Hand Canceling?

EverlovingEv Posted: Mar 05, 2007 01:57 PM

Hand Canceling?

I'm getting my invites on Wed and would like to send them out asap.

What are the benefits of hand canceling? Anyone know of a post office in Bklyn that does it? Thanks :)

SoontobeMrsO Posted: Mar 05, 2007 02:00 PM

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I asked the post office about hand canceling and the manager told me that all envelopes go through a machine even hand cancelled ones.

I recently sent out my invitations without hand canceling and the outer envelopes and invitations arrived in excellent condition.

EverlovingEv Posted: Mar 05, 2007 02:02 PM

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Posted by SoontobeMrsO

I asked the post office about hand canceling and the manager told me that all envelopes go through a machine even hand cancelled ones.

I recently sent out my invitations without hand canceling and the outer envelopes and invitations arrived in excellent condition.

I hope you're right b/c going all the way to the city to do this is going to be a hassle.
Thanks

rojerono Posted: Mar 05, 2007 02:11 PM

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I asked the PO if I shoudl have them hand cancelled when I brought one to get weighted and figure out the postage. She said it would be a good idea.

I brought them to the PO told them I wanted them hand canceled and she took the box and said she would do it. That was it! No different than if I had brought them to be mailed!

ETA - I didn't bring them to the city! I just brought them to the Sayville PO around the block from me!

SoontobeMrsO Posted: Mar 05, 2007 02:20 PM

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I sent my invitations out of the grand central post office. It could be that the manager that I spoke to didn't want to be bothered with hand canceling, it is a large post office. Maybe if I went to a small post office then they would have been more accommodating.

Ask your local post office.

zenergy47 Posted: Mar 05, 2007 02:33 PM

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ok, what does hand canceling mean?

jenafee Posted: Mar 05, 2007 02:37 PM

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Posted by SoontobeMrsO

I asked the post office about hand canceling and the manager told me that all envelopes go through a machine even hand cancelled ones.

I recently sent out my invitations without hand canceling and the outer envelopes and invitations arrived in excellent condition.

Same here!! I mailed ours out last week w/o the hand cancel, and they all looked great when my guests received them.

FYI - they sometimes (definitely in Brooklyn and NYC) charge you for hand canceling too, even when you do it yourself at the PO.

TreAnt425 Posted: Mar 05, 2007 02:39 PM

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I didn't even ask them to hand cancel my invites, but the lady did it anyway. They still went through the machine though b/c it had the bar code across the top.

afrodyt2000 Posted: Mar 05, 2007 02:40 PM

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I went to my local post office in brooklyn and mine were hand canceled (I got one return to sender so I can see it wasn't put through the machine). It did not cost me any money. I asked for hand canceling and the woman there said it goes to the main facility and is hand canceled there.

rojerono Posted: Mar 05, 2007 02:42 PM

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Posted by afrodyt2000

I went to my local post office in brooklyn and mine were hand canceled '(I got one return to sender so I can see it wasn't put through the machine). It did not cost me any money. I asked for hand canceling and the woman there said it goes to the main facility and is hand canceled there.

I got a return to sender to... and there was no barcode! :)

EverlovingEv Posted: Mar 05, 2007 06:30 PM

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Posted by afrodyt2000

I went to my local post office in brooklyn and mine were hand canceled (I got one return to sender so I can see it wasn't put through the machine). It did not cost me any money. I asked for hand canceling and the woman there said it goes to the main facility and is hand canceled there.

which po did you go to?

DIESELLITSA Posted: Mar 05, 2007 06:34 PM

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Posted by EverlovingEv

I'm getting my invites on Wed and would like to send them out asap.

What are the benefits of hand canceling? Anyone know of a post office in Bklyn that does it? Thanks :)

i took mine to the one in dyker heights. 84th and 13th(i think)

Mandyin2007 Posted: Mar 05, 2007 06:36 PM

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We didn't hand cancel and our outer envelopes were fine when they arrived

snowcat Posted: Mar 05, 2007 06:47 PM

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what does hand cancel mean?

zenergy47 Posted: Mar 05, 2007 07:58 PM

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can someone please explain this hand canceling?????

Summer07Bride Posted: Mar 05, 2007 08:10 PM

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From an old post (Goldi1021)

Hand cancelling prevents your invitations from getting stuck and destroyed in a postal machine.

#1 Hand cancelling
#2 Machine cancelling

Becks526 Posted: Mar 05, 2007 08:12 PM

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I didn't have to ask to have them hand cancelled--the woman at my PO volunteered to do it. I think it helps that I'm in there 3 times a week picking up my mail!