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I think it should work this way. A snail-mail list, AND an e-card list. IF you sign up to the snail-mail list, you must send a card to EVERYONE on that list! That way you will receive a card from everyone too.
Works the same for the e-card, you sign up, you must send one to everyone on the list.
I plan on being a member of *both* lists.
That sounds fair, though perhaps we can make exceptions for people from Europe or other places that have cost-prohibative postage rates.
O...K...!! Darn I wanted a "snail mail" card!
How do we add our name to the e-card list?
That's so unfair. And you can count me OUT then! There's no way I'll send a card to everyone on that list, geez, we are not millioners here.Quote:
Originally posted by wolf_Q
IF you sign up to the snail-mail list, you must send a card to EVERYONE on that list!
I'll just email the closest ones to me and ask their snail mail addy.
Casper & Kitty, That's why you sign up for e-card list if you can't afford it. But it's not fair to sign up for the list for everybody to send you a card and you not reciprocate!
That's why I said I was out! I'm not going to participate in either of the lists. I'll send cards to those I want and can.
I missed a step... To whom do we send the info for the e-card list: Zippie-Kat or is she just doing the snail list? (Some of us need step-by-step instructions. ;) )Quote:
Originally posted by Rottieluver45
...How do we add our name to the e-card list?
Thanks. I'm looking forward to this! :D
Lol...I'm kinda confused too...Quote:
Originally posted by AmberLee
I missed a step... To whom do we send the info for the e-card list: Zippie-Kat or is she just doing the snail list? (Some of us need step-by-step instructions. ;) )
Thanks. I'm looking forward to this! :D
I originally volunteered for the Snail-Mail list but I can do both lists if you guys want...
I thought that was the original idea...it just got a bit confused in the middle here. That there are 2 lists, and if you sign up for either one, you send one to everyone on the list. It's not really fair to pick and choose. Some people might get all of the cards, and others might only get a few (even if they sent one to everyone). I don't see why you can't still be a member of the e-card list. How about this, Casper & Kitty, just don't have your name put on the snail mail list, but ask Zippy to send you the list. That way you can choose who you want to send them to, but you don't have to send one to everybody, and everybody doesn't have to send one to you. I don't know how to make everyone happy here. We still have a loooong time so hopefully we can work it out. I'm definitely not a millionaire either, I'm aware that it is expensive to mail things.Quote:
That's so unfair. And you can count me OUT then! There's no way I'll send a card to everyone on that list, geez, we are not millioners here.
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Originally posted by wolf_Q
How about this, Casper & Kitty, just don't have your name put on the snail mail list, but ask Zippy to send you the list. That way you can choose who you want to send them to, but you don't have to send one to everybody, and everybody doesn't have to send one to you. I don't know how to make everyone happy here. We still have a loooong time so hopefully we can work it out. I'm definitely not a millionaire either, I'm aware that it is expensive to mail things.
That`s a good way to work it out! I could keep a list of the people who are doing the e-card thing and just send it to the people who want it to e-mail each other! You know?:D :confused:
I would like to be on the snail mail list and the ecard list. I have no problems with the ecards because they are free, so whomever I'm supposed to contact for that I will anyway. However, with the snail mail, maybe people can send in addresses and when Zippy (or whoever) knows how many names there are we can decide if we want to be on the final list? Because if there ends up being hundreds of people on there I won't be able to afford it, but I will do it if it's around 75 or so. This may end up being too much work for the name collector, and if it is that's ok I'll just put my name on the snail mail list anyway and send more cards ;) I just thought this might make it easier for some people to decide if they would like to be on the snail mail or if they will be able to afford all the snail mailers.
What do you think?
Sounds like a good idea Nomilynn. Maybe we can see how many names are on the snail mail list, say in early November, and then decide if we all send to everybody, or as many as we can.
Almost everybody is overseas mail for me, which I don't mind at all and I'll send as many cards as I can, but I'll be out of a job in three weeks so I may have to budget :)
Well,If it`s ok with Wolf Q People can start sending me their e-mail account names!!!
Last year I think we had around 30 or less names. 26 maybe? I don't remember exactly. I can't imagine having more than 50 people on it because a lot of people won't be doing it for one reason or another. So as far as money goes, we should be okay. Except the overseas ones, but Karen has solved that problem.
Brilliant idea. I think that will work wonderfully.Quote:
How about this, Casper & Kitty, just don't have your name put on the snail mail list, but ask Zippy to send you the list. That way you can choose who you want to send them to, but you don't have to send one to everybody, and everybody doesn't have to send one to you.
I don't want to get off the subject but I just have to say this " I love your new signature Aly." I already e-mailed Tonya(Zippykat) my address and I"ll be on both lists. I think that this will be a lot of fun. :D
Krazyaboutkatz,send your e-mail adress to me!
If you didn't participate last year, you have no idea how much fun is ahead of you. Yes, it can be expensive......but you can also be selective, and everyone understands that money is tight and the economy not doing very well. Maybe some of you could "double up" on cards if you live in the same area. (just a thought). And a free "e-card" has no less meaning.
When I got my cards, I happily received many from close friends, and family, and then would come the surprise. A PET TALK CARD!
When I received a card from Sophie Bunny, I just hugged it........
it made you feel warm and fuzzy......just like Christmas!
Just a thought, but maybe we give someone names that end in A through H - and the next I through Q or something like that, so no one has a burden. I would be happy to help.
I will send my email addy and my snail mail addy but I want to make it very clear to our PetTalkers across the ocean that I will not be sending them snail cards. I simply can't afford it. It cost me $2.00 last year to send a card to Canada and I got an ecard from that person. So please don't be offended. I certainly do not expect you to send me a snail mail card either due to cost prohibitive to you. I will send you ecards! Heck I will send you 2-3 to make up for not sending snail cards.
It cost you $2.00 to send a card out of the U.S.?? Hmm that seems pretty high to me. I mailed a Pet Portrait, in a tube, which is a lot heavier then an envelope, to Switzerland, for around $2. My brother lived in Switzerland also, and we sent him tons of letters, and I don't remember any of them being horribly expensive. Of course, that was about 2 years ago, but I didn't think the mail rate has gone up *that* much. I'll have to go to the Post Office and ask or something.
I'm wandering around the USPS website. I tried to figure out approx. how much it would be to mail a card to Canada. I put in a letter in an envelope, weighing 2 ounces (how much would a card weigh? I have no clue)...air mail, 2-7 days, no confirmations/insurance, for $0.85 Of course that's probably not real accurate. Just for grins, I might put a large card in an envelope, and go to the post office and ask how much it would be to mail it to different countries lol. I'm down there enough to mail stuff, they probably won't kill me for asking.
Here are the pics I sent in last years cards and my old Christmas sig!!! (Maybe it will lighten the mood)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...8/fd3f9ac0.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...9/fd3f9ac2.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...0/fd3f9abc.jpg
cool, Aly ;)
Great festive pics Aly. :D I'm trying to create some festive pics of my 3 cats too. :)
Thanks :D I've been trying to come up with something to do for this year. Have an idea for Shiloh but don't know how well it will work, hehe.
Well I wouldn't say it cost me $2.00 on the money. But it was pretty high. And the point was I got an ecard in return. Maybe they ran outta time, who knows.
I am not trying to be difficult or make a big deal out of b/c it isn't. But to save the hassle for people across the way, it will be much easier for me to send them ecards.
Well I wouldn't say it cost me $2.00 on the money. But it was pretty high. And the point was I got an ecard in return. Maybe they ran outta time, who knows.
I plan on sending e-cards to people that are overseas and regular cards to people in the U.S. and Canada. I hope that it won't cost much to mail cards to Canada. Does anyone know what the rate is?
I have a cousin in Canada and I just mailed a letter and a card in a large envelope. It was over an ounce, but under two ounces. It cost .85 cents.
I think a card that weighs less than one ounce costs .60 cents to send from the states to Canada.
There is an (800) number you can call to get all of that info, such as how much would it cost to mail a card to Niina and Lut in Belgium.....the number is in my little office, but I could post it tomorrow for you.
Thanks Gini. :)Quote:
Originally posted by gini
I have a cousin in Canada and I just mailed a letter and a card in a large envelope. It was over an ounce, but under two ounces. It cost .85 cents.
I think a card that weighs less than one ounce costs .60 cents to send from the states to Canada.
There is an (800) number you can call to get all of that info, such as how much would it cost to mail a card to Niina and Lut in Belgium.....the number is in my little office, but I could post it tomorrow for you.
I came across this and thought it would be fun for you Americans to see! :)
Since July 1, 1863, letters sent to all parts of the United States have been charged at the same rate.
July 1, 1863 3 cents per 1/2 oz.
Oct. 1, 1883 2 cents per 1/2 oz.
July 1, 1885 2 cents per 1 oz.
Nov. 2, 1917 3 cents per 1 oz.*
July 1, 1919 2 cents per 1 oz.
July 6, 1932 3 cents per 1 oz.
Aug. 1, 1958 4 cents per 1 oz.
Jan. 7, 1963 5 cents per 1 oz.
Jan. 7, 1968 6 cents per 1 oz.
May 16, 1971 8 cents per 1 oz.
March 2, 1974 10 cents per 1 oz.
Dec. 31, 1975 13 cents for 1st oz.**
May 29, 1978 15 cents for 1st oz.
March 22, 1981 18 cents for 1st oz.
Nov. 1, 1981 20 cents for 1st oz.
Feb. 17, 1985 22 cents for 1st oz.
April 3, 1988 25 cents for 1st oz.
Feb. 3, 1991 29 cents for 1st oz.
Jan. 1, 1995 32 cents for 1st oz.
Jan. 10, 1999 33 cents for 1st oz.
Jan. 7, 2001 34 cents for 1st oz.
June 30, 2002 37 cents for 1st oz.
Like ShaisMom I would send a card to everyone in the United States and Canada, but I would not send them overseas because of the cost and I would not expect them to send one to me for the same reason. I think it's only fair if you sign up on the card list that you send cards to all, if not just do not go on the list and ask the people for their address and you can send them to whoever you want to send them to with no obligation. The same with the e.mail list.
It was a lot of fun last year and there weren't that many people and it was very simple, if you are on the list you send them, if you are not you send them to who you want to send them too.
Jackie
Randi, thanks for posting this! I am a bookkeeper and my experience is that for a mere .37 cents you can mail something and it will arrive miles and miles away - the very next day!Quote:
Originally posted by Randi
I came across this and thought it would be fun for you Americans to see! :)
Since July 1, 1863, letters sent to all parts of the United States have been charged at the same rate. .
June 30, 2002 37 cents for 1st oz.
I have mailed items at 5:30 PM and over and over again, they receive it in their morning mail.
We all complain about the increases - but it still is a great bargain!
This is what I plan on doing too. :DQuote:
Originally posted by jackiesdaisy1935
Like ShaisMom I would send a card to everyone in the United States and Canada, but I would not send them overseas because of the cost and I would not expect them to send one to me for the same reason. I think it's only fair if you sign up on the card list that you send cards to all, if not just do not go on the list and ask the people for their address and you can send them to whoever you want to send them to with no obligation. The same with the e.mail list.
It was a lot of fun last year and there weren't that many people and it was very simple, if you are on the list you send them, if you are not you send them to who you want to send them too.
Jackie
After BEGGING my mother, she finally gave up and let me last year. Each time Simba and I received a card, we basically did a little dance.LOl. I cried when i got Angel's. I still miss her alot. :(
oh well.
Me and Simba had a blast making the cards, and i'll do some more this year!
I would mail it only in US, not Canda, I have parents:( . They would let me, I just won't get cards for the rest of my friends hehe.. Anyway, I would mail them to the other countries and Canda, but gee, the adresses would confuse me. I don't care about price, but the adresses would be in other languages and stuff and I wouldn't understand..but I guess I will try..but hold on, where do we get the people's adresses?? LoL I'm still confused on where to get the list cause nobody told me I PMed Zippy so I hope I'm on it but can somebody tell me?? I want to do it but I don't know how to get the adresses.
I know, me and my pets are gunna have so much fun this year! :pQuote:
Me and Simba had a blast making the cards, and i'll do some more this year!
If you just copy letter by letter the addresses that confuse you, you can't get it wrong. It's not like they speak a weird language in Canada, do they? And the alphabets are the same here in Europe (with few exceptions) than in US, so that's no problem either....Quote:
Originally posted by FloppsyLadySally54
Anyway, I would mail them to the other countries and Canda, but gee, the adresses would confuse me. I don't care about price, but the adresses would be in other languages and stuff and I wouldn't understand..
oh my , it was fun going through all these replies !!
But isn't it about time to post here where we can send our address to ??
If I got it right , our address for snail mail goes to Zippie-kat
and the one for e-cards goes to Rottieluver .
Is this correct ??
I'm looking forward to do this ; I LOVE CHRISTMAS CARDS !!!!
A word of caution here...Quote:
Originally posted by wolf_Q
It cost you $2.00 to send a card out of the U.S.?? Hmm that seems pretty high to me...
The US Postal Service has a few "rules" that can result in some very *pricy* :eek: mailing costs.
Especially around the Holidays - they like to pull out their "Height to Width Ratio" guide and actually measure your envelopes!
There is a certain Height to Width RATIO - as well as minimum size - which an envelope must fall within in order to qualify for 'normal' postage rates. Many commercial cards do NOT fall within this 'normal' Height-Width Ratio and are charged a premium rate. And if it's just a fraction of an ounce too heavy - you'll pay extra again!
My old company bought Thousands of a commercial envelope (roughly 5" x 7") to use to mail stuff between offices... You guessed it! NOT within the proper H-W Ratio. And my Post Office spotted every one I ever tried to use - "Uh-Oh, Phreddie; you gotta pay EXTRA for that one!" :mad:
Suggestion: Take a sample of the Card, Envelope, and any included photos, to your Post Office and ask them to both weigh it and size check it - then give you a COST to Mail it. Do this before you buy a whole bunch of those cards... Might save an unpleasant :eek: surprize when you go to send the Big Pile just before the Holidays.
/s/ Phred
:o Excellent advice. I've fallen afoul of this one, too.Quote:
Originally posted by Cinder & Smoke
...Suggestion: Take a sample of the Card, Envelope, and any included photos, to your Post Office and ask them to both weigh it and size check it - then give you a COST to Mail it. Do this before you buy a whole bunch of those cards...
I'm sorry to be so slow...but I would like to join in. I am confused though. I would like to send my address but am not sure to whom.
Also will include the caveat....I'm not fussy about rules...if you want to send one to me...by either method...that's wonderful....if not...that's okay too.