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I'm finally ready to mail my precious Christmas cards. My question is do homemade cards using SU cardstock usually take extra postage? I really would like to avoid the postoffice. Any help would be very appreciated!
If you have a lot of dimensionals on or 3-d trinkets, it may cost more due to the thickness and having to be hand stamped. When I start, I make 1 prototype and then check to see if I will incur any extra postage. Never has happened. Also square envelopes require additional postage. Just put your square card in a rectangular envelop.
Honestly, it depends on if they have a Post Office box, at least in my cases. I sent one to my mother-in-law and they made her pay an extra .12 before they would give it to her and everyone else (including a few other post office boxes) got theirs without any trouble at all. It depends on how strict the their Post Office is. Sorry if I didn't mention but I am talking about the clear envelopes and 3-D embelishments.
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I sent a card to my mom for her birthday that had a charm on it and they had to pay an additional $.12 also. Not sure what the deal with that was, but they now have the automated postage tellers at the post office and you can weight your card to see if it will cost any more. I love that thing. People stand in the long line and I just breeze in and out now that they have those!
amy
My Christmas cards had a twine bow on them and the post office charged me $0.49 per card (an extra $0.12, per card) They also said that I could have the people I sent them to pay the extra charge, but come on, they're Christmas cards! You're supposed to be doing someone a favor, so I don't know if having the people you're "being so kind as to send a card to" pay for the extra postage. Sounds kind of scroogish to me. Oh, and my cards were charged extra based ONLY on the fact that the twine bow made them "irregular" and not lay flat 100%. I also had a picture and letter inside all my cards which made them pretty bulky. I hope this helps! Good luck!
I actually got a little scale for my birthday because I hated to go to the post office. The lines are always so long. Now I can weigh my cards. Most times they do not need an extra stamp. and if they do need an extra stamp you just have to add 23cent per ounce. It is so nice and convenient. I have never had any trouble with see through envelopes, or thickness. It probably depends on the actual location and how picky they are.
Hope that helps.
Beth
The best thing is to take one of your cards to the post office......I had mine returned for not enough postage and some of them did not make it back home......yuk!! The postmaster told me to put two 37 cent stamps on the envelope and then ask that they be hand canceled.......he said this step was very important! I just know what happened to me. Good luck!!!!!!
My cards had 2 layers of CS after the basic card plus a dimensional and a bow....(next year they WON'T!!) Anyhow, becuase of the thickness, mostly from the dimensional, I had to pay an extra .12 cents.....I didn't mind as I really liked what I made!
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I brought all my cards to the Post Office on Saturday and I'm glad I did. I didn't think they were over an ounce (and they weren't), BUT, because I'd attached a piece of artificial tree branch (with an embossed ornament hanging from them -- they're in my gallery), they were a little thicker than a flat card, and I was told I needed an additional 12c per card, for a total of 49c each. So, I had to wait in line (Saturday at noon) to purchase the extra stamps, then stand there and put on all the extra postage before I could mail them.
They actually brought out a template to show me -- if it doesn' fit through the "regular" size slot, you need additional postage or the recipient will have to pay the difference to receive it!
My Post Office said that they probably would have overlooked it, but that other PO's might be pickier and require extra postage on the other end.
Anyhow, I learned my lesson. Next year it's back to a flat, quarter-size card!
I've never had to pay extra for the ones I've sent. I do thank you's for my hostesses and birthday cards. No one has ever told me they had to pay extra and I just sent out 4. I try to keep them to no more than 3 layers and I use the weighing machine at school (or our one at home) to double check weight. I'll have to keep that size thing in mind though. Thanks!
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