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[quote M>B>]I heard the 1¢ stamp costs more than that to produce.
I am sure this is true. I recently saw one of those "How it's made" TV shows on stamps and I was appalled at how wasteful the process was. I don't really use that many stamps, but after watching that show I felt like I should never buy one again.
I mean I understand that they need a sophisticated process to combat counterfeit stamps, and sure some of the designs are nice but I think most people don't care. And it's not like cash that you can re-use. Once you mail it it's trash. So wasteful.
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Once you mail it it's trash. So wasteful.
My motto and life style has always been, RECYCLE, REDUCE and RUSE!
Plus not purchase stuff in overinflated packages, such as that secure plastic stuff,
I have seen recycling bags and bins thrown in the garbage van with every thing else!
Do what you can!
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I've got 37¢, 39¢, 2¢, 4¢, 1¢. I've got more then the local po.
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Hi everyone,
I hear Costco has a good deal on Forever Stamps. My office is stocking up. Thought I'd spread the word.
Robert
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My wife and I went to an auction a few years ago, and there were several hundred lots of some guy's stamp collection. This was the type of auction where everything in the lot was "high bidder's choice". You would make a bid, and take as many lots as you wanted at that price. As the auction goes on, the price lowers (theoretically) every round.
Anyway, they had sheets of unused 32 and 33 cent stamps lotted together in several sheets. So, for example, one lot was 10 sheets of 32 cent stamps, the next could be 20 sheets of 33 cent stamps. When the bids got down to about $10, I realized nobody was buying any of the lots of unused stamps. Seems most people were interested in the old, used stamp books and other collectibles. So for the next bid, I bid $8 and my wife and I went through and bought dozens of lots of the unused stamps. We ended up with about $1,300 worth of unused postage stamps for about $200. I pulled out one each of the different sheets (yes, I collect stamps) and we've been using the rest as postage ever since. We've sent packages with a whole sheet of stamps on them (no complaints from the PO). We'll probably have these stamps for another 10 years or so.
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I'm buying Forever stamps, but will still get some Commemoratives from time to time.
To use up odd stamps, I just put them on packages and let the PO add any difference. Much faster than buying xx2cents/3cents, etc.
But you have to take those kinds of packages to the window; for the most part (over 13oz. I think) you can't drop those in a mail box or at the dock.
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[quote WHiiP]I remember when receiving a letter was a real joy!
In the grand scheme of things, the cost of a stamp is trivial compared to the joy it brings when attached to a letter.
Those are her sentiments as well. She loves sending REAL letters to people.
