STAMPS YES I USE THEM - Page 2

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

I use about 20 stamps a year and I don't care what they look like as long as my check for our condo fees gets to where it needs to be. I send 7 or 8 Christmas cards to some older friends and relatives who live out of state. I'm still using the Forever stamps I bought years ago, I'm down to the last 10 or 12. Enough to get through this year. I pay all my bills online or by phone and I send E-cards or send birthday and anniversary greetings to friends and family on their FB pages.

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@Kachina624 wrote:
I've been banking online for almost 25 years and wouldn't do it any other way. It's much safer than putting bills in the mailbox for the carrier. I've never had a payment fail to reach its destination on time. I've saved a fortune in postage costs. I'd forgotten there was any other way.

I've been banking online since early days for my bank's app & website. For most ordinary bills to large companies it's 2 days TAT - faster than the PO. I too have never had an e-payment not make it. But twice living in LA the PO couldn't get rent checks to an address one zip code and 3 miles from the apt. TWO lost checks, mailed inside the PO.

Better yet, I can deposit a check sitting at home, have funds electronically deposited into my account from an outside institution (not IRS but I do that too), or transfer funds from one account to another with a few keystrokes, and the transfer is either instant or within 24-48 hrs with outside institution. And yes, $$.

And time to find a place to mail them. Like pay phones, mail boxes on street corners have been disappearing. If I absolutely HAD to mail something I had to make a trip to the post office before they closed, park, take it inside and hope that was enough. I've had mail lost when left in a curb box AND when left inside. I'll take my chance with ebanking.

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mollybgood · ‎03-02-2017

I love to buy stamps which have birds or flowers on them.

I use about 20 stamps a year.

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Caaareful Shopper · ‎10-09-2012

I only use stamps at Christmas time. I paint my own Christmas card image and make it into a card, and I take the same image and make it into matching postage stamps. I usually use zazzle.com, which is accepted by the USPS.

software · ‎06-08-2016

I have the need for a stamp every now & then. I needed one earlier this week, all I had was a Christmas stamp! I'm more likely to collect coins, rather than stamps.

Stamp collecting used to be fun. Now I rarely receive any mail with a stamp on it.

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PINKdogWOOD · ‎05-13-2010

Can't pay my bills if I don't have stamps. No we do not set up bill pay, DH would never do that as he does not believe in it, feels it's not safe. Reality is, it's safer than sending checks through the USPS service so says a CS at my bank. It's also very easy to set up bill pay with our/your bank and they can step in if someting goes awry if the recipient tries to say they did not get our payment.

Anyway about stamps - yes, ever since the Breast Cancer stamps came out I buy them every time. A percentage of the cost goes to breast cancer research. I pay more for them (not that much more) but I prefer to use these over others.

PurpleBunny · ‎03-09-2010

@Caaareful Shopper wrote:
I only use stamps at Christmas time. I paint my own Christmas card image and make it into a card, and I take the same image and make it into matching postage stamps. I usually use zazzle.com, which is accepted by the USPS.

I used to make matching stamps to go with my kid's birthday invitation themes. Then I realized how much money I was spending - lol!

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goldensrbest · ‎03-10-2010

Never thought of buying stamps on line, i took a look they have shirley temple stamps !!!

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CouponQueen · ‎10-21-2010

I too use online and wouldn't do it any other way either. I use one stamp a month and buy a book either at Walgreens or Sam's Club. Whatever they have..not fussy.

Right now I still have a couple Fourth of July stamps from last year and a few snowflakes from Christmas.

I couldn't find my stamps when I needed one so I grabbed another book and found them stuck in between something in my wallet.

Other than that one bill a month - I use them for cards to family - now only one is far away that I don't see often.

I would think if one was on a strict budget and at almost 2 for $1...paying online would save money every year.

I have paid online since the option was available and never had a problem..probably 20 years or more.