Newbie Cheap and Easy Ratings Booster Swap

one of my favorites!!

me too ashley! :)

I have a hard time with the one-stamp rule. My packages are too fat :)

Is this a letter-size or legal-size envelope? Or does it matter?

zia-doesn't matter, so long as it can be mailed with one stamp :)

What about old postage and a make up stamp? I know details... I don't have any current stamps (I have a roll of 37 cent stamps) so I'll be using two... but only because I need to add a 4 cent make up stamp. Now, come on... this doesn't break the rules, does it?

just for reference (i do work for the USPS after all...lol)! a .41 letter is 1 oz. or less, length min 5" and max 11 1/2", height 3.5" and max 6 1/8", thickness min .007" and max 1/4". so it can be a tiny bit fat...like a tea bag! this is gonna be a fun swap! thanks enakitty! ;)

thanks momokitty! great info!!

celestial-no worries, so long as it adds up to 41 cents :)

I am having a seriously hard time fitting enough cute stuff in the envelope without going over the 1 stamp rule! Will I get penalized (hehe) if I go over?

lol yup-it's a challenge to keep it to one stamp!! ....i would try to keep it to one stamp....i would guess that your partner's wouldn't give you a bad rating if you didn't follow the rules 100% tho

thanks!

hahaha when I had mine weighed at the PO today I had to take something out of one. I was so disappointed. One ounce doesn't give you much to work with LOL

heh - when I gave my stuff to the postal employee, he said, "Oh, I bet that'll be about 58 cents." I was like, "No, mister. You don't understand. It can't be more than 41 cents! Seriously!"

Fortunately, my food scale at home didn't lie to me. I was still under one ounce. Yay!

lol hestiashearth!

I wish I had read these messages (esp. momokitty's!) before I tried to send mine off! Like a lot of you, my envelopes were too fat, too! I was so disappointed...had to come home and do them over cuz I didn't want to be "penalized" for using more than one stamp! The gal at the post office took one look at them and went, "yeah, those are gonna take like 3 stamps each." Oops!

oh no emjaybe!!

it really is a challenge to keep our envelopes to one stamp

....might be fun to do the next one with a little more leeway in the postage! :)

hope everyone's having fun despite the challenge!

enakitty, it was definitely fun! A great first swap! Thank you!

My food scale lied to me, I was at 1.1 once so I broke the rule and paid for the 58 cent postage. It was too much for me to head back home for new envelopes, it's a bit of a drive for me to get into town, so just look at it as I was being generous with the stamps. Because of the fact that it was only .1 once over the gal at the counter said I could chance it and try to send with just the 41 cents but I figured doing it this way was my insurance that it would get to all of my partners without having to accidently return to me needlessly adding time and making an unhappy swap partner. Oh, and as I mentioned above I was already using two because I needed to make up postage from 37 to 41 cents. And I'm still not done with all my old stamps. Oh well, I'm done with writing a thesis here. Just thought I'd post my post office adventure from today. :-) Looking forward to the mailbox fun!

lol ya'lls post office adventures are too funny!

enakitty - this swap was SO much fun, and I haven't even received anything yet! (Note: that is NOT a criticism; I'm not expecting anything until tomorrow at the VERY earliest)

I can't wait to see what I get; I'm sure I'll be even more pleased!!!!

I had so much fun I made a new one.

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