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#261
Thanks for letting us know Missgigglewings. Jaba I'm sorry you had to pay 20cents on my letter......... I did have the post office weigh mineand thought I was doing the right thing. He said it was fine. This is my first Boom so I apoligize! When I get your f8, I will make up for it. Thanks for letting me know.
#262
A post script on postage - and yes, I know the subject has been beaten to death.
I took my f8s to the post office yesterday. All were in legal size envelopes. I asked the clerk to hand cancel them. She checked weight. The Canadian envelope went for $.85. The US envelopes she considered first class packages and charged $1.95 each. They were prepared in the same manner as some I received which had only $.45 or $.65 postage. So your post office personnel make a big difference. This happened to be the postmaster, who is a stickler for details. If anyone gets my envelope and needs to pay more postage, let me know!
I took my f8s to the post office yesterday. All were in legal size envelopes. I asked the clerk to hand cancel them. She checked weight. The Canadian envelope went for $.85. The US envelopes she considered first class packages and charged $1.95 each. They were prepared in the same manner as some I received which had only $.45 or $.65 postage. So your post office personnel make a big difference. This happened to be the postmaster, who is a stickler for details. If anyone gets my envelope and needs to pay more postage, let me know!
#263
The postage is always an interesting thing to see in this swap. I have seen some go for standard letter rate and others up to almost $2.00. I really think it depends on the PO and the people working as Quilt Mom stated. You would think it should/would be standard but it does not seem that way. In fact if I take a package to my local PO it will be one price and if I take it to the PO where I work it is another...odd indeed
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April
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April
#265
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Wyoming in the summer, Florida in the winter
Posts: 7,583
I wasn't trying to step on anyone's toes....Honest! if I have I sincerely apologize. This is my first swap, when I took mine to the PO to send, they told me 65cents. They all came back the next day. They wanted 1.10 each, so I paid the difference and sent them on their way. Was told if they had been in a 5 X 7 manilla envelope instead of a legal sized envelope it would have been 84 cents. Don't know how they figure this one???? I do know how to send them now, I think, wrapped in saran wrap instead of a zip lock baggie. Didn't know a baggie could weigh that much. Anyway you learn something everyday and trust me at the ripe age of 65 I'm really glad I do. With that being said, I'm having so much fun seeing the different fabric coming my way and figuring out a square. I'd do one of these booms again in a heartbeat. Again, to all of you, if I have hurt someone's feelings I am truly sorry, please forgive me .
#266
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Just move back to Chattanooga, TN.
Posts: 2,022
Me to. My post office weighed them and told me .45. I have not recieved any with postage due yet. This is my second boomer. When in dought I pay a little more because it is so worth the change. Thanks again for swapping!
#267
Jaba didnt hurt my feelings...... Just don't want you to pay for my responsibility. I would do another boom too! It is a blast.... I love getting surprises in the mail. It just sinks that the Post Office tries to make as much money on us as they possibly can. NOT FAIR but that's life... I'm not sweating the small stuff.
I wasn't trying to step on anyone's toes....Honest! if I have I sincerely apologize. This is my first swap, when I took mine to the PO to send, they told me 65cents. They all came back the next day. They wanted 1.10 each, so I paid the difference and sent them on their way. Was told if they had been in a 5 X 7 manilla envelope instead of a legal sized envelope it would have been 84 cents. Don't know how they figure this one???? I do know how to send them now, I think, wrapped in saran wrap instead of a zip lock baggie. Didn't know a baggie could weigh that much. Anyway you learn something everyday and trust me at the ripe age of 65 I'm really glad I do. With that being said, I'm having so much fun seeing the different fabric coming my way and figuring out a square. I'd do one of these booms again in a heartbeat. Again, to all of you, if I have hurt someone's feelings I am truly sorry, please forgive me .
#268
I don't think anyone got their feelings hurt! Discussing the postage and the different things we hear and see is a rite-of-passage for these Boom Swaps! So welcome to the first timers...I am sure you will love it as we all do!
#269
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Pensacola, FL
Posts: 1,599
Hey Y'all, Just curious as to how you keep up with all the fabric you are now receiving? Here's how I did it for boom 6, my first boom. After marking the date I received it on the spreadsheet, I put the fabric, any note and the envelope in a large ziplock bag. Then I go thru my stash to see what matches and add that to the ziplock. Then I put all the filled ziplocks in a basket to keep together. That way everything is together and all I have to do is pull out a baggie when I am ready to sew!
#270
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Missouri
Posts: 4,061
Thanks for this info. I was using file folders for the fabric pieces, envelopes and notes but this keeps things together better without anything dropping out the side. I write everything on the spreadsheet .. kinda' like a journal for me.
Mary
Mary
Hey Y'all, Just curious as to how you keep up with all the fabric you are now receiving? Here's how I did it for boom 6, my first boom. After marking the date I received it on the spreadsheet, I put the fabric, any note and the envelope in a large ziplock bag. Then I go thru my stash to see what matches and add that to the ziplock. Then I put all the filled ziplocks in a basket to keep together. That way everything is together and all I have to do is pull out a baggie when I am ready to sew!
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