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...
A word of caution here...

The US Postal Service has a few "rules" that can result in some very *pricy* 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!"

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 surprize when you go to send the Big Pile just before the Holidays.

/s/ Phred