I'm sorry, I am wiping out big time, but I wanted to let @khackett and @michaelevans know, your buttons are on the way!
@novacadian, I must apologize, because I still have yours. The guy at the post office told me I had to send all the cards with one button inside as packages, not cards - but I've put non-paper things in cards before - and so yours would have cost over ten dollars, which I did not have. I think he was being purposefully difficult, tbh - I've dealt with this guy before - so I'm going to go buy some individual stamps when I get some more dollars and try just mailing it to you that way. If they return it to me, then I'll try again the seriously-postage-is-insane way. @lyndsaybowes, I still have yours for the same reason. I'm so sorry, y'all. I had NO IDEA they were going to try charging me that much. Will keep you posted on the post in a post. ;)
And now I'm going to sleep probably until my dentist appointment tomorrow. Good night, everybody.
That is just outrageous, ahh...what a sinking feeling. Perhaps try Nova's in the reg mail and see what happens. I'm totally keeping my fingers crossed it won't be sent back, they are super light and flat, and it's obvious it's a button by the sound it makes, c'mon posties it ain't a bomb.
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They all even have bubble wrap around them, and are inside a card - so it's not likely that they'll open up and poke anybody. Nowadays cards are made out of everything? They have little musical chips inside or are made of wood or have all sorts of decorations attached and shit. this isn't any thicker or weirder than a 3-D card by itself. It's no more stabby than some of the scrapbooking decorations I've attached to cards myself that were sent through just fine. So yeah - I'm going to try Nova's in the regular post; I just need to deposit my latest MTurk money into my bank account and then run to 7-11 for some stamps.
But I've got yours in a little padded envelope, so I really will have to do the whole customs form and whatnot. BTW, it's totally addressed to Scratcherlina. LOL Customs is going to be like, "What kind of name is that?" But I've received credit card offers for my first cat Butterscotch, so it's not like companies pay attention, I guess. :D
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Ok, Ok, just gimme a couple days and I'll haz postagez hahahaaa for Scratcherlina's buttons, she';s such a shopaholic!! AHHAAAA :) :)
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Ah, no, you don't have to do that. I'll figure it out, it just might take me a while.
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Missing you xoxox Blockchain hugs sent your way!
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Hey, thank you. 💚 Been in a slump. Werds r hard.
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Oooh I understand totally! Does Mags let you in her fort when you're slumpin?
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Shejoins me on top of the fort. :)
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I had this same problem with the post office when I was trying to mail some 3d printed keychains. They were flat, but hard, so because of that, they wouldn't let me send it in a regular envelope. 🙄
Bs I say!
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Yeah... convenient.
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That is so dumb! As I said in my response to Lynds, nowadays cards have all sorts of stuff attached to them - including hard plastic. It's so arbitrary.
I even was thinking about those cards with seeds in them - if I bought a seeded wildflower card here in Colorado and sent it to Canada, some of those seeds might be invasive to Canada, but they're not going to stop the card, are they? No, they're not. Because it's paper, as far as they care.
I've even put cat toys inside cards before - little, hard plastic cat toys - and sent it through the regular post. Nobody stopped it.
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OH NO! I have been there. Seems the postal workers everywhere can be such an unhappy lot. I hate it when the shipping supposedly costs more than the value of the item that you are trying to ship... :'(
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Right? And there's a UPS Store that is closer to me, but their USPS postal service fees - let alone actual UPS fees - cost twice as much as going to the actual post office, because that was their profit fee on accepting USPS packages. What cost $8 to mail at the post office would have cost $16 - using the post office, just because I dropped it at a UPS Store. Um, no.
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Not sure I know what's going on, but I've upvoted this post with
My measly 100% (1¢) hope it helps get you some postage
@phoenixwren.
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Aw, thank you! :) I was trying to mail the buttons that were prizes from a contest I ran - Steem swag! I thought the postage would be like mailing a card but with an extra stamp or two. I was wrong! o.O So instead of $2 or $3 like I was expecting to send to Canada, they wanted $10.50 and a customs declaration!
I was like ...it's a card ...with a button in it. The post office guy was not having it. LOL
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I mailed a Brass ring I bought for a couple of bucks at a thrift store
To my friend in Canada, I think it was something like $15.
Outrageous. I too had to fill out a form for customs.
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O: That's crazy!
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Hope you're feeling better real soon Phoenix.
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Thank you! ^_^
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With everyone using the internet now, I guess they just don't make enough on simple envelope postings any more. Gotta try and get that dollar out of you somehow.
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For real, lol.
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Don't pay the seriously-postage-is-insane price. Just winning my first steem contest is prize enough for me. 😎
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You'll get it one way or another! I am on a mission! :)
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