I'm getting ready to send my invitations, and I was wondering if you had some advice. I heard I should go to a few post offices. Let me know!
Thanks :)
Caity828
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We just brought them to our local post office and had them weighed and we added the stamps. We didnt bother with hand-cancelling since we didnt have any bows or rhinestones on the invite.
Vilardi82
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I just got my invitations and took one to the post office to get it weighted...mine are $1.19 so i need a $.49 stamp and a $.70 stamp and I specifically wanted the wedding cake and flowers stamps so I wound up having to go to two separate post offices. As for dropping them off I am just going to do that at one post office.
KTF11
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I only went to one post office and had no problem getting the stamps I wanted. They were very accommodating. I also asked to have the invitations hand-cancelled because then they don't go through the machine and arrive at their destination in much better shape.
amber011299
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I went to one post office. One piece of advice- make sure all invites are sealed before you send- alot of mine opened by the time they were received
stefaniec84
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Thanks ladies! Do they charge for hand cancelling? I bought a special envelope sealing glue, which is probably just a glue gun that they're charging extra for...lol, but it made me feel better. So, hopefully there will be no opening!
VeryNewBride
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They didn't charge for it but I asked my post office to hand-cancel and they did not. Oh well.
VeryNewBride
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They didn't charge for it but I asked my post office to hand-cancel and they did not. Oh well.
JaimeLin
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Maybe this is a dumb question but what does it mean to hand-cancel them?
brookie6978
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They stamp them over the postage by hand, instead of running them through the machine. Keeps them in better condition.
Mrs
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Bring one fully stuffed to get weighed early so that you know what postage you need. Than buy what you need if they don't have it you can order online and you will have time because you need to still stuff the others. Than you can stamp them nice at home and not in a Rush and risk leaving an invite behind. Than bring them all and ask to send them out and if they have time to hand cancel or offer to do yourself chances are they will do it for you ;)
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Posted by Mrs
Bring one fully stuffed to get weighed early so that you know what postage you need. Than buy what you need if they don't have it you can order online and you will have time because you need to still stuff the others. Than you can stamp them nice at home and not in a Rush and risk leaving an invite behind. Than bring them all and ask to send them out and if they have time to hand cancel or offer to do yourself chances are they will do it for you ;)
This is what I did. The hand canceled them for me. There were some last minute invites that I placed in a mailbox and one got returned to me with the envelope partially torn and dirty. I would definitely recommend taking your invites to the post office.
Lguido
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I don't think going to a few post offices is going to make a difference unless you want a specific stamp. They all use the same scale to weigh them. Mine cost 1.19to mail plus the regular stamp for the RSVP envelope.
larlynn
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Just a word of caution....even if you hand cancel, the invites still go through the barcoding machine. Make sure whoever is doing your invites secures any crystals or ornamentation VERY WELL. I had crystals on mine and lots fell off in the mail. I feel that the post office is a massive institution and not about to change their ways, so invitation makers should compensate adequately.
