Money choices / myLot

Centralia, Washington

December 15, 2017 6:11pm CST

My last discussion had to do with a nice place to find a gift that didn't cost a whole lot of money. Now here's where a person should be wary. Want to keep money in your pocket? Stay away from one of those cute postal stores. It was convenient to mail the last of my Christmas Tales in one of those postal stores. I went in there, expecting to spend maybe 1.80 on mailing each envelope. It had cost me 1.40 at the post office. I expected a mark up cause the postal store is doing me a service. Surprise!! The postal store wanted $2.83 to mail each envelope. NOT $1.40. No way. I took the envelopes back and drove over to the post office and got my cheaper postage on those envelopes. So I wonder what to do with all that extra money? Its way more than pocket change.

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Angie

@andriaperry (116860)

• Anniston, Alabama

16 Dec 17

I wont pay that either, especially when I have a stack.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (57888)

• Centralia, Washington

16 Dec 17

@andriaperry I've mailed at least twenty Tales. Pennies count!

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Ricki Dillane

@ricki_911 (21625)

• Toronto, Ontario

16 Dec 17

I think it depends on how close it is. Here we have a few of those 10 minutes but then the post office is 35 minutes. So cost of gas conpared to convenients vosts.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (57888)

• Centralia, Washington

16 Dec 17

@ricki_911 True. It just floored me to have the postage jacked up over a dollar compared to the post office.

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solxee

@sol_cee (38223)

• Philippines

17 Dec 17

Did they tell why they charged that much?

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (57888)

• Centralia, Washington

17 Dec 17

@sol_cee Its a postal service so I guess they think I need to help pay their employees wages?

solxee

@sol_cee (38223)

• Philippines

17 Dec 17

@sallypup or maybe because it’s the holiday season? I’m planning to go to an amusement park and they have a different price list now for the holidays.

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Xavier Bage

@franxav (13603)

• India

16 Dec 17

Yes, many of these cute places rob our hard earned money.

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LegTech

@rina110383 (24495)

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16 Dec 17

That's double the price set by postal office. I'd rather go to the post office.

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Rhonda S.

@misunderstood_zombie (8142)

• United States

16 Dec 17

I've never been to one of those stores, but I know now I won't go either. I'd rather brave the postoffice.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)

• China

16 Dec 17

The postal stores seem to price themselves out of the market.

Judy Story

@jstory07 (134465)

• Roseburg, Oregon

16 Dec 17

You can send the extra money to me and I will spend it for you.

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Val

@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

16 Dec 17

That sounds like quite a mark up, but I guess when you consider the cost of travelling further to the Post Office it all evens out.

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DianneN

@DianneN (246838)

• United States

17 Dec 17

What a ripoff! I'd go to the post office, too. Pennies do add up!

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (57888)

• Centralia, Washington

17 Dec 17

@DianneN I've used that postal store quite a bit cause it has better hours than the post office. This was the first time when I clearly needed to vote with my feet.

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DianneN

@DianneN (246838)

• United States

17 Dec 17

@sallypup