow Jewish Center
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Re: Hand Cancelling invites
After hearing about a bunch of places that wouldn't do it, I had no problem getting it done at the main post office on Staten Island....try another PO. Good luck!
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Posted 5/29/04 12:07 AM
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JZNCK
I am MRS. Z
Member since 9/03 4156 total posts
Wedding Date:
3/12/2005 7:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Estate at Eastwind Caterers
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Re: Hand Cancelling invites
wow, that's not right.. The post office (in georgia) did my STD's, for free, and I didn't even know what she was doing, but now I know..  I would definately try somewhere else.. you want your invites to look the way they do now, that's the reason we spend SO MUCH $$$ ON THEM!!! GOOD LUCK
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Posted 5/29/04 7:38 AM
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nov2004bride
I am two!!!!!!
Member since 8/03 4659 total posts
Wedding Date:
11/5/2004 3:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Flowerfield
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Re: Hand Cancelling invites
I don't know where you live but I know Bohemia and Ronkonkoma PO's let you hand-cancel. You have to stamp them yourself but they don't charge.
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Posted 5/29/04 12:21 PM
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palebride
Intercourse knows no season...
Member since 6/03 12375 total posts
Wedding Date:
4/3/2004 12:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Watermill
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Re: Hand Cancelling invites
smithtown also lets you hand cancel them.
we asked to do them ourselves to make sure they were done right. i was afraid that they would say "sure, we'll hand canel them" and then after we left, run them through a machine!
it takes a little time, but it's worth the effort...especially if you spent so much on the invites themselves!!!
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Posted 5/29/04 1:17 PM
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