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Why not ask for 50 cents or a new stamp in the envelope? Including a stamp is easier in an envelope, and it should make prepping a return envelope simpler. Requ

Why not ask for 50 cents or a new stamp in the envelope? Including a stamp is easier in an envelope, and it should make prepping a return envelope simpler. Require "forever" stamps to protect yourself from a postal price hike.

zachlatta 11y ago
Ah, we should update the website! If you send us a forever stamp instead of 50 cents, we'll honor it.
- ohitsdom 11y ago
  Fun project, cheers!
- blakeyrat 11y ago
  You should let people know not to send coins, too. Coins can get violently ejected from postal sorting machines and cause injuries. (And as general advice, if you're going to do a mail campaign like this in the future, it might be a good idea to actually chat to a postal carrier about it first.)
  - jzwinck 11y ago
    You're right that people should not send coins in regular envelopes. But of course people mail coins, keys, and binder clips pretty frequently. Do you think USPS employees stand around an open sorting machine just waiting to get hit in the face with a paperclip? I actually know someone who has worked on those machines for decades. He never told me anything other than that the machines might reject your letter, or your thumb drive might fall out and they'd not be able to find where to send it.
rplnt 11y ago
That way you are losing 1 cent in profits.
nicolethenerd 11y ago
Or just have people mail you a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE)? Then you can just put the stickers in it and drop them in the mail (plus, you don't have to buy or address envelopes)
kentbrew 11y ago
Keep the forever-stamps for a couple of years and return everything using a postal meter. Forever-stamp arbitrage should be full of all kinds of win.
- eric_h 11y ago
  I believe this was a plot on "The League".
- deleted 11y ago
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pforpineapple 11y ago
To the top !
rdancer 11y ago
Because when the scheme crashes, they'll keep the money. Like somebody else has said already, they're purists :-)

zachlatta 11y ago

Ah, we should update the website! If you send us a forever stamp instead of 50 cents, we'll honor it.

ohitsdom 11y ago
Fun project, cheers!
blakeyrat 11y ago
You should let people know not to send coins, too. Coins can get violently ejected from postal sorting machines and cause injuries. (And as general advice, if you're going to do a mail campaign like this in the future, it might be a good idea to actually chat to a postal carrier about it first.)
- jzwinck 11y ago
  You're right that people should not send coins in regular envelopes. But of course people mail coins, keys, and binder clips pretty frequently. Do you think USPS employees stand around an open sorting machine just waiting to get hit in the face with a paperclip? I actually know someone who has worked on those machines for decades. He never told me anything other than that the machines might reject your letter, or your thumb drive might fall out and they'd not be able to find where to send it.

rplnt 11y ago

That way you are losing 1 cent in profits.

nicolethenerd 11y ago

Or just have people mail you a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE)? Then you can just put the stickers in it and drop them in the mail (plus, you don't have to buy or address envelopes)

kentbrew 11y ago

Keep the forever-stamps for a couple of years and return everything using a postal meter. Forever-stamp arbitrage should be full of all kinds of win.

eric_h 11y ago
I believe this was a plot on "The League".
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pforpineapple 11y ago

To the top !

rdancer 11y ago

Because when the scheme crashes, they'll keep the money. Like somebody else has said already, they're purists :-)