When they try to return the letter to the sender for lack of a postage stamp, it will end up getting delivered to the place it's supposed to go, right?
When they try to return the letter to the sender for lack of a postage stamp, it will end up getting delivered to the place it's supposed to go, right?
Bump. Anyone tried this?
Nope.
Gravy_the_real_one1 wrote:
Nope.
Which question are you noping? Are you saying you haven't tried it, or are you saying it wouldn't work?
frugal consumer wrote:
Gravy_the_real_one1 wrote:
Nope.
Which question are you noping? Are you saying you haven't tried it, or are you saying it wouldn't work?
Yep.
I tried this when I was 7.
I sent my best friend a letter in this manner.
His Mom had to pay to receive it.
Buy some stamps. They cost less than a dollar you cheapskate.
Kvothe wrote:
Buy some stamps. They cost less than a dollar you cheapskate.
But I have to send over 7,000 letters to my favorite Australian women runners, this is going to get expensive
frugal consumer wrote:
Kvothe wrote:
Buy some stamps. They cost less than a dollar you cheapskate.
But I have to send over 7,000 letters to my favorite Australian women runners, this is going to get expensive
^That wasn't me. I'm just trying to be smart with my money.
frugal consumer wrote:
frugal consumer wrote:
But I have to send over 7,000 letters to my favorite Australian women runners, this is going to get expensive
^That wasn't me. I'm just trying to be smart with my money.
Remember that everyone on Letsrun makes $250K/yr, so the idea of being frugal doesn’t really resonate with them.
frugal consumer wrote:
frugal consumer wrote:
But I have to send over 7,000 letters to my favorite Australian women runners, this is going to get expensive
^That wasn't me. I'm just trying to be smart with my money.
It's 55¢. Try being smarter with your money and your time. Buy the effing stamp and get off the internet.
One time, I sent a bunch of invoices for the company I worked for. I forgot to put stamps on them, so I dropped 50 envelopes in the mail box with no postage. About 10 of them got returned. Not sure if the other 40 got delivered or just trashed.
This MIGHT work if you are sending it to someone in your local area, but otherwise definitely not.
When I was a kid I re-used stamps by covering it and the envelope corner with water soluble glue that dried clear. The recipient would then soak the stamp, and it would release from the envelope and the cancellation stamp came off with the glue. They can then let it dry and glue it onto a new envelope and lightly cover it with more glue and send it back to you. Handy for PenPals.
One stamp, making multiple round trips to the same two recipients. After 10 or so mailings, the stamp tends to degrade a bit, so there is a limit.
I didn't think it was illegal, but turns out it is a federal crime:
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WARNING!
Once a postage stamp has been used, it is a federal crime to:
1. Remove, attempt to remove, or assist to remove cancellation marks from postage.
2. Reuse a stamp whether cancelled or not.
If you have questions concerning the reuse of postage, please contact your local Postal Inspector.
Title 18, U.S. Code, Sections 471 and 1720
frugal consumer wrote:
When they try to return the letter to the sender for lack of a postage stamp, it will end up getting delivered to the place it's supposed to go, right?
Reflects that you are a natural CHEATER with no character whatsoever. A cockroach is a better live form than you are.
This forum is a rollicking clown car. Love it.
I have heard of that from someone. You may want to try to think it through, and other things in your life. When you do with the stamp idea you will see that it is a form of theft by deception and is probably illegal if you did it knowingly. Now you know. Put your good mind to good use.
That seems like a fairly elementary scam that the post office has probably seen before. They take note of where mail comes from, so I doubt it will work.
doctorj wrote:
frugal consumer wrote:
When they try to return the letter to the sender for lack of a postage stamp, it will end up getting delivered to the place it's supposed to go, right?
Reflects that you are a natural CHEATER with no character whatsoever. A cockroach is a better live form than you are.
Honesty and integrity have radically diminished since 2016.
I used to be a postie, things may have changed a bit, and it will likely depend which country you are in, however....
Interestingly, sending a letter without payment typically used to have a better chance of ending up at it's destination than if you include payment, it's just that it costs the receiver, plus iirc there is an admin feed sometimes for them (if they choose to receive it).
The curious thing here, is that because the letter gets handled differently, and needs payment, it's almost like a registered letter, i.e the postie will knock on the door and deliver it and take payment, or will deliver a card for you to go and pick it up from the depot, where they will pay (rather than getting dumped with a load of other mail which could end up in the neighbours house). Naturally the recipient may not want to pay for it, so then it will go back to sender if there's an address, or black hole otherwise.
I wouldn't test this out with anything important though :).