invites

heatherfaith Posted: Feb 22, 2006 07:51 PM

invites

when you mail your invites do you put them in the mailbox or bring them to the post office.
and what is hand cancelled?

ABGS06 Posted: Feb 22, 2006 07:53 PM

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I think for my own peace of mind I will bring my invites to the post office. I don't know what hand cancelled is. I never heard of it.

jada2destiny Posted: Feb 22, 2006 07:57 PM

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I took mine to the post office. I had all of mine hand stamped/hand cancelled. When they hand stamp them, they don't put them through the regular machine that they use. Everything is done by hand to ensure that the invites aren't crushed or ruined

stephanielyse Posted: Feb 22, 2006 07:58 PM

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When you mail anything they put it through a machine which stamps the stamp and cancels it. It's the red stap on all of the mail you get, shows that the stamp has been used. When you hand cancel something a post office employee will stamp each envelope by hand while you wait. It's been said that invitations can get ruined in these machines, so a lot of brides opt do have it done this way for peace of mind. After all, some people spend a small fortune on their invites!

cjb88 Posted: Feb 22, 2006 08:02 PM

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i brought mine to the post office...i dont think they would have all fit in my mailbox...

i didnt hand cancel them though... personally i just didnt have the time for it, and i mailed an invite to myself and they came out fine...

heatherfaith Posted: Feb 22, 2006 08:13 PM

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does it cost more to have them hand stamped

heatherfaith Posted: Feb 23, 2006 04:52 PM

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bump

cindyandkevin Posted: Feb 23, 2006 04:55 PM

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Posted by heatherfaith

does it cost more to have them hand stamped

No, it won't cost you anything extra. This is just a nice service that many PO employees do for brides. They understand this isn't 'regular' mail to us.

MissingTheBGene Posted: Feb 23, 2006 04:56 PM

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No, it doesn't cost more to have them hand-stamp, they just post-mark the envelope with the red stamper so that it doesn't go through the machine and run those tracks across your outer envelope.