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That sounds silly to me. I think the post office will tell people anything to get them to do things their way. Every single one of our mailings had the return address on the back and we had no problems whatsoever.
Hm, that's strange! I've always put the return address on the back (for regular mail, and I did for my STDs too), and I've never had a problem at all!
I used wraparound labels and had zero problems with my invites. And I've sent out all our Thank You cards with our return address on the back with zero problems as well. I wouldn't worry about it. :)
When I brought my invites (with return address on the back) to the post office, the guy said I should've put them on the front, but I sent them anyway as is and it was fine. No biggie, you can do it either way.
@ddubzz: Ditto! Sometimes I throw the address on the front, but I was under the impression it didn't matter if the return address was on the front or back. I think this guy must have been mistaken.
I would be more concerned that the invite really does need more postage than $.44. I just sent some legal papers in the mail (I think there were 5 total) and had to put more postage on.
@Vegas Pug: I was just thinking that.
I wonder if you might want to take it to another post office, just to double check?
And yeah, I think he's off base with the return address.
You said he used the stencil to see if the invite was the right size, but did he weigh it? If not, than nothing he told you is binding because only packages under 1.0 oz go for 44 cents.
And all my invites made it with my return address on the back.
I've always put the return address on the back and never received it back to my house in error. Is your return address very large or something? or maybe in the middle of the back of the envelope?
My return address is on the back flap and I'm not going to worry about it one bit.
I had never heard that about the back (and always write my RA on the back of the envelope!), but just got the same lecture YESTERDAY. What's up with that? New USPS policy??
I'd go back for a second opinion...he needed to weigh it. Usually just having baker's twine would put it in the "rigid" category and would require extra postage because it can't go thru the machine.
My return address was on the back - it was on the flap and they all went thru fine. That part about only having it on the front is a crock.
I mailed my out with the addresses on the back. I've sent and received many things with the return address written on the back flap and never had an issue.
I'm pretty sure that since the stamps are on the same side of the envelope that the address is, you'll be fine.
I didn't have this problem and I put my return address on the back. I say go for it!
I always put the return address on the back of everything I send, and I have never had this problem... How weird that he would tell you that!
I've heard this, too. Technically, the return address is supposed to be in the upper left corner of the front and you're required to put a name and full address there. Wedding invites aside, I'm one of those people who only use an address on my return, no name, and several times in the past have had postal workers give me back letters and ask me to put a name, too.
However, I didn't care when it came to mailing the invites! I made labels with our address only and put them on the back of the envelopes. They all made it to the guests just fine. I'd like to note, though, that our guest addresses were written quite large (I'd say the first name was even as big as the entire return address label) so there was certainly no confusion!
It's very unlikely that there would be an issue but I've seen it happen. One of my friends put a return address label on her RSVP card and it came back to her rather than getting mailed to me.
More importantly, I agree with the other girls that it's HIGHLY unlikely that your invites are only $0.44 to mail.. I would get a second opinion at a different post office.
I had the return address on the back flap and have not had any problems.
I've never done nor heard of putting return addresses on the back flap of an envelope. But then I grew up with a parent that worked at the post office. So we always had to do things the 'right' way according to USPS.
I think the reason for the concern with addresses on the back, is if the envelope gets flipped around while going through the machines. The machine would read the return address and send it back to you. It was no big deal when mail was actually handled by people. But put it through a machine and anything can happen.
In regards to the "did he weigh it" questions, he did, the entire thing only weighed .19oz or something like that. He said I'm good with the .44 cent stamp. The paper I'm using isn't thick, it's just a little thicker than typical cardstock. In all I have two 5x7 cards, 4x6 and a 3.5 x 3.5.
The bump from the baker's twine is quite minimal. The stencil he held up and dropped the envelope through clearly wasn't a problem so I'm not worried about that. I will have another place weigh it but I'm pretty sure I'm good there. I know a lot of girls send out pretty thick invite envelopes with all the stuff included, but mine doesn't even cause the envelope to "expand" in size, does that make sense, to accomodate the thickness.
We had the return addresses on the back and it wasn't a problem at all. I have never heard of it being one either.
Never heard that about the return addy before. Strange. Especially what vagabondgurl said about having to put the name and not just address for return address. If that's true, then why do businesses use address only return addresses, leaving you no way of knowing if it's spam (err, junk mail) or not when you receive it.
I'll have to ask my officiant's wife, she used to work for the postal service.
I'm hoping all my invite mailing goes smooth, as the mail service (as well as fedex and ups) had a way of interfering with my relationship early on. FI has almost identical name to his dad, but no "jr" telling them apart, and when he moved to his last apartment he did a change-of-addy form. Well he started getting his dad's mail sometimes, and his stuff would go to his folks house. And his apt. building had two different numbers and sometimes that would cause problems getting packages delivered. There was also no buzzer or paging system on the front door so when UPS/FedEx or a messenger service came to deliver something, if someone hadn't left the front door open (usually unlocked during business hours, but not always), then you were out of luck. I sent something via amazon once and the delivery guy I think left it at the building entrance on the street! Another time FI was getting a package (from amazon maybe?) and ups/fedex? said no such address existed, even though they'd been there before!
.19 ounce?????? I really really reall suggest you have that weighed again. That REALLY sounds unlikely (unless everything you have is printed on regular thin printer paper - which you said it wasn't). It's better to double check than to have all your invites returned to you.
@MaggieGirl: yeah, i second this. there's no way that's .19oz. i'd have it weighed again.
I fourth the second opinion as far as weighing it goes. We are putting addresses on the back and I think it is appropriate as well.
haha Sorry gals, I mean .9oz. I weighed them myself also and they weighed .9 ounces. The only heavy weight paper was the invite really and the postcard RSVP and the other papers were cardstock like 80 lb weight. The heavy weight was 100 lbs. I had it weighed by the USPS and it came out to .8oz or .9oz depending on the invite---family get another sheet while other guests don't about the welcome dinner and morning after brunch. The machine clearly read .44 stamp to use so I think I'm good. Thanks for the concerns though, I know you girls are looking out!
Just want to confirm, the invites arrived safely to those I've spoke with. Thanks for the heads up to double check! Oh, the money I saved on stamps was put towards my dress alterations---highway robbers!!!
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I went into the post office this morning, crossing my fingers my invites would not cost more than a regular .44 cent stamp. A cheerful, they exist(!), guy helped me, congratulated me and said I was good, it would only cost me .44 cents to mail my invites!! And that's using heavy weight paper including the invite, dinner/brunch card, registry card (yes, we do those where I'm from...everyone expects it) and directions/map card AND some baker's twine wrapped around it all! He slipped the invite envlope containing all the contents through the little stencil he had to see if it was too thick or the very slight bump from the bow would fit and again, I was good!
But then the told me something I had never heard before......to put the return address on the front and not the back like most people do for cards and especially wedding invites. He said the machine may read it and send the card to my house. Great. I thought that was only a problem for wrap around labels? I've sent numerous birthday cards, thinking of you cards and what not and never had a problem with the card coming back to me. Part of me wants to just say whatever and still put the return labels on the back but part of me is nervous they will come back and it'll just be bad bridal luck. :o
Anyone else had an issue with the invite coming back with a normal return label or just address on the back flap? Not talking about a wrap around label here, that's different.