Postage Going Up, what to do about mailing invites ahhhh

bride-in-training08 Posted: Apr 30, 2008 04:08 PM

Postage Going Up, what to do about mailing invites ahhhh

Ok so postage is going up May12
I was going to mail my invites within the next week or two. My RSVP date is June 11 for a July 18 wedding date.
Should I just wait until after May12 or do you think that is too late?
Plus I could send some out now, but what about the postage for the RSVP?
Any thoughts ladies???
Plus the only stamps they have with the new postage amount right now are the stupid liberty bell arrrrgggg

TJ22908 Posted: Apr 30, 2008 04:10 PM

Re: Postage Going Up, what to do about mailing invites ahhhh

I would say you have to wait unless you can get the 1 cent stamps now and mail them before it goes up

kristin597 Posted: Apr 30, 2008 04:10 PM

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Well, you could use the 'forever' stamps for the rsvp cards. They are first class mail and they are good forever. They're not as pretty as some of the other stamps out there but its only going on the rsvp.

bluegreen08 Posted: Apr 30, 2008 04:11 PM

Re: Postage Going Up, what to do about mailing invites ahhhh

Posted by bride-in-training08

Ok so postage is going up May12
I was going to mail my invites within the next week or two. My RSVP date is June 11 for a July 18 wedding date.
Should I just wait until after May12 or do you think that is too late?
Plus I could send some out now, but what about the postage for the RSVP?
Any thoughts ladies???
Plus the only stamps they have with the new postage amount right now are the stupid liberty bell arrrrgggg

1. mail your invites before may 12 and use current postage

2. put liberty bells on your rsvps, or put a pretty stap w/ the 1c tiffany stamp.

pretty new stamps dont come out right away, the new ones are always ugly (dont know why, this is so easily fixed!) but there isnt really anything you can do

i was going to do 41+1c on response envelope and it looked silly so i did liberty bells. our envelopes are ivory so it didnt look bad actually, but still would have loved to use pretty stamps

LuvMyAlfonse Posted: Apr 30, 2008 04:19 PM

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I used the forever stamps for the RSVP.

On my invites - I had a .41 flower stamp and a .17 ram.

Stamps don't matter. At least to me they didn't.

bluegreen08 Posted: Apr 30, 2008 04:21 PM

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Posted by LuvMyAlfonse

I used the forever stamps for the RSVP.

On my invites - I had a .41 flower stamp and a .17 ram.

Stamps don't matter. At least to me they didn't.

i was planning to do flower + ram on invite (i hated those wedding stamps and was going to avoid them at all costs) but our invites needed more than 58c to mail.

i was going to do flower + tiffany 1c for response envelope but decided to just to the forever stamps

SB7308 Posted: Apr 30, 2008 04:21 PM

Re: Postage Going Up, what to do about mailing invites ahhhh

Send it out before May 12th.

IMO its just a stamp, noone looks at it. I used the liberty bell on everything. It goes in the garbage anyway.

bride-in-training08 Posted: Apr 30, 2008 04:28 PM

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Thanks girls!
It's not that I care so much about what they look like as much as when they get delivered. I guess I'll try current postage on the outside and new postage on the inside.

LuvMyAlfonse Posted: Apr 30, 2008 04:30 PM

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Posted by bride-in-training08
I'll try current postage on the outside and new postage on the inside.

Exactly.. get the Liberty bell stamps for your RSVPs. You buy them now for .41 each and when postage goes up to .42 - they'll still be good. That's why they call them 'forever' stamps.

No matter what price stamps are at - the liberty bell is good (only for first class pieces under an ounce of course).

lillprincess54 Posted: Apr 30, 2008 04:43 PM

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i would buy the forever stamps

angl2001 Posted: Apr 30, 2008 05:09 PM

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just use the forever stamps i know they arent very pretty but if i had to i would

DCLM726 Posted: Apr 30, 2008 05:19 PM

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I am mailing mine out tomorrow actually. I know its early but we have a lot of OOTers and we wanted to give them time to book flights and the hotel.

I also wanted to beat the postage increase.

As for the response cards...I just put the liberty bell ones. They are just the RSVP cards- I could care less what the stamps look like.

MrsD71208 Posted: May 01, 2008 06:39 AM

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Just go with the Forever stamp.....noone even notices the stamps lol

Kimbalina Posted: May 01, 2008 07:20 AM

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It is a stamp... not your invitation. Get whats ever available and send them out

Snick n Nick Posted: May 01, 2008 08:33 AM

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Posted by LuvMyAlfonse

Posted by bride-in-training08
I'll try current postage on the outside and new postage on the inside.

Exactly.. get the Liberty bell stamps for your RSVPs. You buy them now for .41 each and when postage goes up to .42 - they'll still be good. That's why they call them 'forever' stamps.

No matter what price stamps are at - the liberty bell is good (only for first class pieces under an ounce of course).

yep, that's exactly what I would do!