HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW IF IT'S THE RIGHT ONE TO USE.



STUPID FUCKING USPS.

2/5/2008 6:17:35 PM

you should be more careful in the future

2/5/2008 6:18:04 PM

is it a forever stamp

2/5/2008 6:18:13 PM

always go with at least 5

2/5/2008 6:18:13 PM

then it's probably first-class and you can use it no matter what, even if stamps rise to $1 (or higher, obviously)

2/5/2008 6:18:19 PM

2/5/2008 6:18:41 PM

f it has the liberty bell and is brownish it's a forever stamp

2/5/2008 6:18:56 PM

all the ones that say "first class" can be used. They did that so you don't have to go buy new stamps every two months when they change it.

2/5/2008 6:19:00 PM

if it 'first-class' it's a forever stamp? Now you're fucking with me.

2/5/2008 6:20:11 PM

First Class != Forever Stamp

2/5/2008 6:20:43 PM

why would they do that....? I mean doesn't that mean that you could send out mail using $.34 when it should be $.39 for a hell of a long time?

2/5/2008 6:21:54 PM

really? i've been putting 2 first class stamps on my shit for a year now (they have 2002 printed on them in the bottom corner so i figured that i would need more)

2/5/2008 6:29:12 PM

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"First Class != Forever Stamp"

true...but if i'm not mistaken, you can use a stamp marked "first class" even after the postal rate change, but only within the US proper

i think

2/5/2008 6:31:07 PM

^^THe same (*#$& thing happened to me last week. I was IRATE when I got the letter returned for an extra 2 cents postage. What the hell makes a first class stamp first class if I cant even mail a damn letter with it ?!!?

2/5/2008 6:31:47 PM

yeah, i'd be pissed... so i don't even give it a chance to happen to me... i figure i mail out 2-4 things a month, so whatever i spend on it, i could care less (especially since i save so much more now with automated/online billing)

2/5/2008 6:38:08 PM

why do you need to buy first class stamps (aside from forever stamps)

2/5/2008 7:17:31 PM

because some of us are better than others.

2/5/2008 7:22:24 PM

yeah only the best get denied by the post office

http://pe.usps.gov/text/qsg300/Q604a.htm

2/5/2008 7:27:16 PM

so what's the final answer here? If it says 'First-class' does that mean my shit ain't gonna be returned to me?

I.E. Is it REALLY a 'forever stamp'?

2/5/2008 7:44:43 PM

OK...W...T...F....

I have these stamps:

And they have no monetary value on them but they say 'FIRST-CLASS' so that means it's a forever stamp....??? OR NOT? WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK

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"39 Cents Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag Issued December 8, 2006 "

2/5/2008 7:48:51 PM

obligatory

You can just use yourtwocents to make up the difference

2/5/2008 8:12:21 PM

Is this another mtc rant?

2/5/2008 8:14:11 PM

here are those stamps you ordered

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=510957

2/5/2008 8:15:25 PM

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"And they have no monetary value on them but they say 'FIRST-CLASS' so that means it's a forever stamp....??? OR NOT? WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK"

*carl face*

2/5/2008 8:16:42 PM

It's like one of those Scrabble pieces with no letter on it.

[Edited on February 5, 2008 at 8:28 PM. Reason : haha]

2/5/2008 8:28:10 PM

No kiddo - Forever stamps have a liberty bell on it and say 'forever' so you can go 500 of them now and use them after rates go up.....

2/5/2008 8:31:02 PM

well I didn't know there was actually something called a 'forever stamp'.... I was being lead to believe that a stamp that had 'FIRST-CLASS' stamped on it must be a stamp that would last forever because it doesn't say how much it cost but just that it was 'FIRST-CLASS' and honestly, how in the fuck are you supposed to know which 'deal' you got on your stamp if it says the same thing on all of them

2/5/2008 9:27:20 PM

clearly the solution is a thread on tww

2/5/2008 9:28:17 PM

i've totally wondered about this before... will the mailman know my stamp is legit?

2/5/2008 9:29:05 PM

[old]

they started using "forever stamps" a year ago

but old stamps (someone mentioned 2002) are not retroactively "forever stamps"

if you've still got old ones, then yeah, you'll have to do some math

but if you go and buy 1000 stamps right now (for .41, or .42?) you can use them for first class mail FOREVER

or at least until china takes over

2/6/2008 8:23:56 AM

I hate when I send something out that needs to get there ASAP, and it takes them a week before sending it back to me because I didn't have two cents worth of extra postage on there.

2/6/2008 8:48:34 AM

I used a breast cancer stamp long after they had raised the rates and it went through fine. They have raised them more since then, so maybe it matters now.

2/6/2008 8:59:08 AM

The breast cancer stamp is, in effect, a forever stamp. They do that with a few charity-type ones. It's just the bell forever ones were the first ones that advertised it.

2/6/2008 9:14:37 AM

I was unaware (ok, I never really looked since I haven't mailed anything that wasn't business reply until last month in about 2 years) that a forever stamp existed. I just looked at the book I bought last month, and they are the liberty bell forever stamps. I think maybe I'll go and get a fucking roll or two now and never have to worry about stamps again.

2/6/2008 9:22:37 AM